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Topic: Pianist Simone Dinnnerstein -- Brooklyn Goddess!  (Read 1723 times)

Offline general disarray

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Pianist Simone Dinnnerstein -- Brooklyn Goddess!
on: August 18, 2008, 03:14:36 PM
Hope for any pianist (with tons of talent) who wants to take the road less traveled.  New York Times link describing her amazing rise to fame:


https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/28/arts/music/28simo.html



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Re: Pianist Simone Dinnnerstein -- Brooklyn Goddess!
Reply #1 on: August 31, 2008, 03:14:46 AM
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Re: Pianist Simone Dinnnerstein -- Brooklyn Goddess!
Reply #2 on: August 31, 2008, 04:29:02 AM
Quote from: steve_m on August 31, 2008, 03:14:46 AM
oooh i've met and discussed with her, and ate vegetable lasagna with her! She's actually a friend of my uncle's, cool isnt it?

It is indeed!  I'm a fan.  Please tell her that!
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Re: Pianist Simone Dinnnerstein -- Brooklyn Goddess!
Reply #3 on: September 12, 2008, 07:10:49 AM
Nice story.

One thing that irked me, however, was:

 
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She finally began lessons at 7 — late in life for a future pianist

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