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He toured extensively in Europe, appearing at the 1953 and 1954 Prades festivals, and in South
America, the USSR, Israel and Japan; he also played as a soloist with every important orchestra in the USA. Joseph Fuchs performed a series of recitals with pianist Artur Balsam in 1956 for the
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