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Leslie Parnas, Celebrated Cellist and Musical Diplomat, Dies at 90

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Leslie Parnas, a renowned cellist and teacher whose second-place award at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow at the height of the Cold War helped propel him to a storied career, died on Feb. 1 at a rehabilitation facility in Venice, Fla. He was 90. The cause was heart failure, his …

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