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Sol Hurok - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (108 words) |
 | Sol Hurok (April 9, 1888 - March 5, 1974) was a music agent and impresario. |
| He moved to the United States in 1906 and became a naturalized citizen in 1914. |
| The First Moog Quartet was formed as a result of Hurok's request to hear the Moog used live. |
| Harlow Robinson - The Last Impresario: The Life, Times and Legacy of Sol Hurok (470 words) |
| The day Sol Hurok died he had lunched with Andres Segovia, met with Rudolf Nureyev and was on his way to see David Rockefeller when he collapsed of a heart attack. |
| Hurok (1888-1974), who was born in an obscure Ukrainian village, traveled a long way to become probably the greatest impresario ever, a promoter of world-class ballet, performing companies, opera stars and musicians for some 50 years. |
| For as Robinson shows, Hurok was as much a creation designed to dazzle the crowds as were the stars, who ranged from Pavlova and Chaliapin in the early years to Isaac Stern, Van Cliburn and the Moiseyev Dance Company later, all of whom he proudly offered under his "Sol Hurok Presents" rubric. |
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