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A month before the 1987 Casadesus Competition, Steve Glaser’s hand was injured in an accident. He told a reporter he was relieved. “‘Psychologically it’s released me from the pressure of […]

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The Breakup, pt. 2

In the last blog post, you saw how things got rocky between the founders of the competition and the newly formed Friends of the Competition in the early 1990s. While […]

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The Breakup, pt. 1

Karen Knowlton had been the primary organizer and executive director of the Robert Casadesus International Piano Competition since the late 1980s. She was not a voting member of any board […]

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