The U.S. has a soft spot in its heart for Russian musicians. Over the years it has made heroes of such men as Rachmaninoff, Horowitz, Heifetz and Stravinsky, and they in turn have made the U.S. their home. Today there is another generation of Russian virtuosos. The best of them, Violinist David Oistrakh, 47, and Pianist Emil Gilels, 38, have been sweeping through Europe in recent years, but no top Soviet artist has appeared in the U.S. since the end of World War II.
This cultural Iron Curtain has long piqued Frederick C. Schang Jr.. president of Columbia Artists Management Inc., who...
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