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Esteemed pianist, composer, and professor Jeffrey Biegel chatted with Digital Journal about his 2019 Grammy nomination for "Best Classical Compendium."
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Singer-songwriter and pianist Sam Baker has released his new studio album "Land of Doubt," which is an intense collection of songs.
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With a crumbling glacier for a backdrop, a famed Italian composer played a historic solo on a baby grand piano to bring to the world's attention the beauty of the Arctic and our need to protect it at all costs.
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Toronto -
From the peak of his career to his death in 1982, Glenn Gould was a baffling enigma as much as he was a classical-music superstar. As many artistic geniuses were, from Picasso to Salinger, the Toronto pianist could be eccentric and difficult.
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Alice-Herz Sommer, a holocaust survivor, died Sunday in London. Herz-Sommer took great pride in her music, saying “my world is music” in a short film about her which has been nominated for best short documentary at next week’s Academy Awards.
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Vancouver -
Five-year-old Ryan Wang claims that "Music is in my head". Wang is from Vancouver BC, Canada. Before his mother decided that he should take music lessons last year, Ryan had spent many hours playing on an electric keyboard.
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Los Angeles -
Roger Williams, an American pianist who played for nine United States Presidents, has died at the age of 87. Williams, known for his hit tune "Autumn Leaves," perished from complications related to his pancreatic cancer.
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A musician who lost both arms in a childhood accident played the piano and sang to win the 2010 China’s Got Talent competition.
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Don't call him a prodigy. Fifteen-year-old Jan Lisiecki hates the term, often leveled at him when classical music lovers hear his passionate performances live or on his debut CD.
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Santiago -
Today is the 19th anniversary of the death of Claudio Arrau. The Chilean-American pianist, renowned throughout the world as one of the greatest keyboard masters of the XX century, died in Austria on this date in 1991.
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Paris -- Jazz legend Oscar Peterson has been named the winner of the 2000
International Music Council UNESCO Music Prize.
The Montreal-born Jazz pianist is the first Canadian to receive the honour
since it was created in 1975 by the United Natio...
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Turkish composer and pianist Fazil Say was convicted of blasphemy for speaking out against Erdogan Fazil Say
Jan Lisiecki, a 15-year-old piano sensation, poses for photographs during a practice session at The Royal Conservatory in Toronto. Lisiecki was preparing for a series of concerts saluting Chopin’s Bicentenary in Stratord, Ontario. Janusz Überall, Digital Journal
Jan Lisiecki, chatting with an admiring fan outside The Royal Conservatory in Toronto. Janusz Überall, Digital Journal
The teenagers calling themselves The Sunglass Boys jam with pianist Marc Lavigne in this section of old Quebec City.
Jan Lisiecki, a 15-year-old piano sensation, poses for photographs during a practice session at The Royal Conservatory in Toronto Janusz Überall, Digital Journal
World renowned pianist Yanni Silvio Richetto
Eight-year-old Alma Deutscher, plays some of her own compositions in a London studio Screengrab
The debut CD from young Russian pianist and composer Ivan Bessonov, the winner of the Eurovision Young Musicians 2018, will hold a special place in the heart of all Chopin lovers. © M&B CONCERTS
Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki releases new Chopin CD. Digital Journal
Liu Wei played the piano with his feet to win China's Got Talent. YouTube screen capture
Jan Lisiecki, a young Canadian pianist, during an intense practice session at The Royal Conservatory in Toronto. Janusz Überall, Digital Journal
Harriet Stubbs Michael Benabib
Jeffrey Biegel Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Biegel
Accomplished pianist Jan Lisiecki will tour with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra on their upcoming European dates in Vienna, Regensburg, Essen, and Prague. © Janusz Überall / Digital Journal
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