The Pianism on Instagram: "Eugene Istomin (1925-2003) playing the last three variations preceding the fugue from Brahms’ Op. 24, the Händel Variations, hailed by Donald Tovey as pertaining to « the half-dozen greatest sets of variations ever written ». Eugene Istomin was born in New York City to Russian and Ukrainian parents who escaped the Soviet Revolution. His father Yuri (guitarist) fought for the Tsarist army, his mother Feera Chavin (singer, dancer) was from Odessa: Istomin would play by e

Explaining on Instagram: "Before becoming a Hollywood star, Sofia Vergara was already a familiar face on television, traveling the world as a TV host and model. She was discovered by a photographer on a beach in Colombia as a teenager, which quickly led to commercials and early media work across Latin America. Long before red carpets and sitcom fame, she was building on-camera confidence in front of international audiences. In the mid-to-late 1990s, Vergara co-hosted ‘Fuera de Serie’, a popular