2000 Victor Borge, comedian/pianist, Victor Borge in London, dies at 91
2000 Wladyslaw Szpilman, pianist/writer, ", write Death of a City, later filmed as The Pianist, ", dies at 78
1999 Michel Petrucciani, jazz pianist, Both Worlds, dies at 36
1997 Floyd Cramer, pianist (Nashville Sound), dies of cancer at 64
1997 Duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 54
1997 Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of heart attack at 82
1996 Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher, dies at 67
1996 Johnny Costa, jazz pianist (Mr Rogers), dies at 74
1996 James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist, dies at 77
1996 Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic, dies at 85
1995 Shura Cherkassky, pianist, dies at 86
1995 Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher, dies at 94
1995 Raymond Rasberry, pianist/singer, dies at 65
1995 Seger Pillot Ellis, pianist/vocalist, dies at 91
1995 Christopher Shaw, composer pianist/critic, dies at 71
1995 Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist, dies at 81
1995 James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist, dies at 95
1995 Erbie Bowser, pianist, dies at 77
1995 Jose B. M. Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader, dies at 88
1995 Robert L "Bob" Talley, pianist, dies at 75
1995 Alan David Marks, pianist/composer, dies at 49
1995 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75
1995 Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist, dies at 61
1995 Mike Pyne, jazz Pianist, dies at 54
1995 Don Pullen, pianist/composer, dies at 53
1995 Cleo Brown, pianist, dies at 91
1995 Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger, dies at 82
1995 Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87
1995 Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher, dies at 82
1995 Geoffrey Parsons, Australian/British pianist, dies at 65
1995 Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist (Concert Building), dies at 76
1995 Jess Stacy, U.S. jazz pianist (Great Gatsby), dies at 90
1994 George G F van Renesse, concert pianist/music director, dies at 85
1994 Carmen McRae [Clark], U.S. jazz singer/pianist, dies at about 73
1994 Bill Challis, arranger/Pianist, dies at 90
1994 Bernie Lazaroff Leighton, pianist, dies at 73
1994 Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist (Rolling Stones), dies at 50
1994 Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, dies at 88
1994 Sebastian Piana, Argentine pianist/tango composer, dies at 91
1994 Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist, commits suicide
1994 Taeko Kuwata, Japanese/Belgian pianist, commits suicide
1994 Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, dies at 79
1994 William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz Pianist/Arranger, dies at 79
1994 Donald Phillips, pianist/composer, dies at 80
1994 Ignace Strasfogel, Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 84
1994 Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72
1993 Tatiana Nikolajeva, Russian pianist (Bach), dies at 69
1993 Catherine Collard, French pianist (Debussy, Haydn), dies at 46
1993 Herman Nieland, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 82
1993 Roy Budd, English jazz pianist/composer (Paper Tiger), dies at 46
1993 Kenny Drew, US/Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert), dies at 64
1993 Herman S Blount, Sun Ra, U.S. jazz pianist (Solar Arkestra), dies at 79
1993 Sun Ra, blues pianist/orchestra leader, dies of strokes at 79
1993 Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78
1993 Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/U.S. pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100
1993 Art Hodes, Russ/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies
1993 Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies
1993 Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer (Syncope), dies at 63
1992 Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, dies at 80
1992 Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orch leader (duivelswiel), dies
1992 Maurice Ohana, pianist/composer, dies
1992 Sammy Price, U.S. boogie-woogie pianist, dies
1992 William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, U.S. boxer/pianist, dies at 81
1992 Lewis Michael Friedman, pianist, dies at 47 of AIDS
1991 Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies
1991 Eileen Joyce, pianist, dies at 78
1991 Lee Donn, pianist, dies of stroke at 96
1991 Jan Ode, Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies
1990 Joe Turner, jazz pianist, dies of cardiac arrest at 82
1989 Vladimir Horovitz, Ukrainian/US pianist, dies at 85
1989 Geza Frid, Hungarian/Dutch pianist/composer, dies
1989 John Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52
1987 Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53
1987 Gerald Moore, England, pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at 87
1987 Liberace, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman), dies at 67
1987 Larry Carr, pianist (Flight to Rhythm), dies at 72
1986 Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, U.S. jazz pianist/arranger, dies at 73
1986 Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (Band), dies on 41st birthday
1986 Richard Manuel, rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 40
1986 Ticker Freeman, pianist (Dinah Shore Show), dies at 74
1985 Reginald Beane, pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63
1985 Eugene List, U.S. concert pianist, dies at 66
1985 Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67
1984 Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79
1983 Earl "Fatha" Hines, U.S., jazz pianist/conductor, dies
1983 Pal Kadosa, Hungarian composer/pianist, dies at 79
1983 Eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100
1982 Artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva at 95
1982 Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52
1982 Glenn H Gould, Canadian pianist, dies at 50
1982 Clifford M Curzon, England, pianist, dies at 75
1982 Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62
1982 Andre Tchaikowsy, pianist/composer, dies
1982 Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45
1982 Theolonious S Monk, U.S., jazz pianist/composer (Blue Monk), dies at 64
1981 Hazel Scott, Trinidadian singer/pianist, dies at 63
1980 Bill Evans, U.S. jazz pianist, dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51
1980 Jose Iturbi, Spanish/US pianist (Pequena danza Espanola), dies at 84
1979 Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84
1977 Erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53
1976 Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43
1976 Chester Arthur Burnett, U.S. blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65
1973 Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68
1972 Robert M Casadesus, French pianist/composer (Prix Diemer), dies at 73
1972 Margaret A R Bonds, U.S. pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59
1971 Alfonso Ribeiro, New York City, actor/pianist, Alfonso-Silver Spoons
1969 Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85
1969 Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge), dies at 29
1968 Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52
1966 Harold Burrage, U.S. singer/pianist (Got to Find a Way), dies at 35
1966 Bud Powell, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, dies
1965 Henry (Dixon) Cowell, U.S. pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68
1965 Jerry Burke, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies
1964 Liam O'Maonlai, Irish vocalist/pianist, Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry
1964 Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76
1964 Ted Collins, pianist (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 63
1963 Tori Amos, born in North Carolina, pianist/vocalist, Under The Pink,
1963 Kino Haitsma, pianist/arrangeur, Josephine
1963 Alec A Templeton, composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52
1962 Ken Noda, New York City, pianist, Rivalry
1962 Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84
1962 John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82
1962 LeRoy B Shield, U.S. pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68
1961 Cecile Licad, Manila, Philippines, pianist, Leventritt Award-1981
1961 Percy Aldridge Grainger, Australian/US composer/pianist, dies at 78
1960 Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66
1959 Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72
1959 Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55
1959 George Antheil, U.S. pianist/composer (Ballet Mecanique), dies at 58
1958 Ivo Pogorelich, Belgrade Yugoslavia, pianist, 1978 Casagrande winner
1958 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80
1958 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80
1958 Tom Schuman, pianist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance
1957 Frank Affolter, pianist/writer/composer, If Nobody Does
1956 Una Mae Carlisle, U.S. pianist/singer, dies at 40
1956 Art Tatum, black pianist, dies at 46 in Los Angeles
1956 Art[hur] Tatum, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46
1956 Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60
1956 Michael J Feinstein, pianist, Isn't It Romantic
1955 Howard Jones, rock pianist/vocalist, Things Can Only Get Better
1954 Danielle Alexander, Ft. Worth, Texas, country music pianist
1954 Joe Jackson, English singer/pianist/composer, The Harder they Come
1953 Richard Clayderman, pianist, Amour, Romantic America
1953 Andras Schiff, Budapest Hungary, pianist, Tchaikovsky-1974
1953 Myung-Whan Chung, Seoul Korea, pianist, Chung Sisters
1953 Earl Klugh, Jazz pianist/guitarist
1953 Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor
1953 Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56
1952 Andre-Michel Schub, Paris, France, pianist, Van Cliburn-1981
1952 Daisy Eshuijs, singer/pianist/composer, Eye to Eye
1952 Margriet Eshuijs, Dutch singer/pianist
1952 John Tesh, born in Garden City, New York, New age pianist/TV host, ET
1952 Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cello player/pianist/composer, dies at 56
1952 Adam Woods, rock drummer and pianist, Fixx
1951 Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer (Daniel Hjort), dies at 73
1951 Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69
1951 John Erskine, U.S. writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71
1951 Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall
1950 Jazz pianist, Erroll Garner's solo concert (Cleveland, Ohio)
1950 William Cunningham, rock bassist/pianist, Box Tops-Letter
1949 Emmanuel Ax, born in Lvov, Poland, pianist, Artur Rubinstein Comp-1974
1949 Joaquin Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66
1948 Chi Coltrane, U.S. pianist/singer
1948 Garrick Ohlsson, born in Bronxville, New York, pianist, International Busoni winner 1969
1948 Hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66
1947 Catherine Collard, French pianist, Schumann/Brahms
1947 Peter Serkin, New York City, pianist, Tashi
1947 Jasper van 't Hof, Dutch jazz pianist, Live in Montreux
1947 Murray Perahia, born in New York City, pianist, Avery Fischer Prize-1975, Grammy 1988
1946 Jackie McCauley, North Ireland, rock pianist, Them Coleraine
1946 Herman Brood, Dutch painter/singer/pianist, Sleepin' Bird
1946 Billy Preston, Texas, singer/pianist, 5th Beatle, David Brenner Show
1946 Buizen Beernd, [Bennie Jolink], singer/guitarist/pianist, Normal
1946 Andre Watts, born in Nuremberg, Germany, concert pianist, Oberon
1946 Barry Manilow, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer/pianist, Mandy, I Write the Songs
1946 Alan David Marks, pianist/composer
1945 Radu Lupu, Galati Romania, pianist, Enesco 1st prize-1967
1945 Misha Dichter, Shanghai China, pianist, Tchaikowsy 2nd prize-1966
1945 Bela V J Bartok, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64
1945 Richard Manuel, rock pianist and vocalist, Band-Up on Cripple Creek
1945 Rosemary Stone, vocalist/pianist, Sly and Family Stone-Everyday People
1945 Keith Jarrett, pianist and composer
1945 Keith Nichols, jazz pianist
1944 Commander Cody, singer/pianist, Commander Cody and Lost Planet Airmen
1944 Marvin Hamlisch, New York City, composer/pianist, Sting, Chorus Line
1944 Cipa Dichter, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter
1944 Paul Crossley, concert pianist
1944 John Lill, professor/pianist
1944 Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist, Stones-Ruby Tuesday, Quicksilver
1944 Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist, I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond
1944 Ursula Oppens, New York City, pianist/co-founder, Speculum Musicae-NYC
1943 Thomas W. "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist, dies at 39 in Kansas City Missouri
1943 Mike Smith, London England, rocker/pianist, Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over
1943 Richard Tee, U.S. pianist, Stuff, Strokin'
1943 Fred Lipsius, New York City, rock pianist/sax, Blood, Sweat and Tears
1943 Ray Elliott, rock pianist/saxophonist, Them
1943 Richard Goode, Bronx, concert pianist, 1980 Avery Fisher Award
1943 Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69
1943 Duncan Swift, jazz pianist
1943 Thomas "Fats" Waller, U.S. jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 38
1943 Rob Hoeke, Dutch pianist/singer, Drinking on My Bed
1942 Jeffrey Siegel, born in Chicago, Illinois, pianist, Chicago Symph
1942 Daniel Barenboim, Buenos Aires Argentinia, pianist/conductor
1942 John Taylor, jazz pianist
1942 Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48
1942 Frank Mills, pianist/composer/arranger, Music Box Dancer
1942 Carole King, [Klein], born in Brooklyn, New York, pianist/singer, Tapestry
1942 Maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist
1941 Don Pullen, pianist/composer
1941 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56
1941 Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish statesman pianist, dies in New York at 80
1941 Chick Corea, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, jazz pianist, Delhpi I, Toy Dance
1941 Martha Argerich, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, pianist, debut 1949
1941 Leon Russell, born in Lawton, Kansas, pianist and singer, Carny
1941 Brian Holland, U.S. pianist/producer, Holland/Dozier/Holland
1940 Mike Pyne, jazz Pianist
1940 Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist, Here Comes the Judge
1940 Herbie Hancock, Chicago, pianist, I Thought it Was You
1940 Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor
1940 Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish government in exile
1939 Katie Webster, [Swamp-Boogie Queen]/US R&B pianist/singer
1938 Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54
1938 Dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54
1938 Leopold Godowsky, pianist/composer, dies at 68
1938 Fred E Finn, born in San Francisco, California, pianist, Mickie Finn's
1938 Landon Ronald, composer/pianist, dies at 65
1938 Paul Revere, Harvard Nebraska, pianist, Paul Revere and Raiders
1938 Allen Toussaint, [Naomi Neville], pianist/songwriter, Ride Your Pony
1937 Ruth Laredo, nee Meckler, born in Detroit, Michigan, concert pianist
1937 Michael Ponti, Freiburg Germany, pianist, Boston Competition 1964
1937 Peter Duchin, born in New York City, pianist/bandleader, Peter Duchin Orch
1937 Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gorki Rus, pianist/conductor, Tchakowsky-1961
1937 John Ogdon, Manchester England, pianist/composer
1936 Annerose Schmidt, East German pianist
1936 Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist, Perfect Circle
1936 Malcolm Binns, concert pianist
1935 Peter Frankl, pianist
1935 Gilbert Kalish, born in Brooklyn, New York, pianist/professor, SUNY Stony Brook
1935 Misja Mengelberg, Dutch jazz pianist/composer, Reconstruction
1935 Malcolm Frager, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pianist
1935 Harold Martina, Netherland Antilles, pianist/conductor
1934 Pim Jacobs, jazz pianist/Dutch TV host/actor, Gilas
1934 Van Cliburn, Jr., [Harvey Lavan], Louisiana, pianist, Tchaikovsky 1958
1934 Philippe Entremont, born in Rheims, France, concert pianist
1934 Philippe Entremont, born in France, pianist/conductor, Vienna Chamber Orch
1934 Peter Nero, New York City, conductor/pianist, A Sunday in New York
1934 Jan Wijn, Dutch pianist
1934 Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist
1934 Huey "Piano" Smith, pianist, Having a Good Time
1933 Tam s Vasary, pianist/conductor
1933 John Browning, Denver Colorado, pianist, Leventritt Award-1956
1933 Cecil Perceval Taylor, composer and jazz pianist, University of Wisconsin
1933 Nina Simone, born in Tyron, North Carolina, vocalist/pianist, Porgy
1932 Glenn Herbert Gould, born in Toronto, Canada, pianist, sued Steinway Piano
1932 Mark Russell, Buffalo, New York, political satirist/pianist, Real People
1932 Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist, Charlie Brown TV specials
1932 Josef Zawinal, singer/pianist, Weather Report
1932 Jerome Lowenthal, Philadelphia, pianist/prof, Jerusalem Academy of Music
1932 Ivan Davis, Electra, Texas, pianist/writer, Hunger, Corn is Green
1931 Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist, dies
1931 Harold Burrage, U.S. singer and pianist, Hi Yo Silver
1931 Dirk Schafer, Dutch pianist/composer (Klavier), dies at 57
1931 Alfred Brendel, Wiesenberg Moravia, Austrian pianist
1930 Ray Charles, Albany, Georgia, singer/pianist, Georgia
1930 Tiny Little, Jr., Worthington, Minnesota, pianist, Lawrence Welk Show
1930 Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist
1930 Willem G Statius Muller, Netherlands Antilles, conductor/pianist/composer
1930 Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist/composer, Hangman's Songs
1930 Raymond Rasberry, pianist and singer
1930 Lazar Berman, Leningrad Russia, pianist, Budapest 3rd place-1956
1929 Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer, Sei Studii
1929 Christoph von Dohnanyi, Berlin Germany, conductor/pianist, Cleve Orch
1929 Bill Evans, U.S. jazz pianist
1929 Alexis Weissenberg, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, pianist, Levintritt-1948
1929 Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher
1929 Ingrid Haebler, Austrian pianist, Hayd/Mozart/Schubert
1929 Charles Wadsworth, Barnesville Georgia, pianist, Lincoln Center
1929 Andre Previn, born in Berlin, Germany, conductor London Symphony, and pianist
1929 Pine-Top Smith, jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24
1929 Jerry Goldsmith, pianist/composer, Twilight Zone
1928 Walter Klien, pianist
1928 Gary Graffman, New York City, pianist, Leventritt Award
1928 Leon Fleisher, born in San Francisco, California, pianist/conductor, Annapolis Symph 1973-77
1928 Bella Davidovich, born in Baku, Russia, pianist, Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel
1928 Jacob Lateiner, Havana Cuba, pianist/professor, Juiliard
1928 Byron "Yanks" Janis, born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, pianist, NBC Symphony Orch
1928 Antione "Fats" Domino, NO, Louisiana, rhythm and blues pianist, Blueberry Hill
1927 Paul Badura-Skoda, Vienna Austria, pianist, Mozart Interpretation
1927 Charles Rosen, New York City, pianist/musicologist, Sonata Forms
1926 Hans Otte, German composer/pianist
1925 Eugene Istomin, New York City, pianist, Leventritt Award-1943
1925 Jurriaan Andriessen, [Leslie Cool], Dutch pianist/composer
1925 Ruth Slenczynska, Sacramento, California, pianist
1924 Franz X. Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74
1924 Bud Powell, U.S. jazz pianist/composer
1924 Bobby Short, born in Danville, Illinois, singer/pianist, Carlisle Hotel
1924 Louis Teicher, pianist, Ferante and Teicher-Exodus
1924 Ferruccio Benvenuto busoni, pianist/composer, dies
1924 Leonard Pennario, Buffalo, New York, pianist, LA Philharmonic
1924 Margaret Truman, born in Missouri, President daughter/writer, Murder at FBI, /pianist
1924 Yvonne Loriod, Houilles France, pianist
1923 Alicia de Larrocha, Copenhagen Denmark, pianist, Orquesta Sinfonica
1923 Janine Dacosta, French pianist
1922 Halina Czerny-Stefanska, Polish pianist, Chopin
1922 Lode Backx, Flemish pianist
1922 Arthur Ferrante, pianist/composer, Ferrante and Tachere-Exodus
1922 Lou Stein, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pianist, Tonight! America After Dark
1922 Abbey Simon, New York City, pianist
1921 Eddy Doorenbos, Dutch vocalist/pianist/guitarist
1921 Geza Anda, Hungarian/Swiss pianist, Mozart/Bartok
1921 Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist, Chopin/Liszt
1921 Billy Ward, U.S. songwriter/singer/pianist/arranger, Dominoes
1921 Grant Johannesen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, pianist, Ostend 1st prize 1947
1921 Frank Scott, born in Fargo ND, pianist, Lawrence Welk Show
1921 Erroll Garner, U.S., jazz pianist, Misty
1921 Redd Stewart, Ashland City, Tennessee, guitarist/pianist, Pee Wee King Show
1921 Mark Lawrence, Washington D.C., pianist, Alice Pearce
1921 Leo Smit, Philadelphia Penn, pianist/composer
1920 Dave Brubeck, Concord California, jazz pianist/composer, Gates of Justice
1920 Herman Nieland, Dutch organist/pianist/composer, Te Deum Laudamus
1920 George Shearing, London, blind pianist/composer, Lullabye of Byrdland
1920 William Masselos, born in Niagara Falls, New York, pianist/prof, Juilliard 1976
1920 Hazel Scott, born in Trinidad, singer/pianist, Hazel Scott
1920 Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, Klimbim
1920 Juan .C Lampe, Aruba, pianist/composer
1920 Robert Fizdale, born in Chicago, Illinois, pianist, Misia
1920 Carmen McRae, Clark, U.S. jazz singer/pianist, Dream of Life
1920 Stan Freeman, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, pianist, Melody Tour
1920 Richard Hayman, bandleader, conductor and pianist, Theme of 3 Penny Opera
1920 Fanny Waterman, concert pianist and teacher
1920 Marian McPartland, jazz pianist, Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland
1920 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Brescia Italy, pianist
1919 Liberace, West Allis WI, pianist, Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman
1919 [Wladziu Valentino] Liberace, West Allis Wisconsin, pianist
1919 Nina Milkina, pianist
1919 Pianist and statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes 1st premier of Poland
1919 Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orch leader, Devil's Wheel
1918 Bobby Troup, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pianist/actor, Emergency, Acapulco
1918 James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist
1918 Eugene List, Philadelphia Penn, pianist/prof, Eastman School of Music
1918 Erbie Bowser, pianist
1918 Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist of Concert building, Oh, Lady! Lady!
1918 D Arendo, [Arend Honhoff], Dutch pianist/composer, Eleonora
1918 Buddy Weed, Ossining, New York, pianist, Penthouse Party
1917 Rufo I Wever, Aruban pianist/composer, Ca'i Organ
1917 Thelonious Monk, jazz composer/pianist
1917 Johnny Guarnieri, born in New York City, jazz pianist, Morey Amsterdam Show
1917 Arthur Gold, Toronto, Canada, pianist
1916 Joe Bushkin, New York City, jazz pianist, A Couple of Joes
1916 Emil Gilels, Odessa Russia, pianist, Brussels Competition-1938
1916 Moura Lympany, Saltash England, pianist, OBE-1979
1916 Max [Johann BJM] Reger, German composer/pianist/organist, dies at 43
1915 Una Mae Carlisle, U.S. pianist/vocalist, Walkin' at the River
1915 Earl Wild, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, composer/pianist, Caesar's Hour, NBC Symph 1942
1915 Cy Walter, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, pianist, 3's Company
1915 Jack Fascinato, Bevier, Missouri, pianist/orch leader, Kukla Fran and Ollie
1915 Irving Fields, New York City, pianist, Ilona Massey Show
1915 Marcel Quinet, Belgian pianist/composer, Vague et Sillon
1915 Alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43
1915 Svyatoslav Richter, pianist
1915 David van de Woestijne, Flemish pianist/composer, Les Aeronautes
1914 Rosalyn Tureck, born in Chicago, Illinois, pianist, Bach and Rock
1914 Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, Mississippi
1914 Jorge Bolet, Havana Cuba, pianist, C'eurties Instituka
1914 William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz pianist/arranger
1914 Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist
1914 Cor de Groot, pianist/conductor/composer, Old-Dutch Suite
1914 Maurice Ohana, British?/French? pianist/composer, La Celestine
1914 Sviatosiav Richter, born in Zhitomir, Ukraine, pianist, Stalin Prize-1945
1914 Jean Louvel, Flemish pianist/conductor/composer
1913 Donald Phillips, pianist/composer
1913 Jimmy Carroll, New York City, pianist, Most Important People
1913 Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz pianist/composer
1913 Margaret A. R. Bonds, U.S. pianist, composer and arranger
1913 Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger
1912 Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher
1912 Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, U.S. jazz pianist/arranger
1912 Gyorgy Sandor, Budapest Hungary, pianist, L'Apprenti Sorcier
1912 Ray Barr, New York City, pianist, Vincent Lopez Show
1912 Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, Arkadia 598-Schubert
1912 Rudolf Firkusny, Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist, Julliard
1911 Ticker Freeman, Paterson, New Jersey, pianist, Dinah Shore Show
1911 Guus Jansen, jazz pianist, Net als Toen
1910 Art[hur] Tatum, U.S. jazz pianist/composer
1910 Soulima Stravinsky, Lausanne Switz, Russian pianist, Igor's son
1910 Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic
1910 William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, U.S. boxer/slaughterhouse pianist
1910 Mary Lou Williams, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, Zodiac Suite
1909 Monique Hare, French pianist
1909 Shura Cherkassky, pianist
1909 Alec Templeton, Cardiff Wales, pianist/composer, Concertino Lirico
1909 Isaac M F Albeniz, Spanish pianist/composer, dies at 48
1909 Eddie Duchin, born in Massachusetts, society pianist and bandleader, Eddie Duchin Orch
1909 Moon Mullican, hillbilly pianist, 7 Nights of Rock
1909 George G F van Renesse, Dutch pianist/music director
1909 Victor Borge, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, pianist/comedian
1907 Joe Turner, U.S. jazz pianist
1907 Sunnyland Albert Luandrew Slim, blues pianist
1907 Benny Payne, born in Philadelphia, pianist, Billy Daniels Show
1907 Jose Bernabe Marino Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader
1907 Clifford Curzon, born in London, England, pianist, MacFarren Gold Medal
1907 Sandor Veress, Hungarian pianist/composer
1906 Bob Howard, born in Newton, Massachusetts, singer/pianist, Sing it Again
1906 Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein
1905 Earl "Fatha" Hines, Duquesne, Pennsylvania, jazz pianist, Deep Forest
1905 John Kirkpatrick, New York City, pianist, Concord Sonata
1905 Lili Krus, born in Budapest Hungary, pianist, Austrian Cross of Honor 1978
1904 Eve Denise Curie, French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie
1904 Piet Ketting, pianist/conductor/composer, Glorify Kokila
1904 Vladimir Horowitz, born in Kiev, Ukraine, pianist, Carmen
1904 Jess Stacy, pianist
1904 Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor
1904 Bill Challis, arranger/pianist
1904 Seger Pillot Ellis, pianist/vocalist
1904 Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, jazz pianist/singer, Boogie Woogie Piano
1904 William "Count" Basie, jazz pianist, Policy Man, Blazing Saddles
1904 Geza Frid, Hungarian/Dutch composer/pianist
1903 Cleo Brown, pianist
1903 Pal Kadosa, Hungarian composer/pianist
1903 Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies
1903 Rudolf Serkin, born in Eger, Bohemia, pianist, Marlboro Sch of Music
1903 Claudio Arrau, Chile, composer/pianist, Boston Symphony Orchestra
1903 Erwin Nyiregyhazi, Budapest Hungary, pianist
1903 Telesforo A. Palm, Curaeao, composer/pianist
1902 Jesus Maria Sanroma, Carolina PR, pianist, Boston Symphony
1902 Antonia Brico, born in Rotterdam, Holland, conductor/pianist, Antonia
1902 Pierre Palla, Dutch pianist/organist
1900 Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher
1899 Hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington, Indiana, pianist/composer
1899 James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist
1899 Gerald Moore, England, pianist, Am I Too Loud
1899 Robert Marcel Casadesus, French pianist and composer, Prix Diemer
1899 Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist, Les Biches
1898 Nelly Steuer-Wagenaar, Dutch pianist
1898 Johan Brouwer, Dutch pianist/writer/resistance fighter
1897 Jules Buffano, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pianist, Jimmy Durante Show
1897 Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer, Lady Fanny, Bel Ami
1896 Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann, composer/pianist, dies at 76
1896 Alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist, Chopin
1895 Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cellist/pianist/composer
1895 Jose Iturbi, Valencia Spain, pianist, Pequena danza Espanola
1895 Wilhelm Kempff, Juterbog Germany, pianist, Unter dem Zimbelstern
1895 Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer
1895 Charles Halle, British pianist, dies
1895 Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist, Brazilian Order of Merit
1894 Erwin Schulhoff, Czech/Russian composer/pianist, Ogelala
1893 Leroy B Shield, U.S. pianist/producer/composer, Laurel and Hardy
1893 Walter Donaldson, U.S. pianist/composer, Girl Crazy, Whoopee
1892 Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist
1892 Nikolaj A. Orloff, Russian/British pianist, Chopin
1891 Henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73
1891 Edgar Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer
1890 Myra Hess, born in London, England, concert pianist
1888 Ciro Pinsuti, Italian pianist/composer, dies at 57
1887 Jules Francois Blasini, Curaeaos pianist/composer, dies at 40
1887 Jacobo Palm, Curacaos pianist/organist
1887 Paul Wittgenstein, Vienna Austria, left hand specialist pianist
1887 Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist, Beethoven
1887 Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstangl, German/US pianist/politician, NSDAP
1886 Franz von Liszt, [Ferencz], Hungarian pianist/composer, dies at 74
1886 Artur Rubinstein, Lodz Poland, pianist
1885 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer
1885 Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist, composer and conductor, dies at 73
1884 Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist
1884 Wilhelm Backhaus, born in Leipzig, Germany, pianist, Rubinstein 1905
1884 Christina A. A. [Dina] Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer
1883 Eubie Blake, ragtime composer/pianist, Memories of You
1882 Richard Hageman, Dutch/US pianist/ composer and conductor, Caponsacchi
1882 Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor, Hill Songs
1882 Artur Schnabel, Lipnik Austria, pianist, Beethoven Piano Sonatas
1881 Hermann KJ Zilcher, German pianist/composer, Dr. Eisenbart
1881 Bela Bartok, born in Hungary, composer/pianist, Concerto for Orchestra
1880 Rosina Lhevinne, born in Kiev, Ukraine, pianist/prof, Juiliard Grad School
1880 Rudolf T Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer
1879 John Erskine, U.S., poet/pianist, Private Life of Helen of Troy
1879 Cyril M Scott, English pianist/composer/author, Heroic Suite
1879 John N Ireland, English composer/pianist, Mai-Dun
1878 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer
1878 Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/ composer and conductor, Peter Schlemihl
1877 Alfred Cortot, French pianist
1873 Dirk Schafer, Dutch pianist/composer, Javanese Rhapsody
1873 Harold Bauer, English/US pianist, Beethoven-Association
1873 Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/US pianist/composer, Aleko
1873 Max Reger, born in Brand Bavaria, composer/pianist/prof, Leipzig Univ
1870 Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer
1868 Eduard Jacobs, singer and pianist, Dutch cabaret
1868 Leonard Borwick, British pianist
1866 Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies
1866 Ferruccio D M B Busoni, born in Italy, pianist, composer and conductor, Arlecchino
1864 Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist and composer, Golem
1863 Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof, Moscow Cons 1888-91
1860 Ignace Jan Paderewski, Kurylowka Poland, composer/pianist/patriot
1860 Isaac [Manuel F] Albeniz, Spanish pianist/composer, Iberia
1858 Johann Baptist Cramer, Ger/Brit pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87
1857 Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66
1856 Robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46
1850 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75
1850 Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer, Mataswintha
1849 Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39
1849 "Blind" Tom Bethune, pianist/composer
1847 Jacob L Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Germ pianist/composer, dies at 38
1847 Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer
1841 Tito Mattei, pianist/composer
1839 Ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72
1837 John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54
1830 Karl Klindworth, pianist/conductor
1830 Hans von Bulow, Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer
1829 Anton G Rubinstein, Russian pianist/conductor/composer
1829 Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist, dies
1829 Ciro Pinsuti, pianist/composer
1829 Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized U.S. pianist
1822 Franz Liszts (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran
1821 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56
1819 Henry Brinley Richards, British? pianist/composer
1819 Clara Josephine Schumann, [nee Wieck], Leipzig Germ, pianist/composer
1819 Charles Halle, pianist/conductor/founder, Halle Orch
1818 Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist
1812 Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52
1811 Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/ composer and conductor
1811 Franz Liszt, Raiding Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist
1811 Marie-Felicite-Denise Pleyel, [Mlle Moke], pianist/composer
1810 Frederic Chopin, born in Poland, composer/pianist, Concert in F Minor
1810 Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer
1795 Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna
1792 Philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer
1791 Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer, Schule der Virtuosen
1788 Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist
1782 John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer, Nocturnes
1777 Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62
1774 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer
1771 Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher
1766 Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer
1764 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer
1760 Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer
1751 Maria A. [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist/Wolfgang's sister
1715 Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian, court, composer/pianist
1715 Georg C Wagenzeil, Austria, court, composer/pianist
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