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- 1996-2002 (Creation)
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1 cm of textual records
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Biographical history
Ates Tanin taught chemistry at the University of Toronto from 1984 to 2001, and was an avid collector and researcher of the pianist Sviatoslav Richter.
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Donated by the The Estate of Dr. Ates Tanin (A2022-04).
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Collection consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence with Dr. Ates Tanin about recordings of pianists Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997) and Emil Gilels (1916-1985). Tanin was a collector of piano recordings, with a focus on Richter and Gilels, and maintained a website discography of all known recordings of Richter, "Recorded Richter." Tanin also collaborated with Doremi (Willowdale, Ontario) to commercially release several recordings of Richter's live performances.
Collection includes incoming and outgoing correspondence with John Berrie and Falk Schwartz, administrators of the Friends of Sviatoslav Richter, and Dejan Sinadinovic, a member of the Friends of Sviatoslav Richter.
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Publication note
Also see discography and biography of Emil Gilels in International Piano Quarterly (Winter 2001), p. 20-35. Discography compiled by Ates Tanin.