2012 Event Famous American pianist and jazz composer, Dave Brubeck, dies at the age of 91 2012 Event Jon Lord, an English composer and pianist and co-founder of the heavy rock group, Deep Purple, dies after suffering a pulmonary embolism 2006 Death Otto Zykan, composer, pianist, student, Vienna Music Academy, wrote operas 'Kunst kommt von Gonnen', 'Auszahlreim', dies in Sachsendorf, Austria 2002 Death Jean Berger, composer, pianist, professor, studied at Heidelberg, Vienna universities, dies at 91 2000 Death Victor Borge, comedian/pianist, Victor Borge in London, dies at 91 2000 Death Wladyslaw Szpilman, pianist/writer, ", write Death of a City, later filmed as The Pianist, ", dies at 78 1999 Death Michel Petrucciani, jazz pianist, Both Worlds, dies at 36 1997 Death Floyd Cramer, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel, dies of lung cancer at age 64 1997 Death Duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 54 1997 Death Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of heart attack at 82 1996 Death Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher, dies at 67 1996 Death Johnny Costa, jazz pianist (Mr Rogers), dies at 74 1996 Death James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist, dies at 77 1996 Death Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic, dies at 85 1995 Death Shura Cherkassky, pianist, dies at 86 1995 Death Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher, dies at 94 1995 Death Raymond Rasberry, pianist/singer, dies at 65 1995 Death Seger Pillot Ellis, pianist/vocalist, dies at 91 1995 Death Christopher Shaw, composer pianist/critic, dies at 71 1995 Death Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist, dies at 81 1995 Death James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist, dies at 95 1995 Death Jose B. M. Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader, dies at 88 1995 Death Robert L "Bob" Talley, pianist, dies at 75 1995 Death Alan David Marks, pianist/composer, dies at 49 1995 Death Jorge Peixinho, pianist, conductor, composer, studied with Pierre Boulez, founder, Lisbon Contemporary Music Group, dies in Lisbon, Portugal 1995 Death Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75 1995 Death Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist, dies at 61 1995 Death Don Pullen, pianist/composer, dies at 53 1995 Death Cleo Brown, pianist, performed on National Public Radio, dies at 91 1995 Death Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger, dies at 82 1995 Death Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87 1995 Death Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher, dies at 82 1995 Death Geoffrey Parsons, Australian/British pianist, dies at 65 1995 Death Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist (Concert Building), dies at 76 1995 Death Jess Stacy, pianist, jazz musician, dies at 90 1994 Death George G F van Renesse, concert pianist/music director, dies at 85 1994 Death Carmen McRae [Clark], U.S. jazz singer/pianist, dies at about 73 1994 Death Bill Challis, arranger/Pianist, dies at 90 1994 Death Bernie Lazaroff Leighton, pianist, dies at 73 1994 Death Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist (Rolling Stones), dies at 50 1994 Death Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, dies at 88 1994 Death Sebastian Piana, Argentine pianist/tango composer, dies at 91 1994 Death Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist, commits suicide 1994 Death Taeko Kuwata, Japanese/Belgian pianist, commits suicide 1994 Death Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, dies at 79 1994 Death William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz Pianist/Arranger, dies at 79 1994 Death Donald Phillips, pianist/composer, dies at 80 1994 Death Ignace Strasfogel, Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 84 1994 Death Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72 1993 Death Tatiana Nikolajeva, Russian pianist (Bach), dies at 69 1993 Death Catherine Collard, French pianist (Debussy, Haydn), dies at 46 1993 Death Herman Nieland, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 82 1993 Death Roy Budd, English jazz pianist/composer (Paper Tiger), dies at 46 1993 Death Kenny Drew, US/Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert), dies at 64 1993 Death Herman S Blount, Sun Ra, U.S. jazz pianist (Solar Arkestra), dies at 79 1993 Death Sun Ra, blues pianist/orchestra leader, dies of strokes at 79 1993 Death Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78 1993 Death Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/U.S. pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100 1993 Death Art Hodes, Russian/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies 1993 Death Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies 1993 Death Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer (Syncope), dies at 63 1992 Death Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, dies at 80 1992 Death Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orchestral leader (duivelswiel), dies 1992 Death Maurice Ohana, pianist/composer, dies 1992 Death Sammy Price, U.S. boogie-woogie pianist, dies 1992 Death William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, U.S. boxer/pianist, dies at 81 1992 Death Lewis Michael Friedman, pianist, dies at 47 of AIDS 1991 Death Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies 1991 Death Eileen Joyce, pianist, dies at 78 1991 Death Lee Donn, pianist, dies of stroke at 96 1991 Death Jan Ode, Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies 1990 Death Joe Turner, jazz pianist, dies of cardiac arrest at 82 1989 Death Vladimir Horovitz, Ukrainian/U.S. pianist, dies at 85 1989 Death Geza Frid, Hungarian/Dutch pianist/composer, dies 1989 Death John Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52 1988 Birthday Alexa Vega, born in Miami, Florida, actress, singer, pianist, appeared in 'Repo! the Genetic Opera', 'Spy Kids' trilogy films 1987 Death Paul Arma, pianist, composer, ethnomusicologist, dies at 83 1987 Death Hans Gal, pianist, composer, teacher, trained at New Vienna Conservatory, director, Mainz Conservatory 1987 Death Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53 1987 Death Gerald Moore, England, pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at 87 1987 Death Liberace, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman), dies at 67 1987 Death Larry Carr, pianist (Flight to Rhythm), dies at 72 1986 Death Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, U.S. jazz pianist/arranger, dies at 73 1986 Death Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (Band), dies on 41st birthday 1986 Death Richard Manuel, rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 40 1986 Death Ticker Freeman, pianist (Dinah Shore Show), dies at 74 1985 Death Reginald Beane, pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63 1985 Death Eugene List, U.S. concert pianist, dies at 66 1985 Death Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67 1984 Death Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79 1983 Death Earl "Fatha" Hines, U.S., jazz pianist/conductor, dies 1983 Death Pal Kadosa, Hungarian composer/pianist, dies at 79 1983 Death Eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100 1982 Death Artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva at 95 1982 Death Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52 1982 Death Glenn H Gould, Canadian pianist, dies at 50 1982 Death Clifford M Curzon, England, pianist, dies at 75 1982 Death Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62 1982 Death Andre Tchaikowsy, pianist/composer, dies 1982 Death Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45 1982 Death Theolonious S Monk, U.S., jazz pianist/composer (Blue Monk), dies at 64 1981 Birthday Amy Lee, born in Riverside, California, singer, songwriter, pianist, member and lead vocalist for Evanescence rock band 1981 Death Hazel Scott, Trinidadian singer/pianist, dies at 63 1981 Death Bill Hopkins, British composer, music critic, teacher, pianist, studied at Oxford University with Egon Wellesz and Edmund Rubbra, taught at Birmingham University and University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1980 Death Bill Evans, U.S. jazz pianist, dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51 1980 Death Jose Iturbi, Spanish/US pianist (Pequena danza Espanola), dies at 84 1980 Death Amos Milburn, rocker, blues singer, pianist, played rhythm and blues, boogie-woogie, important figure in the history of blues musicianship, dies at 52 1980 Death Larry Williams, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie, dies from a gunshot wound, in Los Angeles, California, at age 44 1979 Death Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84 1977 Death Erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53 1976 Death Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43 1976 Death Chester Arthur Burnett, U.S. blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65 1973 Birthday Adrien Brody, born in Woodhaven, New York, actor, Academy-Award winning film, 'The Pianist', other films include 'The Thin Red Line', 'Splice', 'Predators' 1973 Death Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68 1972 Death Robert M Casadesus, French pianist/composer (Prix Diemer), dies at 73 1972 Death Margaret A R Bonds, U.S. pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59 1971 Birthday Alfonso Ribeiro, New York City, actor/pianist, Alfonso-Silver Spoons 1969 Death Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85 1969 Death Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge), dies at 29 1968 Death Jan Johansson, composer, pianist, infused traditional European folks tunes with jazz, avant garde style, dies at 37 in a car crash in Jonkoping, Sweden 1968 Death Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52 1966 Death Harold Burrage, U.S. singer/pianist (Got to Find a Way), dies at 35 1966 Death Bud Powell, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, dies 1965 Death Henry (Dixon) Cowell, U.S. pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68 1965 Death Jerry Burke, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies 1964 Birthday Liam O'Maonlai, Irish vocalist/pianist, Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry 1964 Death Mary Howe, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock', dies at 82 1964 Death Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76 1964 Death Ted Collins, pianist (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 63 1963 Birthday Tori Amos, born in North Carolina, pianist/vocalist, Under The Pink, 1963 Birthday Kino Haitsma, pianist/arrangeur, Josephine 1963 Death Alec A Templeton, composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52 1962 Birthday Ken Noda, New York City, pianist, Rivalry 1962 Death Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84 1962 Death John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82 1962 Death LeRoy B Shield, U.S. pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 1961 Birthday Cecile Licad, Manila, Philippines, pianist, Leventritt Award-1981 1961 Death Percy Aldridge Grainger, Australian/US composer/pianist, dies at 78 1960 Death Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66 1959 Death Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72 1959 Death Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55 1959 Death Billy Mayerl, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees, dies at 56 1959 Death George Antheil, U.S. pianist/composer (Ballet Mecanique), dies at 58 1958 Birthday Ivo Pogorelich, Belgrade Yugoslavia, pianist, 1978 Casagrande winner 1958 Death Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 1958 Death Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80 1958 Birthday Tom Schuman, pianist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance 1957 Birthday Frank Affolter, pianist/writer/composer, If Nobody Does 1956 Death Una Mae Carlisle, U.S. pianist/singer, dies at 40 1956 Death Art Tatum, black pianist, dies at 46 in Los Angeles 1956 Death Art[hur] Tatum, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46 1956 Death Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60 1956 Birthday Michael J Feinstein, pianist, Isn't It Romantic 1955 Birthday Howard Jones, rock pianist/vocalist, Things Can Only Get Better 1955 Birthday Jools Holland, born in Blackheath, England, born Julian Miles Holland, composer, singer, pianist, television presenter, founder of band, Squeeze, hosts show titled, 'Later... with Jools Holland' 1954 Birthday Danielle Alexander, Ft. Worth, Texas, country music pianist 1954 Birthday Joe Jackson, English singer/pianist/composer, The Harder they Come 1953 Birthday Richard Clayderman, pianist, Amour, Romantic America 1953 Birthday Andras Schiff, Budapest Hungary, pianist, Tchaikovsky-1974 1953 Birthday Myung-Whan Chung, Seoul Korea, pianist, Chung Sisters 1953 Birthday Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor 1953 Death Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56 1952 Birthday Andre-Michel Schub, Paris, France, pianist, Van Cliburn-1981 1952 Birthday Daisy Eshuijs, singer/pianist/composer, Eye to Eye 1952 Birthday Margriet Eshuijs, Dutch singer/pianist 1952 Birthday John Tesh, born in Garden City, New York, New age pianist/TV host, ET 1952 Birthday Andy Fraser, born in Paddington, West London, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, played bass for Free, composed "All Right Now", wrote hits for Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker 1952 Death Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cello player/pianist/composer, dies at 56 1952 Birthday Zoltan Kocsis, born in Budapest, Hungary, composer, pianist, conductor, musical director, Hungarian National Philharmonic 1952 Birthday Adam Woods, rock drummer and pianist, Fixx 1951 Death Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer (Daniel Hjort), dies at 73 1951 Death Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69 1951 Death John Erskine, U.S. writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71 1951 Death Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall 1950 Event Jazz pianist, Erroll Garner's solo concert (Cleveland, Ohio) 1950 Birthday Tony Banks, born in East Sussex, England, singer, musician, pianist, keyboard player, guitarist, founding member of Genesis 1950 Birthday William Cunningham, rock bassist/pianist, Box Tops-Letter 1949 Birthday Emmanuel Ax, born in Lvov, Poland, pianist, Artur Rubinstein Comp-1974 1949 Death Joaquin Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66 1948 Birthday Chi Coltrane, U.S. pianist/singer 1948 Birthday Garrick Ohlsson, born in Bronxville, New York, pianist, International Busoni winner 1969 1948 Death Hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66 1947 Birthday Catherine Collard, French pianist, Schumann/Brahms 1947 Birthday Peter Serkin, New York City, pianist, Tashi 1947 Birthday Jasper van 't Hof, Dutch jazz pianist, Live in Montreux 1947 Birthday Murray Perahia, born in New York City, pianist, Avery Fischer Prize-1975, Grammy 1988 1946 Birthday Jackie McCauley, North Ireland, rock pianist, Them Coleraine 1946 Birthday Herman Brood, Dutch painter/singer/pianist, Sleepin' Bird 1946 Birthday Billy Preston, Texas, singer and pianist, 5th Beatle, David Brenner Show 1946 Birthday Buizen Beernd, Bennie Jolink, singer/guitarist/pianist, Normal 1946 Birthday Andre Watts, born in Nuremberg, Germany, concert pianist, Oberon 1946 Birthday Barry Manilow, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer/pianist, Mandy, I Write the Songs 1946 Birthday Alan David Marks, pianist/composer 1946 Birthday Tony Ashton, born in Blackburn, England, singer, composer, rock pianist, producer, artist 1945 Birthday Radu Lupu, Galati Romania, pianist, Enesco 1st prize-1967 1945 Birthday Lee Michaels, born in Los Angeles, California, guitarist, organist, pianist, known for Top 10 hit 'Do You Know What I Mean' 1945 Birthday Misha Dichter, Shanghai China, pianist, Tchaikowsy 2nd prize-1966 1945 Death Bela V J Bartok, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64 1945 Birthday Richard Manuel, rock pianist and vocalist, Band-Up on Cripple Creek 1945 Birthday Rosemary Stone, vocalist/pianist, Sly and Family Stone-Everyday People 1945 Birthday Keith Jarrett, pianist and composer 1945 Birthday Keith Nichols, jazz pianist 1945 Birthday Ole Buck, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, pianist, wrote Calligraphy for soprano and chamber orchestra at the age of 20 1944 Death Roy Agnew, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, pianist, considered best composer of early 20th century Australia, dies at 51 1944 Birthday Peter Tosh, born in Westmoreland, Jamaica, musician, singer, guitarist, pianist, activist promoted marijuana legalization, played with Bob Marley, The Wailers 1944 Birthday Commander Cody, singer/pianist, Commander Cody and Lost Planet Airmen 1944 Birthday Marvin Hamlisch, New York City, composer/pianist, Sting, Chorus Line 1944 Birthday Cipa Dichter, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter 1944 Birthday Paul Crossley, concert pianist 1944 Birthday John Lill, professor/pianist 1944 Birthday Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist, Stones-Ruby Tuesday, Quicksilver 1944 Birthday Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist, I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond 1944 Birthday Ursula Oppens, New York City, pianist/co-founder, Speculum Musicae-NYC 1944 Birthday Neely Bruce, born in America, composer, conductor, pianist, scholar of American music, Professor of Music and American Studies at Wesleyan University, chorus director for Connecticut Opera 1943 Death Thomas W. "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist, dies at 39 in Kansas City Missouri 1943 Birthday Chas Hodges, born in Edmonton, London, rocker, pianist, guitarist, vocalist, member of English duo Chas & Dave, worked with producer Joe Meek, backed Jerry Lee Lewis 1943 Birthday Richard Tee, U.S. pianist, Stuff, Strokin' 1943 Birthday Fred Lipsius, New York City, rock pianist/sax, Blood, Sweat and Tears 1943 Birthday Ray Elliott, rock pianist/saxophonist, Them 1943 Birthday Roger Smalley, born in Manchester, England, composer, pianist, conductor, studied with Alexander Goehr, specialty, improvisation, live electronics 1943 Birthday Bill Hopkins, born in Prestbury, Cheshire, England, British composer, music critic, teacher, pianist, studied at Oxford University with Egon Wellesz and Edmund Rubbra, taught at Birmingham University and University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1943 Birthday Richard Goode, Bronx, concert pianist, 1980 Avery Fisher Award 1943 Death Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69 1943 Birthday Duncan Swift, jazz pianist 1943 Death Thomas "Fats" Waller, U.S. jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 38 1943 Birthday Rob Hoeke, Dutch pianist/singer, Drinking on My Bed 1942 Birthday Jeffrey Siegel, born in Chicago, Illinois, pianist, Chicago Symph 1942 Birthday Daniel Barenboim, Buenos Aires Argentinia, pianist/conductor 1942 Birthday John Taylor, jazz pianist 1942 Death Erwin Schulhoff, Czechoslovakian/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48 1942 Birthday Frank Mills, pianist/composer/arranger, Music Box Dancer 1942 Birthday Carole King, Klein, born in Brooklyn, New York, pianist/singer, Tapestry 1942 Birthday Maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist 1941 Birthday Don Pullen, pianist/composer 1941 Death Jelly Roll Morton pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56 1941 Death Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish statesman pianist, dies in New York at 80 1941 Birthday Chick Corea, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, jazz pianist, Delhpi I, Toy Dance 1941 Birthday Martha Argerich, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, pianist, debut 1949 1941 Birthday Leon Russell, born in Lawton, Kansas, pianist and singer, Carny 1941 Birthday Brian Holland, U.S. pianist/producer, Holland/Dozier/Holland 1940 Birthday Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist, Here Comes the Judge 1940 Birthday Herbie Hancock, Chicago, pianist, I Thought it Was You 1940 Birthday Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor 1940 Event Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish government in exile 1940 Birthday Jorge Peixinho, born in Montijo, Portugal, pianist, conductor, composer, studied with Pierre Boulez, founder, Lisbon Contemporary Music Group 1940 Birthday Laszlo Sary, born in Hungary, composer, pianist, known for 1970's minimal style compositions 1939 Birthday Phillip Ramey, born in Elmhurst, Illinois, pianist, composer, associated with Aaron Copeland, wrote, 'Irving Fine: An American Composer in His Time' 1939 Birthday Katie Webster, Swamp-Boogie Queen]/US R&B pianist/singer 1939 Birthday Bruce Mather, born in Canada, composer, pianist, known for microtonal music, contemporary classical music compositions 1939 Birthday John McCabe, born in Huyton, England, composer, pianist, wrote thirteen symphonies by age 11, composed Notturni ed Alba in 1970, ballets, string quartets, piano music, known for his concerti 1939 Birthday Marlos Nobre, born in Recife, Brazil, composer, pianist, conductor, commissioned by Free University of Music, Sao Paulo, Ministry of Culture 1938 Birthday David Borden, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, minimalist music, jazz pianist, founded Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, the world's first synthesizer ensemble, wrote vocal, chamber ensemble, music, style similar to Phillip Glass, Terry Riley 1938 Death Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54 1938 Death Dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54 1938 Death Leopold Godowsky, pianist/composer, dies at 68 1938 Birthday Fred E Finn, born in San Francisco, California, pianist, Mickie Finn's 1938 Birthday Yuji Takahashi, born in Japan, composer, author, pianist, performer, grant recipient, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists 1938 Birthday Zygmunt Krauze, born in Poland, composer, pianist, contemporary classical music genre, professor, Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy 1938 Death Landon Ronald, composer/pianist, dies at 65 1938 Birthday Paul Revere, Harvard Nebraska, pianist, Paul Revere and Raiders 1938 Birthday Allen Toussaint, Naomi Neville, pianist/songwriter, Ride Your Pony 1937 Birthday Ruth Laredo, nee Meckler, born in Detroit, Michigan, concert pianist 1937 Birthday Michael Ponti, Freiburg Germany, pianist, Boston Competition 1964 1937 Birthday Peter Duchin, born in New York City, pianist/bandleader, Peter Duchin Orchestra 1937 Birthday Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gorki Rus, pianist/conductor, Tchakowsky-1961 1937 Birthday John Ogdon, Manchester England, pianist/composer 1936 Birthday Mort Shuman, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, songwriter, pianist, co-wrote 'Viva Las Vegas', ' Turn Me Loose', compositions recorded by Dion, Andy Williams, Bobby Darin, Elvis Presley 1936 Birthday Annerose Schmidt, East German pianist 1936 Birthday Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist, Perfect Circle 1936 Birthday Malcolm Binns, concert pianist 1935 Birthday Bruno Canino, born in Naples, Italy, composer, pianist, chamber musician, accompanist, studied with Vincenzo Vitale, and in Milan with Bruno Bettinelli, music director of Biennale di Venezia, recordings include Bach Goldberg Variations 1935 Birthday Peter Frankl, born in Hungary, pianist, performs classical music, Romantic period, early Modern, recorded the complete solo piano music of Debussy, performed with world class orchestras throughout America and Europe 1935 Birthday Gilbert Kalish, born in Brooklyn, New York, pianist/professor, SUNY Stony Brook 1935 Birthday Misja Mengelberg, Dutch jazz pianist/composer, Reconstruction 1935 Birthday Larry Williams, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie 1935 Birthday Otto Zykan, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, pianist, student, Vienna Music Academy, wrote operas 'Kunst kommt von Gonnen', 'Auszahlreim' 1935 Birthday Malcolm Frager, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pianist 1935 Birthday Harold Martina, Netherland Antilles, pianist/conductor 1934 Birthday Pim Jacobs, jazz pianist/Dutch TV host/actor, Gilas 1934 Birthday Larry Sitsky, born in Tianjin, China, pianist, Australian composer, educator, musicologist, studied with Winifred Burston, awarded Centenary Medal, 2000 1934 Birthday Van Cliburn, Jr., Harvey Lavan, Louisiana, pianist, Tchaikovsky 1958 1934 Birthday Philippe Entremont, born in Rheims, France, concert pianist 1934 Birthday Philippe Entremont, born in France, pianist/conductor, Vienna Chamber Orchestra 1934 Birthday Peter Nero, New York City, conductor/pianist, A Sunday in New York 1934 Birthday Jan Wijn, born in Amsterdam, Holland, Dutch pianist, piano teacher, played contemporary classical music to national and international audiences 1934 Birthday Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist 1934 Birthday Huey "Piano" Smith, pianist, Having a Good Time 1933 Birthday Floyd Cramer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel 1933 Birthday Tam s Vasary, pianist/conductor 1933 Birthday John Browning, Denver Colorado, pianist, Leventritt Award-1956 1933 Birthday Cecil Perceval Taylor, composer and jazz pianist, University of Wisconsin 1933 Birthday Nina Simone, born in Tyron, North Carolina, vocalist/pianist, Porgy 1932 Birthday Glenn Herbert Gould, born in Toronto, Canada, pianist, sued Steinway Piano 1932 Birthday Bengt Hallberg, born in Sweden, musician, pianist, composer for film, television, choir arrangements, Sweden's most influential jazz musicians 1932 Birthday Mark Russell, Buffalo, New York, political satirist/pianist, Real People 1932 Birthday Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist, Charlie Brown TV specials 1932 Birthday Josef Zawinal, singer/pianist, Weather Report 1932 Birthday Jerome Lowenthal, Philadelphia, pianist and professor, Jerusalem Academy of Music 1932 Birthday Ivan Davis, Electra, Texas, pianist/writer, Hunger, Corn is Green 1931 Death Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist, dies 1931 Birthday Hikaru Hayashi, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, conductor, pianist, wrote more than 30 operas, over 100 film scores, authored more than 20 books 1931 Birthday Jan Johansson, born in Soderhamn, Sweden, composer, pianist, infused traditional European folks tunes with jazz, avant garde style 1931 Birthday Harold Burrage, U.S. singer and pianist, Hi Yo Silver 1931 Death Dirk Schafer, Dutch pianist/composer (Klavier), dies at 57 1931 Birthday Alfred Brendel, Wiesenberg Moravia, Austrian pianist 1930 Birthday Ray Charles, born in Albany, Georgia, singer/pianist 1930 Birthday Tiny Little, Jr., Worthington, Minnesota, pianist, Lawrence Welk Show 1930 Birthday Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist 1930 Birthday Willem G Statius Muller, Netherlands Antilles, conductor/pianist/composer 1930 Birthday Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist/composer, Hangman's Songs 1930 Birthday Raymond Rasberry, pianist and singer 1930 Birthday Lazar Berman, Leningrad Russia, pianist, Budapest 3rd place-1956 1929 Birthday Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer, Sei Studii 1929 Birthday Christoph von Dohnanyi, Berlin Germany, conductor/pianist, Cleveland Orchestra 1929 Birthday Bill Evans, U.S. jazz pianist 1929 Birthday Alexis Weissenberg, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, pianist, Levintritt-1948 1929 Birthday Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher 1929 Birthday Ingrid Haebler, Austrian pianist, Hayd/Mozart/Schubert 1929 Birthday Charles Wadsworth, Barnesville Georgia, pianist, Lincoln Center 1929 Birthday Andre Previn, born in Berlin, Germany, conductor London Symphony, and pianist 1929 Death Pine-Top Smith, jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24 1929 Birthday Jerry Goldsmith, pianist/composer, Twilight Zone 1928 Birthday Walter Klien, born in Graz, Austria, pianist, performed and recorded concertos of Mozart, Brahms, Schubert piano sonatas, received Bosendorfter Prize in Vienna, 1953 1928 Birthday Gary Graffman, New York City, pianist, Leventritt Award 1928 Birthday Leon Fleisher, born in San Francisco, California, pianist/conductor, Annapolis Symph 1973-77 1928 Birthday Bella Davidovich, born in Baku, Russia, pianist, Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel 1928 Birthday Jacob Lateiner, Havana Cuba, pianist/professor, Juiliard 1928 Birthday Byron "Yankees" Janis, born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, pianist, NBC Symphony Orchestra 1928 Birthday Antione "Fats" Domino, NO, Louisiana, rhythm and blues pianist, Blueberry Hill 1927 Birthday Paul Badura-Skoda, Vienna Austria, pianist, Mozart Interpretation 1927 Birthday John Downey, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, pianist, conductor, professor of composition and theory, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, founder, director of the Wisconsin Contemporary Music Forum 1927 Birthday Charles Rosen, New York City, pianist/musicologist, Sonata Forms 1927 Birthday Amos Milburn, born in Houston, Texas, rocker, blues singer, pianist, played rhythm and blues, boogie-woogie, important figure in the history of blues musicianship 1926 Birthday Hans Otte, German composer/pianist 1925 Birthday Eugene Istomin, New York City, pianist, Leventritt Award-1943 1925 Birthday Jurriaan Andriessen, Leslie Cool, Dutch pianist/composer 1925 Birthday Oscar Peterson, born in Montreal, Canada, jazz pianist, composer, Grammy Award winner 1925 Birthday Ruth Slenczynska, Sacramento, California, pianist 1924 Death Franz X. Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74 1924 Birthday Bud Powell, U.S. jazz pianist/composer 1924 Birthday Bobby Short, born in Danville, Illinois, singer/pianist, Carlisle Hotel 1924 Birthday Louis Teicher, pianist, Ferante and Teicher-Exodus 1924 Death Ferruccio Benvenuto busoni, pianist/composer, dies 1924 Birthday Leonard Pennario, Buffalo, New York, pianist, LA Philharmonic 1924 Birthday Yvonne Loriod, Houilles France, pianist 1923 Birthday Alicia de Larrocha, Copenhagen Denmark, pianist, Orquesta Sinfonica 1923 Birthday Janine Dacosta, French pianist 1922 Birthday Halina Czerny-Stefanska, Polish pianist, Chopin 1922 Birthday Lode Backx, Flemish pianist 1922 Birthday Arthur Ferrante, pianist/composer, Ferrante and Tachere-Exodus 1922 Birthday Lou Stein, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pianist, Tonight! America After Dark 1922 Birthday Abbey Simon, New York City, pianist 1921 Birthday Eddy Doorenbos, Dutch vocalist/pianist/guitarist 1921 Birthday Geza Anda, Hungarian/Swiss pianist, Mozart/Bartok 1921 Birthday Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist, Chopin/Liszt 1921 Birthday Billy Ward, U.S. songwriter/singer/pianist/arranger, Dominoes 1921 Birthday Grant Johannesen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, pianist, Ostend 1st prize 1947 1921 Birthday Frank Scott, born in Fargo ND, pianist, Lawrence Welk Show 1921 Birthday Erroll Garner, U.S., jazz pianist, Misty 1921 Birthday Redd Stewart, Ashland City, Tennessee, guitarist/pianist, Pee Wee King Show 1921 Birthday Mark Lawrence, Washington D.C., pianist, Alice Pearce 1921 Birthday Leo Smit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pianist/composer 1920 Birthday Dave Brubeck, Concord California, jazz pianist/composer, Gates of Justice 1920 Birthday Herman Nieland, Dutch organist/pianist/composer, Te Deum Laudamus 1920 Birthday George Shearing, London, blind pianist/composer, Lullabye of Byrdland 1920 Birthday William Masselos, born in Niagara Falls, New York, pianist and professor, Juilliard 1976 1920 Birthday Hazel Scott, born in Trinidad, singer/pianist, Hazel Scott 1920 Birthday Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, Klimbim 1920 Birthday Juan .C Lampe, Aruba, pianist/composer 1920 Birthday Robert Fizdale, born in Chicago, Illinois, pianist, Misia 1920 Birthday Carmen McRae, Clark, U.S. jazz singer/pianist, Dream of Life 1920 Birthday Stan Freeman, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, pianist, Melody Tour 1920 Birthday Richard Hayman, bandleader, conductor and pianist, Theme of 3 Penny Opera 1920 Birthday Fanny Waterman, concert pianist and teacher 1920 Birthday Marian McPartland, jazz pianist, Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland 1920 Birthday Del Wood, born in Nashville, Tennessee, given name Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood, singer, pianist, recorded for Tennessee Records label, performed on the Grand Ole Opry 1920 Birthday Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Brescia Italy, pianist 1919 Birthday Liberace, West Allis WI, pianist, Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman 1919 Birthday [Wladziu Valentino] Liberace, West Allis Wisconsin, pianist 1919 Event Pianist and statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes 1st premier of Poland 1919 Birthday Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orchestra leader, Devil's Wheel 1918 Birthday Bobby Troup, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pianist/actor, Emergency, Acapulco 1918 Birthday James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist 1918 Birthday Eugene List, Philadelphia Penn, pianist and professor, Eastman School of Music 1918 Birthday Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist of Concert building, Oh, Lady! Lady! 1918 Birthday D Arendo, Arend Honhoff, Dutch pianist/composer, Eleonora 1918 Birthday Buddy Weed, Ossining, New York, pianist, Penthouse Party 1917 Birthday Rufo I Wever, Aruban pianist/composer, Ca'i Organ 1917 Birthday Thelonious Monk, jazz composer/pianist 1917 Birthday Els Aarne, born in Ukraine, Estonian composer, pianist, composed chamber music for violoncello and double bass, wrote two symphonies, studied with composer Heino Eller 1917 Birthday Johnny Guarnieri, born in New York City, jazz pianist, Morey Amsterdam Show 1917 Birthday Arthur Gold, Toronto, Canada, pianist 1916 Birthday Joe Bushkin, New York City, jazz pianist, A Couple of Joes 1916 Birthday Emil Gilels, Odessa Russia, pianist, Brussels Competition-1938 1916 Birthday Moura Lympany, Saltash England, pianist, OBE-1979 1916 Death Max [Johann BJM] Reger, German composer/pianist/organist, dies at 43 1916 Birthday Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 1915 Birthday Una Mae Carlisle, U.S. pianist/vocalist, Walkin' at the River 1915 Birthday Earl Wild, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, composer/pianist, Caesar's Hour, NBC Symph 1942 1915 Birthday Cy Walter, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, pianist, 3's Company 1915 Birthday Jack Fascinato, Bevier, Missouri, pianist/orchestral leader, Kukla Fran and Ollie 1915 Birthday Irving Fields, New York City, pianist, Ilona Massey Show 1915 Birthday Marcel Quinet, Belgian pianist/composer, Vague et Sillon 1915 Death Alexander N. Skriabin, Russian pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43 1915 Birthday Svyatoslav Richter, pianist 1915 Birthday David van de Woestijne, Flemish pianist/composer, Les Aeronautes 1914 Birthday Rosalyn Tureck, born in Chicago, Illinois, pianist, Bach and Rock 1914 Birthday Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, Mississippi 1914 Birthday Jorge Bolet, Havana Cuba, pianist, C'eurties Instituka 1914 Birthday William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz pianist/arranger 1914 Birthday Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist 1914 Birthday Cor de Groot, pianist/conductor/composer, Old-Dutch Suite 1914 Birthday Maurice Ohana, British?/French? pianist/composer, La Celestine 1914 Birthday Sviatosiav Richter, born in Zhitomir, Ukraine, pianist, Stalin Prize-1945 1914 Birthday Jean Louvel, Flemish pianist/conductor/composer 1913 Birthday Donald Phillips, pianist/composer 1913 Birthday Jimmy Carroll, New York City, pianist, Most Important People 1913 Birthday Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz pianist/composer 1913 Birthday Margaret A. R. Bonds, U.S. pianist, composer and arranger 1913 Birthday Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger 1912 Birthday Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher 1912 Birthday Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, U.S. jazz pianist/arranger 1912 Birthday Gyorgy Sandor, Budapest Hungary, pianist, L'Apprenti Sorcier 1912 Birthday Ray Barr, New York City, pianist, Vincent Lopez Show 1912 Birthday Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, Arkadia 598-Schubert 1912 Birthday Rudolf Firkusny, Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist, Julliard 1911 Birthday Ticker Freeman, Paterson, New Jersey, pianist, Dinah Shore Show 1911 Birthday Guus Jansen, jazz pianist, Net als Toen 1910 Birthday Art Tatum, U.S. jazz pianist/composer 1910 Birthday Soulima Stravinsky, born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Russian pianist, Igor's son 1910 Birthday Josef Tal, born in Pinne, Poland, born Joseph Gruenthal, composer, pianist, played hard with Palestine Orchestra, developed notational system for computer-generated compositions at Hebrew University 1910 Birthday Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic 1910 Birthday William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, U.S. boxer/slaughterhouse pianist 1910 Birthday Mary Lou Williams, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, Zodiac Suite 1909 Birthday Cleo Brown, born in Mississippi, pianist, vocalist, stage name Cleo Patra Brown, performed on National Public Radio, stride piano playing was compared to Fats Waller 1909 Birthday Monique Hare, French pianist 1909 Birthday Shura Cherkassky, pianist 1909 Birthday Jean Berger, born in Hamm, Germany, composer, pianist, professor, studied at Heidelberg, Vienna universities, studied with Paris' Louis Aubert, taught at Middlebury College, University of Colorado at Boulder, among others 1909 Birthday Alec Templeton, Cardiff Wales, pianist/composer, Concertino Lirico 1909 Death Isaac M F Albeniz, Spanish pianist/composer, dies at 48 1909 Birthday Eddie Duchin, born in Massachusetts, society pianist and bandleader, Eddie Duchin Orchestra 1909 Birthday Moon Mullican, hillbilly pianist, 7 Nights of Rock 1909 Birthday George G F van Renesse, Dutch pianist/music director 1909 Birthday Victor Borge, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, pianist/comedian 1907 Birthday Roy Douglas, born in Tunbridge Wells, England, Richard Roy Douglas, composer, pianist, member London Symphony Orchestra, pianist, organist, celesta player, fourth percussionist, created orchestration for 'Les Sylphides' 1907 Birthday Joe Turner, U.S. jazz pianist 1907 Birthday Sunnyland Albert Luandrew Slim, blues pianist 1907 Birthday Benny Payne, born in Philadelphia, pianist, Billy Daniels Show 1907 Birthday Jose Bernabe Marino Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader 1907 Birthday Clifford Curzon, born in London, England, pianist, MacFarren Gold Medal 1907 Birthday Sandor Veress, Hungarian pianist/composer 1906 Birthday Bob Howard, born in Newton, Massachusetts, singer/pianist, Sing it Again 1906 Birthday Artur Balsam, Polish/U.S. pianist, Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein 1905 Birthday Earl "Fatha" Hines, Duquesne, Pennsylvania, jazz pianist, Deep Forest 1905 Birthday John Kirkpatrick, New York City, pianist, Concord Sonata 1905 Birthday Lili Krus, born in Budapest Hungary, pianist, Austrian Cross of Honor 1978 1904 Birthday Eve Denise Curie, French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie 1904 Birthday Piet Ketting, pianist/conductor/composer, Glorify Kokila 1904 Birthday Paul Arma, born in Budapest, born Weisshaus Imre, pianist, composer, ethnomusicologist, studied under Bela Bartok, piano soloist with Radio Paris 1904 Birthday Vladimir Horowitz, born in Kiev, Ukraine, pianist, Carmen 1904 Birthday Jess Stacy, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, pianist, jazz musician, played with Tommy Dorsey, recorded with Lee Wiley, Nelson Riddle in The Great Gatsby soundtrack 1904 Birthday Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor 1904 Birthday Bill Challis, arranger/pianist 1904 Birthday Seger Pillot Ellis, pianist/vocalist 1904 Birthday Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, jazz pianist/singer, Boogie Woogie Piano 1904 Birthday William "Count" Basie, jazz pianist, Policy Man, Blazing Saddles 1904 Birthday Geza Frid, Hungarian/Dutch composer/pianist 1903 Birthday Pal Kadosa, Hungarian composer/pianist 1903 Death Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies 1903 Birthday Rudolf Serkin, born in Eger, Bohemia, pianist, Marlboro Sch of Music 1903 Birthday Claudio Arrau, Chile, composer/pianist, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1903 Birthday Erwin Nyiregyhazi, Budapest Hungary, pianist 1903 Birthday Telesforo A. Palm, Curaeao, composer/pianist 1902 Birthday Jesus Maria Sanroma, Carolina PR, pianist, Boston Symphony 1902 Birthday Antonia Brico, born in Rotterdam, Holland, conductor/pianist, Antonia 1902 Birthday Billy Mayerl, born in London, England, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees 1902 Birthday Pierre Palla, Dutch pianist/organist 1900 Birthday Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher 1899 Birthday Hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington, Indiana, pianist/composer 1899 Birthday James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist 1899 Birthday Gerald Moore, England, pianist, Am I Too Loud 1899 Birthday Robert Marcel Casadesus, French pianist and composer, Prix Diemer 1899 Birthday Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist, Les Biches 1898 Birthday Nelly Steuer-Wagenaar, Dutch pianist 1898 Birthday Johan Brouwer, Dutch pianist/writer/resistance fighter 1897 Birthday Jules Buffano, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pianist, Jimmy Durante Show 1897 Birthday Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer, Lady Fanny, Bel Ami 1896 Death Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann, composer/pianist, dies at 76 1896 Birthday Alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist, Chopin 1895 Birthday Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cellist/pianist/composer 1895 Birthday Jose Iturbi, Valencia Spain, pianist, Pequena danza Espanola 1895 Birthday Wilhelm Kempff, Juterbog Germany, pianist, Unter dem Zimbelstern 1895 Birthday Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer 1895 Death Charles Halle, British pianist, dies 1895 Birthday Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist, Brazilian Order of Merit 1894 Birthday Erwin Schulhoff, Czechoslovakian/Russian composer/pianist, Ogelala 1893 Birthday Leroy B Shield, U.S. pianist/producer/composer, Laurel and Hardy 1893 Birthday Walter Donaldson, U.S. pianist/composer, Girl Crazy, Whoopee 1892 Birthday Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist 1892 Birthday Nikolaj A. Orloff, Russian/British pianist, Chopin 1891 Birthday Roy Agnew, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, pianist, considered best composer of early 20th century Australia 1891 Death Henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73 1891 Birthday Edgar Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer 1890 Birthday Hans Gal, born in Brunn am Gebirge, Austria, pianist, composer, teacher, trained at New Vienna Conservatory, director, Mainz Conservatory 1890 Birthday Myra Hess, born in London, England, concert pianist 1888 Death Ciro Pinsuti, Italian pianist/composer, dies at 57 1887 Death Jules Francois Blasini, Curaeaos pianist/composer, dies at 40 1887 Birthday Jacobo Palm, Curacaos pianist/organist 1887 Birthday Paul Wittgenstein, Vienna Austria, left hand specialist pianist 1887 Birthday Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist, Beethoven 1887 Birthday Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstangl, German/US pianist/politician, NSDAP 1886 Death Franz von Liszt, Ferencz, Hungarian pianist/composer, dies at 74 1886 Birthday Artur Rubinstein, Lodz Poland, pianist 1885 Birthday Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer 1885 Death Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist, composer and conductor, dies at 73 1884 Birthday Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist 1884 Birthday Wilhelm Backhaus, born in Leipzig, Germany, pianist, Rubinstein 1905 1884 Birthday Christina A. A. [Dina] Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer 1883 Birthday Eubie Blake, ragtime composer/pianist, Memories of You 1882 Birthday Richard Hageman, Dutch/US pianist/ composer and conductor, Caponsacchi 1882 Birthday Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor, Hill Songs 1882 Birthday Artur Schnabel, Lipnik Austria, pianist, Beethoven Piano Sonatas 1882 Birthday Mary Howe, born in Richmond, Virginia, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock' 1881 Birthday Hermann KJ Zilcher, German pianist/composer, Dr. Eisenbart 1881 Birthday Bela Bartok, born in Hungary, composer/pianist, Concerto for Orchestra 1880 Birthday Rosina Lhevinne, born in Kiev, Ukraine, pianist and professor, Juiliard Graduate School 1880 Birthday Rudolf T Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer 1879 Birthday John Erskine, U.S., poet/pianist, Private Life of Helen of Troy 1879 Birthday Cyril M Scott, English pianist/composer/author, Heroic Suite 1879 Birthday John N Ireland, English composer/pianist, Mai-Dun 1878 Birthday Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer 1878 Birthday Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/ composer and conductor, Peter Schlemihl 1877 Birthday Alfred Cortot, French pianist 1873 Birthday Dirk Schafer, Dutch pianist/composer, Javanese Rhapsody 1873 Birthday Harold Bauer, English/US pianist, Beethoven-Association 1873 Birthday Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/U.S. pianist/composer, Aleko 1873 Birthday Max Reger, born in Brand Bavaria, composer, pianist, professor, Leipzig University 1870 Birthday Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer 1868 Birthday Eduard Jacobs, singer and pianist, Dutch cabaret 1868 Birthday Leonard Borwick, British pianist 1866 Death Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies 1866 Birthday Ferruccio D M B Busoni, born in Italy, pianist, composer and conductor, Arlecchino 1864 Birthday Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist and composer, Golem 1863 Birthday Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist and professor, Moscow Cons 1888-91 1860 Birthday Ignace Jan Paderewski, Kurylowka Poland, composer/pianist/patriot 1860 Birthday Isaac [Manuel F] Albeniz, Spanish pianist/composer, Iberia 1858 Death Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87 1857 Death Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66 1856 Death Robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46 1850 Death Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75 1850 Birthday Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer, Mataswintha 1849 Death Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39 1849 Birthday "Blind" Tom Bethune, pianist/composer 1847 Death Jacob L Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Germ pianist/composer, dies at 38 1847 Birthday Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer 1841 Birthday Tito Mattei, pianist/composer 1839 Death Ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72 1837 Death John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54 1830 Birthday Karl Klindworth, pianist/conductor 1830 Birthday Hans von Bulow, Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer 1829 Birthday Anton G Rubinstein, Russian pianist/conductor/composer 1829 Death Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist, dies 1829 Birthday Ciro Pinsuti, pianist/composer 1829 Birthday Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized U.S. pianist 1822 Event Franz Liszts (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran 1821 Death Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56 1819 Birthday Henry Brinley Richards, British? pianist/composer 1819 Birthday Clara Josephine Schumann, nee Wieck, Leipzig Germ, pianist/composer 1819 Birthday Charles Halle, pianist/conductor/founder, Halle Orchestra 1818 Birthday Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist 1812 Death Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52 1811 Birthday Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/ composer and conductor 1811 Birthday Franz Liszt, Raiding Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist 1811 Birthday Marie-Felicite-Denise Pleyel, Mlle Moke, pianist/composer 1810 Birthday Frederic Chopin, born in Poland, composer/pianist, Concert in F Minor 1810 Birthday Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer 1795 Event Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna 1792 Birthday Philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer 1791 Birthday Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer, Schule der Virtuosen 1788 Birthday Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist 1782 Birthday John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer, Nocturnes 1777 Death Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62 1774 Birthday Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer 1771 Birthday Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher 1766 Birthday Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer 1764 Birthday Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer 1760 Birthday Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer 1751 Birthday Maria A. [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist/Wolfgang's sister 1715 Birthday Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian, court, composer/pianist 1715 Birthday Georg C Wagenzeil, Austria, court, composer/pianist
