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From: ALIX B. WILLIAMSON 119 West 57th Street New York, N.Y. 10019 (212) COlumbus 5-1758 SIMON ESTES "A powerful voice and a strong stage presence!" --CHICAGO TRIBUNE "An unusually talented singer. His voice is strong, vigorous and clear, his acting energetic and convincing." --CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR "Estes' artistry is imposing...noble, musical, aware. The sound has something quite individual, even haunting." --BOSTON GLOBE "Possesses a great voice and talent and he sings with the highest degree of interpretation." --PRAVDA (Moscow) "Displayed deep emotion and musical mastery. He has great talent and an extraordinary voice." --MORGENPOST (Berlin) ------------- Grandson of a Negro slave who was sold for $500 just before Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation...son of a poor coal-miner who never got past third grade...strapping, six-foot, handsome, Simon Estes from Centerville, Iowa, carried off the prize in Moscow's First International Tchaikovsky Vocal Competition against the best young singing talents from virtually every country in the world and finds himself, now, at 33, one of only two black males enjoying stardom on the major opera stages of the United States and Europe. The booming black bass-baritone, who earned his way through a pre-med course at the University of Iowa as a dishwasher and subsidized his music studies at Juilliard by working the 5 A.M. shift on a house-wrecking crew, has piled up a formidable list of professional credits in the 5 years since he returned with the Tchaikovsky Medal to a New York City Hall reception by Mayor Lindsay and a command appearance at the White House for President Johnson. Recently, as soloist with Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra, Estes had the honor of giving Shostakovich's all-vocal Fourteenth Symphony its U.S. premiere in Philadelphia, its New York premiere at Carnegie Hall and its first recorded performance on the RCA-Victor (MORE, PLEASE)
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From: ALIX B. WILLIAMSON 119 West 57th Street New York, N.Y. 10019 (212) COlumbus 5-1758 SIMON ESTES "A powerful voice and a strong stage presence!" --CHICAGO TRIBUNE "An unusually talented singer. His voice is strong, vigorous and clear, his acting energetic and convincing." --CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR "Estes' artistry is imposing...noble, musical, aware. The sound has something quite individual, even haunting." --BOSTON GLOBE "Possesses a great voice and talent and he sings with the highest degree of interpretation." --PRAVDA (Moscow) "Displayed deep emotion and musical mastery. He has great talent and an extraordinary voice." --MORGENPOST (Berlin) ------------- Grandson of a Negro slave who was sold for $500 just before Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation...son of a poor coal-miner who never got past third grade...strapping, six-foot, handsome, Simon Estes from Centerville, Iowa, carried off the prize in Moscow's First International Tchaikovsky Vocal Competition against the best young singing talents from virtually every country in the world and finds himself, now, at 33, one of only two black males enjoying stardom on the major opera stages of the United States and Europe. The booming black bass-baritone, who earned his way through a pre-med course at the University of Iowa as a dishwasher and subsidized his music studies at Juilliard by working the 5 A.M. shift on a house-wrecking crew, has piled up a formidable list of professional credits in the 5 years since he returned with the Tchaikovsky Medal to a New York City Hall reception by Mayor Lindsay and a command appearance at the White House for President Johnson. Recently, as soloist with Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra, Estes had the honor of giving Shostakovich's all-vocal Fourteenth Symphony its U.S. premiere in Philadelphia, its New York premiere at Carnegie Hall and its first recorded performance on the RCA-Victor (MORE, PLEASE)
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