People in Time – Ruth Slenczynska
by Michael Feeley
The other day, I heard beautiful piano music playing on my Alexa unit and gratefully discovered Ruth Slenczynska.
Ruth is 100 years old. She is an American classical pianist who, in 2022, at age 97, recorded her first album in nearly 60 years for Decca Classics.
She began her piano studies in Europe at age four. Studied with Artur Schnabel, Egon Petri, Alfred Cortot, Josef Hofmann, and is the last living student of Rachmaninoff. She debuted in Berlin at age six and in Paris with a full orchestra at age seven.
Ruth is one of the – people in time – I’m studying and learning from about aging. She is remarkable and inspirational. She is committed to her music. Her skills, life experience, and expertise keep her achieving as one of the many maturing individuals who are active sagers or sagests not ready to quit because they have many more encores to give.
She makes me think of the French philosopher and sociologist Edgar Morin who is 103 – still writing and traveling the world.
Boris Pasternak published Doctor Zhivago at age 66.
Frank Lloyd Wright designed ‘Falling Water’ at age 67 and built ‘The Guggenheim Museum’ at 75.
Mick Jagger has no plans to stop rocking, and he is 81.
What is their mind and heart-set?
How do they see aging?
Why does their art and work matter to them?
How are they being true themselves as they age?
How do they inspire you?
Who is one mature person that you see who is continuously moving forward? Who sees age as an asset, not a limitation?
Thanks – Michael (he, him)
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