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Gordon Charles Watson was born in Parkes, New South Wales in 1921. He served with the Australian Imperial Force for four years in World War II. [1]He studied piano under Laurence Godfrey Smith in Sydney, and later had advanced studies at Mills College, Oakland, California with Egon Petri (piano), [2] [3] [4] and Darius Milhaud (composition).
During the 1960s, Cooper occasionally appeared as one of the presenters of Here Today, a daily 15-minute light current affairs programme broadcast by TWW. Cooper became known for his acerbic interviewing style and for regularly playing out the programme with a gentle piano piece. Cooper was appointed OBE in 1982.
Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. (/ ˈ k l aɪ b ɜːr n /; July 12, 1934 – February 27, 2013) [1] was an American pianist. At the age of 23, Cliburn achieved worldwide recognition when he won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958 during the Cold War.
1960 1960: PJL 2005 Trio, with Scott LaFaro (bass), Pete La Roca (drums) 1963 The Country and Western Sound of Jazz Pianos: Dauntless 1963 With Toshiko Akiyoshi (piano, cello), Barry Galbraith (guitar), David Izenzon and John Neves (bass), Pete La Roca (drums) [5] 1966 Three Waves: Contact 1966 Trio, with Steve Swallow (bass), Pete La Roca ...
His mother, Pollie, [1] was his first piano teacher, [4] after he began playing aged six or seven in Los Angeles. [2] [5] He took organ lessons, sang in choirs and tried the violin and trombone. [2] Around the age of 11, once he could read music, Hicks started playing the piano in church. [6]
Gladys Mills (née Jordan; 29 August 1918 – 24 February 1978), [1] known as Mrs. Mills, was an English pianist who was active in the 1960s and 1970s, and who released many records. Her repertoire included many sing-along and party tunes made popular in the music hall, generally in a stride piano technique, often in a tack piano style. [2]
Sarah Cahill (born 1960), pianist, music writer and radio host; Angelin Chang (fl. 1990s), award-winning pianist and educator; Abbey Perkins Cheney (born 1851), pianist and educator; Gloria Cheng (fl. 2000s), contemporary music pianist and film director; Kate Sara Chittenden (1856–1949), piano teacher and music school founder
[2] [3] Musical prodigies, they began performing as a piano duo while still in school. After graduating, they joined the Juilliard faculty. After graduating, they joined the Juilliard faculty. In 1947, they launched a full-time concert career, at first playing nightclubs, then quickly moving up to playing classical music with orchestral backing.