Claude Helffer

Claude Helffer

male, deceased (2004)
Claude Helffer was a French pianist noted particularly for his advocacy of 20th-century music. He was born in Paris, and began piano lessons at the...

Édouard Lalo

male, deceased (1892)
Édouard Victor Antoine Lalo was a French composer of Spanish descent. Born in Lille, he studied first at that city's conservatoire, and then at t...
Cecile Licad

Cecile Licad

female, 48 years old
Cecile Licad is a Filipina classical pianist. Licad began her piano studies at the age of three with her mother, Rosario Licad, and later studied...
Dino Ciani

Dino Ciani

male, deceased (1974)
Dino Ciani was an Italian pianist. Ciani was born in Fiume (now Rijeka in Croatia) and studied piano with Marta del Vecchio in Genoa. Following...
Geirr Tveitt

Geirr Tveitt

male, deceased (1981)
Geirr (Nils) Tveitt (October 19, 1908-February 1, 1981) was one of Norway's most prolific composers. A talented pianist, Tveitt won considerable...
Maria Ewing

Maria Ewing

female, 59 years old
Maria Ewing in Detroit, Michigan is an American opera singer who has sung both soprano and mezzo soprano roles. She studied in Cleveland, Ohio and...

Roger Désormière

male, deceased (1963)
Roger Désormière was a French conductor. He is well known for having directed one of the earliest, and arguably one of the best, recordings of De...
Alphons Diepenbrock

Alphons Diepenbrock

male, deceased (1921)
Alphonsus Johannes Maria Diepenbrock was a Dutch composer, essayist and classicist. He studied classics at the University of Amsterdam, gaining his...
Emil de Cou

Emil de Cou

male
The dynamic American conductor Emil de Cou became associate conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra (John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing...
Piero Coppola

Piero Coppola

male
Piero Coppola was an Italian conductor, pianist and composer. Coppola's parents were both singers. He studied at the Milan Conservatory, graduating...