The World Comes to Sarasota

                                                           

                                                        Emmanuel Ax




                                                      Sir Stephen Haugh

What a privilege and joy to have heard these great pianists in Sarasota.




                                                       Garrick Olsson 


https://youtu.be/kbeqdliKznM       Emmanuel Ax  (not from Sarasota)  In Sarasota he played Beethoven's Piano Concerto # 1



https://youtu.be/VzArUlTiJUY?si=82eqerSCgp8PuOOs   Garrick Olsen: Chopin, the encore he played in Sarasota -  the video is from a different venue



https://youtu.be/Wnrc1nwMWpg?si=avguhgSJQ1bUuLpt

Great Rachmaninoff which he played here - again, the video is from a different venue



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