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The Pianist is a 2002 epic biographical Holocaust war drama film directed by Roman Polanski and co-produced by France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Poland. Starring Adrien Brody and written by Ronald Harwood, it is based on the 1946 autobiographical book of the same name, a Holocaust memoir by the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman.
Valued at over $200,000, the awards of the competition are among the most lucrative piano prizes in the world. [ citation needed ] The Cole Porter Fellowship, awarded to the winner of the jazz competitions, is one of the greatest honors young American jazz musicians can receive. [ 2 ]
Yuja Wang (Chinese: 王羽佳; pinyin: Wáng Yǔjiā; born February 10, 1987) [1] is a Chinese pianist. Born in Beijing, she began learning piano there at age six, and went on to study at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
The 2025 American Pianists Awards finalists were selected via a blind audition process from nominations provided by piano educators, musicians and others in the industry. The competition cycle ...
Performance Today was created by National Public Radio (NPR), and went on the air in 1987. The program was founded by NPR vice president for cultural programming Dean Boal, who gave Performance Today its name, and who, along with NPR colleagues Doug Bennet, Jane Couch, Ellen Boal, and retired Baldwin Piano Company president Lucien Wulsin, secured the series' initial funding.
The efforts of master and student first paid off in 2022 when Shmukler was a finalist in the 16th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, where he also won the award for best performance of a ...
The City of Manila Award for Arts & Culture, 2008; The Filipino World Class Achiever, 1999; The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM), 1996; The Harold Bauer Award, 1989; The Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation Scholarships, 1987 – 1991; Full Merit Scholarships, Manhattan School of Music, 1984 – 1991; Young Artists Foundation of the Philippines ...
Daniil Olegovich Trifonov (Russian: Дании́л Оле́гович Три́фонов; born 5 March 1991) is a Russian pianist and composer.Described by The Globe and Mail as "arguably today's leading classical virtuoso" and by The Times as "without question the most astounding pianist of our age", Trifonov's honors include a Grammy Award win in 2018 and the Gramophone Classical Music ...