First. he is one of the Soviet Unions most promising young pianists and has become too valuable to lose. He has won numerous competitions and has performed internationally. Second. it is unofficially reported that his father. a popular composer. wrote to the Communist Party Central Committee describing his sons desire to emigrate as "unpatriotic"-evidently to protect his own career. Not only has Feltsman been prevented from emigrating. he has been prevented from pursuing his career. Hours after he first applied to emigrate in 1979. his records and tapes were removed from shops and radio stations. his performing engagements were canceled. Feltsmans talent has been locked inside him as he is locked in the Soviet Union. It is an outrage that a gifted pianist has been deprived of his avenues of artistic expression and that the world has been deprived of the superior talent of Vladimir Feltsman.
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