ADVISORY/Steinway & Sons to Honor Internationally Recognized Pianist Daniel Pollack for His 40 Years as Steinway Artist; Pollack to Perform Brief Concert at Reception.

Assignment Editors

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Jan. 11)

--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)

WHAT: First International Tchaikovsky Competition Prize Winner Daniel
     Pollack will be honored by Steinway & Sons as he celebrates 40
     years as a Steinway Artist. Pollack will perform a brief program
     celebrating his association with the prestigious Steinway & Sons,
     a career that has spanned more than four decades across many
     continents throughout the world.

     Endorsed by former president Harry S. Truman for a Fulbright
     scholarship in Vienna in 1957, Pollack emerged on the classical
     concert circuit and soon became one of the leading performers
     worldwide. From there he continued to rise to become:

     --   The first American pianist to record in the former Soviet
          Union under the famous "Melodiya" label
     --   The first American pianist to tour the People's Republic of
          China in 1980
     --   The first American pianist to perform before a Joint Session
          of the U.S. Congress at the Truman Centennial Celebration in
          1984
     --   Served repeatedly as the vice chairman of the International
          Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow

WHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2000
      7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
      Daniel Pollack will perform at approximately 8:00 p.m.

WHERE: Steinway & Sons Inc.
       109 W. 57th St., Main Lobby
       New York, NY 10019
       212/246-1100; 212/332-0129 -- Irene Wojarsky


BACKGROUND:
     A graduate of The Juilliard School of Music in New York,
     and trained under the legendary Rosina Lhevinne, herself a top
     Russian pianist from the Moscow Conservatory, Daniel Pollack has
     performed with nearly all of the world's leading orchestras
     including The New York Philharmonic, The Los Angeles
     Philharmonic, The Moscow Philharmonic and the St. Petersburg
     Philharmonic, and in the world's leading concert halls including
     Carnegie Hall, Moscow's Bolshoi Zal, Vienna's Musikverein, and
     The Hollywood Bowl. Pollack has appeared as a soloist in the
     United States, Europe, Asia, the former Soviet Union, the
     Commonwealth of Independent States (Russia), South America and
     Africa.

     Pollack continues to serve on international competition juries
     throughout the world including The Prokofiev, The Rachmaninoff,
     and the Queen Elizabeth Piano Competition in Brussels.