Talk:Ronald Turini

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It is a known fact

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Horowitz had more than 3 students. It is a known fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.20.211.251 (talk) 01:31, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

The sentence is poorly worded and I will correct it. Nevertheless, Horowitz stated that the only three he accepted as his pupils were Turini, Byron Janis, and Gary Graffman. "I had some others who played for me, but I stopped work with them because they did not progress."THD3 (talk) 15:48, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Horowitz had six students who studied with him for years during that period. The full quote is: "Many young people say they have been pupils of Horowitz, but there were only three, Janis, Turini, who I brought to the stage, and Graffman. If someone else claims it. it's not true. I had some who played for me for four months. Once a week. I stopped work with them, because they did not progress." Horowitz did teach a seventh student during that period. Plaskin says he dropped that student after a few months. Horowitz's quote is only true if it is applied to the seventh student. It doesn't apply to any of the other students. His refusal to acknowledge eight years of weekly lessons was explained by Plaskin. He said, "Horowitz's misrepresentations about his students said something about the erratic nature of his personality during that period." I removed the phrase about Horowitz acknowledging only three students, because it is misleading unless it is presented in its full form, which is not relevant in this biography. Juri Koll (talk) 20:16, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Turini was known to be Horowitz' favorite student. Horowitz himself stated that Turini had the best technique of anyone for rapid octaves.From Horowitz' obituary in the N.Y. Times,

"Mr. Horowitz never did much teaching and, by all accounts, was not particularly adept. His best-known pupils were Byron Janis, Gary Graffman and Ronald Turini; Mr. Turini was said to be his favorite. Other students included Alexander Fiorillo, Coleman Blumfield and Ivan Davis."Tennisedu (talk) 02:40, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

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