william kapell

• 31'inde ucak kazasinda vefat etmis piyanist.
  
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  - kapell achieved fame while in his early twenties, in part as a result of his performances of aram khachaturian's piano concerto no. 1 in d-flat. his 1946 world premiere recording of the piece with serge koussevitzky and the boston symphony orchestra was a sell-out hit.
  
  - horowitz later commented that there was nothing he could have taught kapell.
  
  - on may 18, 1948, he married rebecca anna lou melson, with whom he had two children. she was a fine pianist herself, having been a student of sergei tarnowsky, the teacher of vladimir horowitz.
  
  - from august to october 1953, kapell toured australia, playing 37 concerts in 14 weeks, appearing in sydney, brisbane, melbourne, bendigo, shepparton, albury, horsham and finally in geelong.
  
  kapell played the final concert of his tour in geelong, victoria, on october 22, 1953, a recital which included a performance of chopin's "funeral march" sonata.
  
  days after the concert, he set off on his return flight to the united states, telling reporters at mascot airport he would never return to australia because of the harsh comments from some australian critics.
  
  he was aboard bcpa flight 304 when on the morning of october 29, 1953, the plane, descending to land in fog, struck the treetops and crashed on kings mountain, south of the san francisco airport. everyone on board died.