Mary Violet Leontyne Price, American soprano.

Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American soprano. Born and raised in the Deep South, she rose to international acclaim in the 1950s and 1960s, and was one of the first African Americans to become a leading artist at the Metropolitan Opera. One critic characterized Price's voice as "vibrant", "soaring" and "a Price beyond pearls", as well as "genuinely buttery, carefully produced but firmly under control", with phrases that "took on a seductive sinuousness." Time magazine called her voice "Rich, supple and shining, it was in its prime capable of effortlessly soaring from a smoky mezzo to the pure soprano gold of a perfectly spun high C.

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Paganini birthday October 27, 1782

Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (27 October 1782 – 27 May 1840) was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was one of the most celebrated violin virtuosi of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique. His Caprice No. 24 in A minor, Op. 1, is among the best known of his compositions, and has served as an inspiration for many prominent composers.

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Itzhak Perlman born August 31, 1945

Itzhak Perlman (Hebrew: יצחק פרלמן‎; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and instructor of master classes. He is generally regarded as one of the pre-eminent violinists of the 20th century.

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Maria João Pires birthday July 23

Maria João Pires born in Lisbon, Portugal, July 23, 1944) is a Portuguese pianist. International fame came in 1970, when she won the Beethoven Bicentennial Competition in Brussels. She has since then regularly performed with major orchestras throughout the world, interpreting works by Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert, Mozart, Brahms, Chopin and many other classical and romantic composers. She appears regularly with major world orchestras in Europe, America, Canada, Israel and Japan.

Lily Pons

Lily Pons (April 12, 1898 – February 13, 1976) was a French-American coloratura soprano. Born as Alice "Lili" Joséphine Pons in Draguignan near Cannes, Pons first studied piano at the Paris Conservatory, winning the First Prize at the age of 15. At the onset of World War I in 1914, she moved with her mother and younger sister Juliette (born 22 December 1902) to Cannes, where she played piano and sang for soldiers at receptions given in support of the French troops and at the famous Hotel Carlton that had been transformed into a hospital, and where her mother, Marie Pons, worked as a volunteer nurse orderly. In 1925, encouraged by soprano Dyna Beumer, she started taking singing lessons from Alberto de Gorostiaga in Paris. She successfully made her operatic debut in the title role of Léo Delibes' Lakmé at Mulhouse in 1928 and went on to sing several coloratura roles in French provincial opera houses.

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Gervase Alan de Peyer

Gervase de Peyer was born in London and attended Bedales School. He was awarded a scholarship to the Royal College of Music where he studied clarinet with Frederick Thurston and piano with Arthur Alexander. Towards the end of World War II, when he was aged 18, he joined the Royal Marines Band Service. De Peyer returned to the Royal College of Music after the war and subsequently studied in Paris with Louis Cahuzac. In 1950 he was a founder member of the Melos Ensemble for whom he continued to play until 1974. He conducted their recordings with EMI. Their recordings of chamber music for both woodwinds and strings were reissued in 2011, including the works for larger ensembles which were the reason to found the ensemble, such as Beethoven's Septet and Octet, Schubert's Octet and Ravel's Introduction and Allegro, played with Osian Ellis (harp), Richard Adeney (flute), Emanuel Hurwitz and Ivor McMahon (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola) and Terence Weil (cello). From 1956 to 1973 he was principal clarinet of the London Symphony Orchestra. He was a founder member of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York in 1969 and played with them for 20 years. He has conducted the English Chamber Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Melos Sinfonia, he has directed the London Symphony Orchestra Wind Ensemble and is the associate conductor of the Haydn Orchestra. In 1959 he began teaching at the Royal Academy of Music.

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André George Previn

André George Previn KBE (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929) is a German-born naturalised American pianist, conductor, and composer. He is considered one of the most versatile musicians in the world, and is the winner of four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings. In 1968, Previn began his tenure as principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), serving in that post until 1979. During his LSO tenure, he and the LSO appeared on the BBC Television programme André Previn's Music Night. From 1976 to 1984, Previn was music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO), and in turn had another television series with the PSO titled Previn and the Pittsburgh. He was also principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1984, he was named music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, effective in 1985. While Previn's tenure with the orchestra was musically satisfactory, other conductors including Kurt Sanderling, Simon Rattle, and Esa-Pekka Salonen, did a better job at selling out concerts.

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László Polgár (January 1, 1947 – September 19, 2010)

Born in Budapest, Hungary, László Polgár studied with Eva Kutrucz at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, 1967–72, and later privately with Hans Hotter and Yevgeny Nesterenko. He made his debut at the Hungarian State Opera in 1971, as Count Ceprano in Rigoletto.
His international career took off in 1981, when he sang Rodolfo in La sonnambula at the Royal Opera House in London. He became a regular guest at the Vienna State Opera in 1983, at the Munich State Opera and the Opéra de Paris from 1985, he has also appeared in Hamburg, and at the festivals of Salzburg and Aix-en-Provence. From 1992 until 2008 he was a principal solo bass of the Zurich Opera House. He died in Zürich at age 63, September 19, 2010. more Wikipedia Biography

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PACIFIC
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Paderewsky,
Ignace Jan (EEg' nahs Yahn pah dair EV'
skee)(6 NOV 1860 - 1941 )POL=P-Statesman

Paetsch, Johann
Sebastian (1964 - )Am=C

Paganini,
Nicollo (
1782 - 1840)It=V-Com

Page, Robert (Abilene, TX 27 APR 1927 - )Am-Cond.

Pagliughi, Lina (LEE nah pahl YOU gee)

Pahud,
Emmanuel (Geneva, 27 JAN 1970 - )Swiss=Flute

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Classics Biog

Paik, Kun-Woo (koon woo PECK) (20 JUL - )Kor-Am=P

Paillard, Jean Francois (PIE' lahr)FR=C

Paisiello, Giovanni (pies YEL' oh)
(1741-1816)IT=Vocalist-Composer

Paita, Carlos (KAR los py EE tah) ( 10 MAR 1932 - )Arg=Con

Palatchi, Stefano (Barcelona, - )Sp=Bass, MET 1994

Palm, S (25 APR - )Ger=Cel

Palay, Elliot ( - )ten

Palma, Susan

Palmer, Beau (Santa Monica, CA - )Tenor. MET debut 1999-2000

Palmer, Felicity (6 APR 1968 - )Eng=MezSoprano. MET debut 1999-2000

Pandolfo, Bruno see: Mester, Jorge

PANOCHA QUARTET (pah NOH kah)

Panula, Jorma (YOUR mah PAHN oo lah)( - )Fin=con

Pape, Rene (Dresden, 4 SEP - )Ger=Bass, MET 1992

Papian, Hasmik ( - )Armenian=Sop, MET 1998-9

Pappano,
Antonio ( - )It=P-Con-Com

Paray,
Paul (Paul pah RAY)( - )Fr=Con

PARIS COLLEGIUM MUSICUM (Kuh LEGEE ohm MOO zeh koom)

Parkening,
Christopher (14 DEC - )Am=G

Parker, Jon Kimura (25 DEC -
)CAN=P

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Parrott,
Andrew (PAHR ot) (10 MAR 1947 - )Eng=Con

Parsons, Geoffrey (15 JUN - )Australian=P

Partridge,
Ian (12 JUN - )Eng=Ten

PASADENA SYMPHONY Pasadena, California

Paszthy, Julia (YOO lyah PAH stee)

Patriarco, Earle (LA, - )Am=Bar,MET 1996

Pauk, Gyorgy (jorg powk) (26 OCT - )Hung-Eng=V,

Paul, James ( - )Am=Cond

Pavlova, (PAHV luh vuh)

Pavlovsky, Anton ( 1945 - 2 NOV 1999 )Am=G


Anton Pavlovski Professional Profile

Pavarotti, Luciano (Loo
CHAH noh pah vah RAH tee) (Modena, 12
OCT 1935- )MOH deh nah, It=Ten, MET 1968
IT=TENOR

Luciano Pavarotti - Classics
World

Peacock, Christopher (19 SEP 1958) AM=P=COMP

PEACOCKS
FEATHER Russian Vocal Ensemble

Pearce,
John ( - )Am=G

Pears, Peter (22 JUN - )Eng-Ten

Peclard, Etienne (eh tee EN' pay KLAR')

Pedaci, Francesco (Bologna, - )IT=Sop, MET 1998-9

Pedard, Etienne (ay TYEHN peh DAHR)

Pederson, Monte (Sunnyside, WA - )Am=Bar, MET 1998-9

Peerce, Jan ( - )Am=ten

PEKINEL SISTERS Pianists

Pekinel, G (29 MAR - )Tur=P (sister)

Pekinel, S (29 MAR - )Tur=P (sister)

Pellerin, Louise ( - ) Can=Oboist

Pelletier, Wilfred (pel tyay)

Pena,
Paco (PAH koh PAIN yah)( - ) Flamenco Guitarist

PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA

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Pennario, Leonard (peh NAHR ee oh) (Buffalo, NY 9 JUL 1924 - ) P

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Perahia,
Murray (peh RY ah)(19 APR - )Am=P

Pereira, Joe ( - )Am=Percussionist, NY Philharmonic CNN careers

Perenyi, Eszter (EHS ter PEH rehn yee)

Peres, Marcel ( -
)Ensemble Organum

Peress, Maurice (peh REHS)( - )Conductor,
educator & music researcher

Pergamenschikow, Boris (pehr gah MYEN shee kuf)( - )Cellist

Perkins, John ( - )Sitar

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Perlea, Jonel (YOH nel per LAY' ah)Roumanian=Con

Perlemuter, Vlado (Kaunas, 26 MAY 1904 - Paris, 4 SEP 2002)Pol-Fr=P

Obituary Biography (French pianist). He studied with Moszkowski and Cortot. First piano recital in 1919. He studied Ravel with the composer. ~ died age 98. Obit from The Guardian (UK)

Perlman,
Itzhak (YITS ahk pearl man)
(31 AUG 1945 - )Is-Am=V-Cond-Detroit SO c.2000

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Pertile, Aureliano (ow ray Lyah noh PER tee lay)

Pertis, Zsuzsa (ZHOO zhah PER teesh) ( - )Clavichord

Pesek, Libor (LEE bore PEH sheck) ( - )Czech=Con (22 JUN - )Czech=Con

Peskanov, Alexander (PES kah nof) ( - )Rus=P-Comp

Pesko, Zoltan (PESH' koh)( - )Cond.

Peters, Roberta ( - )Am=Sop, MET fill in debut 17 NOV 1950 (Don
Giovanni).

Petersen, Dennis (Iowa City, - )Am=Ten, MET 1994

Peterson, Dean (Davenport, IW - )Bass. MET debut 1999-2000

Petri,
Michala (PAY' tree, me KAH lah) (Copenhagen, 7 JUL 1968 - )DAN=REC

MUSIClassical Bio

Pfitzner, Hans (Erich) ( 5 MAY 1869 - 22 MAY 1949)Ger=Cond-Comp

Phelps,
Cynthia ( - ) =Violist

PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
London

PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA, PA

-
Academy of Music (Stokowsky, Ormandy, Mata, Sawallisch)
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Philadelphians

PHILHARMONICA SLAVONICA - Recording group

Phillips, P (15 OCT - )Eng=Con

Piaf, Edith
(PEE' off) (19 DEC - )French = Singer

PIANITSKY CHORUS

Piatiagorsky, Gregor (GRAY gor pyah tee GOR skee) (1903 - 1976
)Rus-Am=Cel

Piccaluga, Nino ( 9 JUN 1890 -
)It=Ten

Pichaureau,
Claude (pee shore ROW')

Pickett, Phillip (17 NOV - )Eng=Con

Pido, Evelino (Turin, IT - )Conductor. MET debut 1999-2000

Pidoux, Roland (pee DOO') ( - ) cellist

Pierlot, Pierre (Pee air pyer LOH) ( - )Fr=oboist

Pigneguy, John (pee NAY gee) ( - )=con

Pili, Roberta ( - )=P

Pinnock,
Trevor (TREH ver PIN ik)(16 DEC - )Eng=Harpsc'd-Con

Pinza,
Ezio (A tsee oh PEEN zah) ( - )IT=TEN

Pires, Maria Joao (Mah REE ah YOH AH'ow Per ES')PORT=P-m=A. Dumay

Pirojenko,
Alexandre (St. Petersburg, 3 DEC 1979 - )Rus.=P

PITTSBURGH
SYMPHONY ORCH - Heinz
Hall (Previn, Steinburg, Maazel)

Pittsinger, David (Clinton, CN - )Am=Bass, MET 1997

Pizzaro, Arthur (17 AUG - )Port=P

Planes, Alain ( -
)FR=P

Plasson, Michel (2 OCT - )Fr=Con

Pletnev,
Mikhail (14 APR- )RUS=P-Con

Pletnev

Plishka, Paul (Old Forge, PA - )Am=Bass, MET 1996

Plowright, R (21 MAY - )Eng=Sop

Pluzhnikov, Constantin (Batumi, - )Georgia=Ten, MET 1997

Podles, Ewa (EH vah POHD lesch) ( - )Pol=Contralto Interview

Poell, Alfred (perl)( - )baritone

Poggi, Gianni (JON ee POH jee)

Pogorelich, Ivo (EE' voh poh goh RAY' lik) (20 OCT - )RUS=P

Polaski, Deborah (Richland Center, WI - )Am=Sop, MET 1992

Polenzani, Matthew (Evanston, - )Am=Ten, MET 1997

Pollini,
Maurizio (Moh REETZ ee oh Poh LEE nee) (5 JAN - )It=P

Pommier, J. B. (17 AUG - )Fr=P-Con

Pons, Josep ( - )

Pons, Juan (Ciutadella, - )Sp=Bar, MET 1983

Pons, Lily (12 APR - )Fr-Am=Sop

Ponselle,
Rosa ( - )Sop

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Amadeus
Press

Poole, J (5 FEB - )Eng=Con-Org

Pople, R (11 MAY - )NZ=Cel-Con

Popov, Vladimir (Moscow, - )Russia=Ten, MET 1984

Popp, Lucia (12 NOV - )Czecg-Austrian=Sop

Portilla, Alfredo (Mexico City, - )Mexico=Ten, 1998

Portugheis, Alberto (LaPlata 1 JAN - )Arg.=P

Postnikova, Viktoria (12 JAN - )Rus=P

Powers, William (Chicago, IL - )Bass-baritone. MET debut 1999-2000

PRAGUE MUSICI (prahg MOO zeh chee)

Pratt, Awadagin (Ah wah DODG in
Prat) ( - )Am=P

Pre'gardien, C (18 JAN - )Ger=Ten

Pressler, Menahem (meh NAH' hem PRES' ler) ( - )AM=P

Preston, Simon (4 AUG - )Eng=Org-Con

Pretre, George (Zhorg PRET' r) (14 AUG - )FR=C

Previn, Andre (6 APR - )Am=Con-P-Com m-Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter in NYC on 1 AUG 2002.

Prey, Herman (AIR mann PRY)(11 JUL 1929 - 22 JUL 1998 )Ger=Bar

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Price,
Leontyne (LAY un teen price)(10 FEB - )Am=Sop

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Price

Price, Dame M. (13 APR - )Welsh=Sop

Prieto, Carlos Miguel ( - )Mex-cond.

Primrose, William (23 AUG - )Scxot-Am-Am=V

Prinz, Alfred (prints) ( - )

Pritchard, John (5 FEB - )Eng=Con

Prohaska, Felix (Proh HAH' skah)=Con

Prokofiev, Serge (1891 - 1953)Rus.=P-Comp.

Protschka, J (5 FEB - )Czecg=Ten

Pruslin, S (16 APR - )Am=P

Pulley, Emily (Jackson, MI - )Am=Sop, MET 1994

Purdy, Kieth see: Ikaia-Purdy, Keith

Purvis, William (PUR vis) ( - )

Putilin, Nikolai (Saratov, - )Saratov, Russia=Bar, MET 1995

Puyana, Raphael (14 OCT - )Columbian=Harpsc'd

Zenobia Powell PERRY

3 OCT 1908 Birth of American composer poet, pianist, and educator, Zenobia Powell PERRY in Boley, OK. d-Xenia, OH, 17 JAN 2004 at the age of 95.

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Leonard Pennario dies

Leonard Pennario, a popular classical pianist known for his enthusiastic public performances and recordings of the more melodic modern composers, died Friday in La Jolla. He was 83.

The cause was complications of Parkinson's disease, said Mary Kunz Goldman, who is writing his biography.

Mr. Pennario, who also became a life master in tournament bridge, was listed in both the New Grove's Dictionary of Music and The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge. As a pianist, he made many recordings in the days of long-playing records, notably of works by Gershwin and Rachmaninoff, and appeared with well-known orchestras and conductors. Beginning in the 1960s, he also played in trios with the violinist Jascha Heifetz and the cellist Gregor Piatigorsky.
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Prokofiev

The pianist and composer's diaries, rescued and decoded from the Soviet archives, reveal ceaseless work and words as polished as his music. G S Smith, Times Online
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Alondra de la Parra

Alondra de la Parra (born October 31, 1980) is the founder and artistic director of the New York-based Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, an orchestra that promotes young soloists and composers from the Americas. Raised in Mexico City, Alondra began her piano studies at age 7 and the cello at age 13. During adolescence she discovered her passion for conducting and at the age of 16 moved to London to study music at the St. Leonard’s Mayfield School. Alondra was awarded the Presser Scholarship at Manhattan School of Music and in the year 2000 at age 19, moved to New York City to study Piano and conducting, obtaining a BM in Piano Performance under the direction of Jeffrey Cohen.
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