biography
| name: |
Cherkassky, Shura (Alexander Isaakovich)
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pronunciation:
[cherkaskee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1911–95)
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| biography:
| Pianist, born in Odessa, S Ukraine. He settled in America in 1922 and studied at the Curtis Institute, Philadelphia. He excelled in the Romantic repertoire, and toured and recorded widely. |
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