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Earl Wild (via) On This Day in Pittsburgh History: January 23, 2010 Pittsburgh-born classical pianist, Earl Wild, dies at the age of 94. [Historic Pittsburgh; Wikipedia] From a profile by Andrew Druckenbrod for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (2005): One...

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On This Day in Pittsburgh History: January 23, 2010 

Pittsburgh-born classical pianist, Earl Wild, dies at the age of 94. [Historic Pittsburgh; Wikipedia]

From a profile by Andrew Druckenbrod for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (2005): 

One of the titans of the 20th century pianist realm, he left in the ’30s to grab fame elsewhere. But he returned to teach at his alma mater (class of ‘37), Carnegie Mellon University, since 1992. Granted, Wild didn’t reach Vladimir Horowitz fame in his absence, but he is easily as big as other Pittsburghers in many fields who returned here to much more ballyhoo. (…) Wild’s first big gig was performing for KDKA Radio with its orchestra and doing solos, a position he landed after executives heard him give an on-air performance at age 12. (read more)

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5 years ago on January 23, 2013 at 11:45am
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