Ruth Slenczynska talks about her piano lessons with Sergei Rachmaninoff (interview 1963 and 2017)

Outtakes from a 1963 television appearance in which the American pianist Ruth Slenczynska (born January 15, 1925) recalls her meetings with Sergei Rachmaninoff and plays two of his Preludes (Opus 23/9 in E flat minor and Opus 23/2 in B flat major).

Added also an interview with Ruth in 2017.

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