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Offline weissenberg2

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R.I.P Geoffrey Tozer
on: August 27, 2009, 05:33:05 PM
He died 6 days ago of a liver disease. Sad, he was such a great pianist.

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Offline imbetter

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Re: R.I.P Geoffrey Tozer
Reply #1 on: August 27, 2009, 06:29:53 PM
Indeed, Geoffrey Tozer is my favorite interpreter of the Medtner sonatas.
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Re: R.I.P Geoffrey Tozer
Reply #2 on: August 31, 2009, 04:59:20 AM
He'll be greatly missed.  I have a couple of his Medtner CDs, and just from those can tell he was a wonderful artist.  His passing is very sad.
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Re: R.I.P Geoffrey Tozer
Reply #3 on: September 01, 2009, 05:34:29 AM
rest in piece  :-[ not much pianists notice medtner
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