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Beethoven sonatas in her recital programs. In 1973, Bouboulidi began performing, in seven consecutive recitals, the complete cycle of the Beethoven 32 Piano Sonatas. She performed the cycle in concert more than twelve times in various cities including New York, Washington and Paris with the last performance in Athens in 2010.
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Bouboulidi was born in Volos, Greece on 6 July 1926. She started her musical studies at age 5 playing the violin but turned to the piano a year later. At age 8 her family moved to Athens. She graduated in 1944 from the Athens
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American debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. She toured extensively in recital in Eastern and Western Europe, the former Soviet Union, Cuba, Japan, North Africa, Central and South America and the United States. She appeared in European festivals and on television and
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Excerpt from a commentary accompanying the recording of the second piano concerto of Brahms / Disc LP Charlin SLC 21 Orchestre de la
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Bouboulidi played frequently as a soloist with orchestras in Europe and the United States. In 1953 she made her debut in France on the recommendation of
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Beethoven 32 Piano
Sonatas (Recorded in Brussels, Antwerp and New York, released in 2011. Recording Engineer Frederic Briant.), (EAN 8712488012407)
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Rhapsodies, Op. 79, Rita Bouboulidi, piano. 25 cm 33 rpm disc EFM42024 Erato, coll. "Fiori musicali", 1957 (Record BNF No. FRBNF37873387m)
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Sirigos, Constantine S. Music Drives, Sustains
Pianist, Beethoven Interpreter Rita Bouboulidi, The National Herald, August 20–26, 2011.
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