Daniel Barenboim, KBE (born 15 November 1942) is an Argentine-born pianist and conductor. He has served as music director of several major symphonic and operatic orchestras and made numerous recordings. Currently, he is general music director of La Scala in Milan, the Berlin State Opera, and the Staatskapelle Berlin; he previously served as Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre de Paris.
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Billy Joel (born William Martin Joel on May 9, 1949 in Bronx, New York, USA) is an American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man," in 1973, Joel has become a multi-million-selling recording artist. Joel recorded many popular hit songs and albums from 1971 until he stopped recording pop/rock music in 1993. He is one of the very few rock (or even pop) artists to have Top 10 hits in the '70s, '80s, and '90s.
Frédéric Chopin (1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period. He is widely regarded as the greatest Polish composer, and ranks as one of music's greatest tone poets. Chopin was born in the village of Żelazowa Wola, in the Duchy of Warsaw, to a Polish mother and French-expatriate father, and in his early life was regarded as a child-prodigy pianist. In November 1830, at the age of twenty, he went abroad; following the suppression of the Polish November Uprising of 1830–1831, he became one of many expatriates of the Polish "Great Emigration."
Consuelo started out as a classical pianist in Milan where she was borne. Consuelo's determination to become an established musician/composer and her interests in production led her to move to Manchester in 1995, where she graduated in BA (Hons) Popular Music & Recording at Salford University, Greater Manchester, specialising in composition.
Consuelos focus is now the realisation of her debut album as a singer-songwriter. She moved to Cornwall January 2006 to concentrate on this project, away from distractions, and recorded an acoustic EP "Bittersweet", which was reviewed on the Bournemouth Daily Echo by Sarah Cartlidge, who wrote:
"Singer songwriter Consuelo with a collection of six, piano-led songs are anadorned and uncomplicated but commanding and touch on her classical background, as well as her love of pop and melodic rock, glossed with her strong Italian accent, which sounds particularly pronunced on tracks I Told You That I Love You and Keep It 4 Yourself. Bittersweet makes for imaginative and atmospheric listening".
As a solo artist, Consuelo has played at the Acorn theatre, Penzance, Cornwall, and in the Bournemouth area, where she is currently based, with Solid Air and Antony (Bournemouth Ink Tatoo Convention 2010). She is still looking for musicians with in view to record an Ep with fuller production in the near future.
Emma K Spence Singer - Songwriter,Pianist - main genres Blues,Folk,Soul. Born and raised in England to Jamaican parents. Emma would use her classical piano training to spend countless hours at the piano writing songs and singing. This versatile Artist is also skilled at arranging music and songs on Logic audio creating another music product called 'Sounds of Substance' on Myspace which is a mix of, Electronica,Dance,Dub,Film sound track music and experimental rhythms.
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There are several artists with the name Brian Kelly: 1. Brian Kelly (www.briankelly.com) is an award-winning, composer, pianist, and recording artist who has released two critically acclaimed contemporary piano instrumental albums. Brian resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. 2. Brian Kelly - New York-based rock musician. 2 albums: Each Day Blues, Receding Choir. www.briankellymusic.com 3. Brian Kelly is a London-based tenor banjo player who took lessons from the influential Brendan Mulkere and went on to win All-Ireland titles on both the banjo and mandolin.
One of the UK's truly independent spirits" Guardian. Pianist and composer Huw Warren never ceases to amaze as an intriguing and thrilling musician and composer. The winner of the`highly coveted BBC Jazz Award for Innovation in 2005, Huw has established an international presence in recent years, as a musical director/pianist for contemporary folk singer June Tabor for well over a decade (they recently appeared to a full house at the Berlin Jazz Festival), and for his ongoing work with ex-Austrian Musican of the Year bassist Peter Herbert and NY violin virtuosio improviser Mark Feldman.
