Fifty-five years ago, on March 14, 1965, 11-year-old pianist Juliana Osinchuk earned the praise of The New York Times, with its four-column caption “Pianist, 11, is summoned to the rescue of a concert.”
The article, dated March15, continued: “A surprise debut was made by 11-year-old Juliana Osinchuk yesterday afternoon when she was called to the stage during the Fontenbleau Alumni Association Concert at Carnegie Hall Recital Hall to substitute for her teacher, Jean Casadesus, the pianist, who was indisposed. Juliana was as surprised as anyone. But she turned in a fine performance of Beethoven’s Sonata [No. 5] in C minor (Op. 10, No. 1).”