Druian plays Kreisler Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani
an infant. At 8 he became a pupil of Amadeo Roldán, the conductor of the Havana Philharmonic. Two years later he went to Philadelphia to audition for Leopold Stokowski, who recommended him for a scholarship at the Curtis Institute of Music. After his graduation from Curtis in 1942, Mr. Druian served in the United States Army for four years, playing the mellophone in the Army band. He was the concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony from 1947 to 1949 and the Minneapolis Symphony (now the ...
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