Roberto Plano (born 1 August 1978 in Varese) is an Italian pianist, winner of the Cleveland International Piano Competition (2001) and laureate at numerous international competitions such as the Sendai International Music Competition, the Honens International Piano Competition, Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, The American Prize, Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi and the Concours Géza Anda.
Constantin "Dinu" Lipatti was a Romanian classical pianist and composer whose career was cut short by his death from causes related to Hodgkin's disease at age 33. He was elected posthumously to the Romanian Academy. He composed few works, all of which demonstrated a strong influence from Bartok.
Jorge Bolet was a Cuban-born American virtuoso pianist and teacher. Among his teachers were Leopold Godowsky, and Moriz Rosenthal – the latter an outstanding pupil of Franz Liszt.
Emil Grigoryevich Gilels was a Soviet pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time.
Humphrey Searle was an English composer.
Salomon Jadassohn was a German pianist, composer and a renowned teacher of piano and composition at the Leipzig Conservatory.
A major is a major scale based on A, with the pitches A, B, C♯, D, E, F♯, and G♯. Its key signature has three sharps. Its relative minor is F-sharp minor and its parallel minor is A minor. The key of A major is the only key where a Neapolitan sixth chord on requires both a flat and a natural accidental.
Ildebrando Pizzetti was an Italian composer of classical music, musicologist, and music critic.
Steven De Groote was a South African classical pianist.
Grigory Romanovich Ginzburg was a Russian pianist.
Jean Dubé, internationally recognized as one of the most important young pianists of our time and is appreciated for its musicality and power. "He can play everything with absolute understanding, not to mention his phenomenal piano technique". A child prodigy, he has been performing since the age of 4 and won a Steinway piano at the age of 9 during the national competition "Jeunes Prodiges Mozart à Paris". The same year, he played as a soloist at the Maison de la Radio with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, live on France Musique. His discography already includes thirty recordings including twenty CDs, especially with Syrius, Bnl and Naxos labels in addition to several DVDs of concertos for French television and other foreign radio and television networks. Very comfortable in all repertoires, including those for the left hand alone, he is one of the few pianists in the world able to play Ligeti's piano concerto and to give in a single recital the "Vingts Regards sur l’Enfant Jésus "of Messiaen. He likes to associate other arts with music and give themed recitals. His interpretation of the Turangalîlâ was the best show of the year in 2000 in Riga and that of Liszt's 2nd Hungarian Rhapsody won in 2002 the fastest replay in the history of Radio Chicago .Unanimous First Prize of the National Conservatory of Paris( Perfectionnement) at the age of 14 under Jacques Rouvier, he studied with Jacqueline Robin, Catherine Collard and with John O'Conor in Dublin, thanks to a full year Yvonne Lefébure scholarship. Winner of the European Piano Competition Ouistreham Riva 2009, which also awarded him the Chopin Association Prize in Nohant, he also won the First Grand Prix unanimously and the Public Prize at the Franz Liszt Competition in Utrecht 2002 as well as other international competitions. Invited as a member of the jury of international competitions, he also gives master classes. He plays on all continents as a soloist, chamber music groups and with many large orchestras. He has just recorded the Liszt Sonata in addition to a CD dedicated to Native American Indian music for the Syrius label. He collaborates on a regular basis with Julia Le Brun, and is one of the Concertino artistic directors. ( www.concertino.fr).
Roberto Prosseda is an Italian classical pianist.
Mūza Rubackytė is a Lithuanian pianist, currently residing in Vilnius, Paris and Geneva. Rubackytė has been awarded the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, Lithuanian Muzes, and has been named as the National Artist of Lithuania.
Peter Roy Katin was a British classical pianist and teacher.
Dezső Ránki is a Hungarian virtuoso concert pianist with a broad repertoire and a significant discography of solo, duo and concerto works.
Artur Pizarro is an internationally-acclaimed Portuguese concert pianist. Designated with the prestigious title of Yamaha Artist, Pizarro won first prize in the 1987 Vianna da Motta International Music Competition and first prize in the 1990 Leeds International Pianoforte Competition.
Kristóf Baráti is a Hungarian classical violinist.
Giovanni Bellucci is an Italian pianist.
Anna Malikova is a Russian pianist.
Costantino Catena is an Italian classical pianist.
Frank Braley is a French classical pianist.
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