I Talk to Them by Azary Messerer

I Talk to Them by Azary Messerer

Essays and memoirs by Azary Messerer, journalist, interpreter, lecturer.
There are rich variety of the topics and personalities in this book - from Mozart and Mendelssohn to Plisetskaya and Brodsky. Author met with prominent personalities of our time, and his fascinating stories about these meetings - a wonderful portrait of the era in the style of impressionism. There is no doubt that author presents himself as a worthy successor of the traditions of great essayists of world literature - read this book if you want to grasp the subtleties of cultural life humanity.

Azary Messerer comes from a famous Plisetski-Messerer artistic family. His mother, Raisa Glezer, was a prominent musicologist in Russia. Upon his graduation from the College of Foreign Languages in Moscow, he became a radio journalist, interviewing many outstanding people, including the composers: Shostakovitch, Khachaturian, Britten, and the pianists: Ashkenazi, Ogden. He also worked in the newspaper Za Rubezhom and the magazine Rovesnik.
After his immigration to the USA in 1981, he studied at NYU where he received his Ph.D. in Communication. Azary Messerer taught English as a second language and Russian Literature at FDR High School in Brooklyn.
He has lectured in a number of Universities, including Dartmouth, NYU and Boston University. Dr. Messerer was on the faculty of Touro College for almost 20 years.
His articles are regularly published in American, Russian, and Australian magazines.

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ISBN 13	9781940220444
ISBN 10	1940220440
Title	I Talk to Them
Author	Azary Messerer
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	M-Graphics Pub.
Year published	2016-06-15
Number of pages	480
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