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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Muhal Richard Abrams
Pianist
19-Sep-1930   Levels and Degrees of Light
Claudio Arrau
Pianist
6-Feb-1903 9-Jun-1991 Chilean virtuoso pianist
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Conductor
6-Jul-1937   Director, NHK Symphony Orchestra
Burt Bacharach
Pianist
12-May-1929   Incomparable composer of lounge music
Daniel Barenboim
Pianist
15-Nov-1942   Director, Berlin State Opera
Count Basie
Pianist
21-Aug-1904 26-Apr-1984 Big band pianist
Ran Blake
Pianist
20-Apr-1935   Third Stream composer
Carla Bley
Pianist
11-May-1938   Pianist and composer
William Bolcom
Composer
26-May-1938   Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Victor Borge
Pianist
3-Jan-1909 23-Dec-2000 Comedic pianist
Ferruccio Busoni
Pianist
1-Apr-1866 27-Jul-1924 Fantasia Contrappuntistica
Robert Casadesus
Pianist
7-Apr-1899 19-Sep-1972 French pianist/composer
Van Cliburn
Pianist
12-Jul-1934   Piano prodigy
Johann Baptist Cramer
Pianist
24-Feb-1771 16-Apr-1858 Études
Carl Czerny
Pianist
20-Feb-1791 15-Jul-1857 Pianist, composer of piano exercises
Ernst von Dohnányi
Composer
27-Jul-1877 9-Feb-1960 Opus 25
Fats Domino
Singer/Songwriter
26-Feb-1928   Ain't That A Shame
Eddy Duchin
Pianist
1-Apr-1909 9-Feb-1951 The Magic Fingers of Radio
Peter Duchin
Pianist
28-Jul-1937   Rebel Rouser
Christoph Eschenbach
Conductor
20-Feb-1940   Music Director, Orchestre de Paris
Michael Feinstein
Singer
7-Sep-1956   Revives the Great American Songbook
John Field
Composer
26-Jul-1782 23-Jan-1837 Irish composer of Nocturnes
Rudolf Firkusny
Pianist
11-Feb-1912 19-Jul-1994 Czech-American piano prodigy
Edwin Fischer
Pianist
6-Oct-1886 24-Jan-1960 Pianist/conductor, emphasis Bach and Mozart
Leon Fleisher
Pianist
23-Jul-1928   Piano virtuoso
Ben Folds
Singer/Songwriter
12-Sep-1966   Pianist, Ben Folds Five
Erroll Garner
Jazz Musician
15-Jun-1921 2-Jan-1977 Misty
Leopold Godowsky
Pianist
13-Feb-1870 21-Nov-1938 Exceptional Polish-American pianist
Glenn Gould
Pianist
25-Sep-1932 4-Oct-1982 Canadian pianist, Bach soloist
Percy Grainger
Composer
8-Jul-1882 20-Feb-1961 Country Gardens
Enrique Granados
Composer
27-Jul-1867 24-Mar-1916 Goyescas
Sir Charles Hallé
Pianist
11-Apr-1819 25-Oct-1895 Founder, Hallé Orchestra
Herbie Hancock
Jazz Musician
12-Apr-1940   Innovative jazz/fusion composer and pianist
Fletcher Henderson
Jazz Musician
18-Dec-1897 29-Dec-1952 Pioneering swing and jazz bandleader
Myra Hess
Pianist
25-Feb-1890 26-Nov-1965 Held lunchtime concerts during WWII
Vladimir Horowitz
Pianist
1-Oct-1903 5-Nov-1989 Virtuoso pianist
Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Pianist
23-Jun-1892 22-May-1993 Polish-American pianist
Dick Hyman
Pianist
8-Mar-1927   Pianist, Organist, Conductor, Composer
Eugene Istomin
Pianist
26-Nov-1925 10-Oct-2003 American piano prodigy
José Iturbi
Pianist
28-Nov-1895 28-Jun-1980 Spanish pianist, conductor at Rochester
Joe Jackson
Singer/Songwriter
11-Aug-1954   Stepping Out
Billy Joel
Pianist
9-May-1949   Didn't start the fire
Elton John
Singer/Songwriter
25-Mar-1947   Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
James P. Johnson
Jazz Musician
01-Feb-1894 17-Nov-1955 The father of stride piano
Oscar Levant
Pianist
27-Dec-1906 14-Aug-1972 Panelist, Information Please
Liberace
Pianist
16-May-1919 4-Feb-1987 Rhinestoned pianist
Franz Liszt
Composer
22-Oct-1811 31-Jul-1886 Hungarian composer
Evan Lurie
Pianist
28-Sep-1954   Avant-garde pianist and composer
Marian McPartland
Jazz Musician
20-Mar-1918   Piano Jazz
Jelly Roll Morton
Jazz Musician
20-Oct-1890 10-Jul-1941 Jazz composer, pianist
Peter Nero
Pianist
22-May-1934   Philly Pops
Vladimir de Pachmann
Pianist
27-Jul-1848 6-Jan-1933 Histrionic Russian pianist, known for Chopin
Ignace Paderewski
Pianist
18-Nov-1860 29-Jun-1941 Polish pianist and composer
Charlemagne Palestine
Pianist
14-Aug-1945   Strumming Music
Oscar Peterson
Jazz Musician
15-Aug-1925 24-Dec-2007 Maharajah of the keyboard
Bud Powell
Pianist
27-Sep-1924 31-Jul-1966 Seminal bop pianist and composer
André Previn
Pianist
6-Apr-1929   Concert pianist and orchestral conductor
Sun Ra
Jazz Musician
22-May-1914 30-May-1993 Jazz musician from Saturn
Sergei Rachmaninov
Composer
20-Mar-1873 28-Mar-1943 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Anton Rubinstein
Pianist
16-Nov-1829 8-Nov-1894 The Tower of Babel
Artur Rubinstein
Pianist
28-Jan-1887 20-Dec-1982 Polish-American piano virtuoso
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Pianist
17-Jan-1952   Yellow Magic Orchestra
Merl Saunders
Pianist
14-Feb-1934 24-Oct-2008 Jazz & New Age keyboardist
Alexander von Schlippenbach
Pianist
7-Apr-1938   Improv pianist and bandleader
Artur Schnabel
Pianist
17-Apr-1882 15-Aug-1951 Pianist and classical composer
Karl Schnabel
Pianist
6-Aug-1909 27-Aug-2001 Modern Technique of the Pedal
Clara Schumann
Pianist
13-Sep-1819 20-May-1896 Romantic pianist and composer
Rudolf Serkin
Pianist
28-Mar-1903 8-May-1991 Czech-American piano prodigy
George Shearing
Jazz Musician
13-Aug-1919 14-Feb-2011 George Shearing Quintet
Pinetop Smith
Pianist
11-Jun-1904 15-Mar-1929 Inventor of Boogie-Woogie
Willie "The Lion" Smith
Jazz Musician
25-Nov-1897 18-Apr-1973 Stride pianist, Finger Buster
Regina Spektor
Singer/Songwriter
18-Feb-1980   Anti-folk singer
Art Tatum
Jazz Musician
13-Oct-1909 5-Nov-1956 Greatest jazz pianist of all time
Billy Taylor
Jazz Musician
24-Jul-1921 28-Dec-2010 I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
Sigismond Thalberg
Pianist
8-Jan-1812 27-Apr-1871 Virtuoso pianist
David Tudor
Pianist
20-Jan-1926 13-Aug-1996 Avant-garde concert pianist
Rick Wakeman
Pianist
18-May-1949   Keyboards, Yes
Fats Waller
Jazz Musician
21-May-1904 15-Dec-1943 Influential jazz pianist
André Watts
Pianist
20-Jun-1946   American piano prodigy
Teddy Weatherford
Jazz Musician
11-Oct-1903 25-Apr-1945 Jazz ambassador to the Far East



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