pts: Richard Strauss called this Russian 'mein Don Quixote' and wrote many solo lines in his compositions especially for him.
pts: Richard Strauss called this Russian 'mein Don Quixote' and wrote many solo lines in his compositions especially for him. He became a professor at the University of Southern California, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and sponsored two world-class chess tournaments in the 1960's.
pts: Richard Strauss called this Russian 'mein Don Quixote' and wrote many solo lines in his compositions especially for him.
Gregor {Piatigorsky} (pat-a-GOR-skee)