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Sol Hurok
Соломон Израилевич Гурков
Hurok in 1954
Born
Solomon Izrailevich Gurkov

April 9, 1888
Pogar, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedMarch 5, 1974(1974-03-05) (aged 85)
New York City, United States
OccupationImpresario
Hurok with actress Hanna Robina, 1954

Sol Hurok (Solomon Israilevich Hurok; born Solomon Izrailevich Gurkov, Russian Соломон Израилевич Гурков; April 9, 1888 – March 5, 1974) was a 20th-century American impresario.[1]

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she had a voice "heard once in a hundred years." In 1934, impresario Sol Hurok offered Anderson a better contract than she had with Arthur Judson previously...

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preferred to be known as Arthur Rubinstein. His United States impresario Sol Hurok, however, insisted he be billed as Artur, and records were released in...

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colleges and universities throughout New England under the management of the Sol Hurok Agency. The group moved to New York City after graduation where they performed...

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sweetness of flamenco which had endured until that point. The famous producer Sol Hurok described Carmen as "The Human Vesuvius." Carmen Amaya has been the incarnation...

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method. After six years of training, Herman introduced her to impresario Sol Hurok, who arranged for an audition with Rudolf Bing, general manager of the...

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reveal themselves in this ballet with full force". World-famous impresario Sol Hurok said that Plisetskaya was the only ballerina after Pavlova who gave him...

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