Episode 85: 18185 Ruth Slenczynska

Classical Music Discoveries by Classical Music Discoveries

Mar 18, 202266:43Music

Born in 1925 in Sacramento, California, to Polish immigrants, Slenczynska gave her concert debut at the age of four (just as the world entered the Great Depression), performed on television aged five, and at six made her...

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