Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
Piano teacher Boris Berlin, 78, has taught some 1,000 students at the Royal Conservatory of Music and reached hundreds of thousands more through his piano books, which have sold 4 million copies. 'A person will love music if he understands it,' he believes.
Piano teacher Boris Berlin, 78, has taught some 1,000 students at the Royal Conservatory of Music and reached hundreds of thousands more through his piano books, which have sold 4 million copies. 'A person will love music if he understands it,' he believes.

Piano teacher Boris Berlin, 78, has taught some 1,000 students at the Royal Conservatory of Music and reached hundreds of thousands more through his piano books, which have sold 4 million copies. 'A person will love music if he understands it,' he believes.

Date6/21/1985
Names
(photographer)
FormatPicture
Medium
Undefined
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0125398F
In tune: Edward Sambell, one of the team who set up George Brown's Piano technician program, has taught at the school since the course's inception.
In tune: Edward Sambell, one of the team who set up George Brown's Piano technician program, has taught at the school since the course's inception.
Spremo, Boris
6/8/1987
Peter Simon: Royal Conservatory of Music president says a smaller music school is better than none at all.
Peter Simon: Royal Conservatory of Music president says a smaller music school is better than none at all.
Mahler, John
2/25/1993
Blacksmith Albert Foster (right) discusses a leg brace being made in the basement machine shop at the Hospital for Sick Children, with Boris Mozetich Last year, he and his 12 workmen produced 7,000 special items orthopedic shoes, iron lugns, surgical tool
Blacksmith Albert Foster (right) discusses a leg brace being made in the basement machine shop at the Hospital for Sick Children, with Boris Mozetich Last year, he and his 12 workmen produced 7,000 special items orthopedic shoes, iron lugns, surgical tool
Spremo, Boris
7/21/1970
On their first day out in Toronto, young Martin Strazovec, 7, and his brother Juraj, 5, saw the sights with Star photographer Boris Spremo, and played in Nathan Phillips Square
On their first day out in Toronto, young Martin Strazovec, 7, and his brother Juraj, 5, saw the sights with Star photographer Boris Spremo, and played in Nathan Phillips Square
Spremo, Boris
9/17/1968
Family alive: Faroog Abbo Mohammed of London, Ont., holds a photo of his relatives in a Kurdish refugee camp taken by The Star's Boris Spremo.
Family alive: Faroog Abbo Mohammed of London, Ont., holds a photo of his relatives in a Kurdish refugee camp taken by The Star's Boris Spremo.
Power, Peter
5/1/1991
Smoke gets in your eyes: Piano shop owner Paul Hahn hammers on the keys of a piano burned in a fire yesterday in his Yonge St
Smoke gets in your eyes: Piano shop owner Paul Hahn hammers on the keys of a piano burned in a fire yesterday in his Yonge St
Toronto Star (Firm)
5/7/1980
The Joe jobs men will have to take on if they accept the liberation of women concept are not appealing, says Dr. Sy Silverberg, head of the Education and Growth Opportunities program at York University. Men may be able to accept the idea intellectully but not be able to put it into practice and women should understand this, he says.
The Joe jobs men will have to take on if they accept the liberation of women concept are not appealing, says Dr. Sy Silverberg, head of the Education and Growth Opportunities program at York University. Men may be able to accept the idea intellectully but not be able to put it into practice and women should understand this, he says.
Darrell, Dick
9/4/1974
Troubled family: Doug Connell, left, who suffered severe brain damage four years ago when a transport truck slammed into his car, can't understand why his parents, Mary and Ron, don't think he's able to handle his former job.
Troubled family: Doug Connell, left, who suffered severe brain damage four years ago when a transport truck slammed into his car, can't understand why his parents, Mary and Ron, don't think he's able to handle his former job.
Russell, Jim
4/3/1984
Steve Mill. He didn't understand
Steve Mill. He didn't understand
Darrell, Dick
12/19/1972
Learned responsibility: Joe Pimentel, here with his father Jose, says being the son of an immigrant taught him how to work and accomplish at an early age, although he sometimes wishes he had it easier
Learned responsibility: Joe Pimentel, here with his father Jose, says being the son of an immigrant taught him how to work and accomplish at an early age, although he sometimes wishes he had it easier
Mahler, John
10/6/1986
Learned responsibility: Joe Pimentel, here with his father Jose, says being the son of an immigrant taught him how ot work and accomplish at an early age, although he sometimes wishes he had it easier
Learned responsibility: Joe Pimentel, here with his father Jose, says being the son of an immigrant taught him how ot work and accomplish at an early age, although he sometimes wishes he had it easier
Mahler, John
10/6/1986
Beautiful music: Julian McDermott is 20 and a highly functioning autistic. One of the amazing things he can do is compose music.
Beautiful music: Julian McDermott is 20 and a highly functioning autistic. One of the amazing things he can do is compose music.
Stawicki, Andrew
2/17/1989