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Artist Name |
Artist Bio |
Instruments |
Genres |
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Annie Lennox |
Ann Griselda Lennox was raised in Aberdeen, Scotland and was the only child of a shipyard worker and a cook. She began playing the piano at age 3, and by the time she turned 7 became a member of Miss Auchinache’s choir. She started playing the flute at age 11 and a few years later she was admitted… Read More_» |
piano, voice |
alternative, electronic, rock, singer-songwriter, traditional |
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Bobby McFerrin |
With a four-octave range and a dazzling repertoire of vocal techniques, 10-time Grammy Award-winner Bobby McFerrin has sold over 20 million albums.
Born in New York City in 1950, Bobby is the son of singer Sara Cooper and opera baritone Robert McFerrin, the first black man to sing as a member of the… Read More_» |
conductor, piano, voice |
a capella, classical, jazz |
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Brian Wilson |
Brian Wilson is one of popular music’s most deeply revered figures, the main creative force behind some of the most cherished recordings in rock history. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to call Brian Wilson one of the most influential composers of the last century.
Wilson’s remarkable journey … Read More_» |
guitar, piano, voice |
alternative, electronic, pop, rock |
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Christopher O’Riley |
Born in Chicago and raised in Evanston, Illinois, Christopher O’Riley grew up with an interest in music and went on to study with acclaimed pianist Russell Sherman at the New England Conservatory of Music.
As a prestigious artist, pianist and national media personality, O’Riley has dazzled t… Read More_» |
piano |
classical, rock |
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Herbie Hancock |
Herbie Hancock is a musical prodigy, a jazz legend, and a 12-time Grammy Award-winner. At seven years old, he began studying European classical music but also immersed himself in rhythm and blues at the same time.
By 11, he performed Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No. 26 in D” and “Coronation” w… Read More_» |
composition, piano, voice |
classical, jazz, r & b |
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Jeffrey Biegel |
Jeffrey Biegel has created a multi-faceted career as a pianist, recording artist, composer and arranger. Born a second-generation American, Mr. Biegel’s roots are of Russian and Austrian heritage. Until the age of three, Mr. Biegel could neither hear nor speak, until corrected by surgery. The… Read More_» |
composition, piano |
classical, traditional |
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Jenny Lin |
Jenny Lin is one of the most respected young pianists today, admired for her adventurous programming and charismatic stage presence.
Born in Taiwan and raised in Austria, Jenny studied with Noel Flores at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna, with Julian Martin at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimor… Read More_» |
piano |
classical, orchestra |
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John Williams |
In a career that spans five decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and the concert stage.
Born and raised in New York, Williams moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1948, where he studied composition with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.… Read More_» |
composition, conductor, piano |
classical |
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Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk |
Grammy-award-winning violinist Joshua Bell and his longtime friend and recital partner, pianist Jeremy Denk have performed approximately 200 concerts together, playing music for violin and piano. At last they have collaborated on a CD, called French Impressions. The duo offers a passionate… Read More_» |
piano, strings |
classical |
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Judy Collins |
Judy Collins has thrilled audiences worldwide with her unique blend of interpretative folksongs and contemporary themes for over 50 years. Judy claims that her mother named her after Judy Garland. Her father, Charles “Chuck” Collins was a Seattle-based 1950s American radio presenter whose tastes… Read More_» |
guitar, piano, voice |
folk, pop, rock, singer-songwriter |
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Keith Emerson |
Keyboard legend Keith Emerson has been one of the most important figures to emerge from the thriving UK rock scene of the 1960′s and 70′s. He is a leader in the progressive rock movement, fusing rock ‘n’ roll with a myriad of musical styles, such as classical, jazz and world … Read More_» |
piano, synthesizer |
classical, electronic, jazz, rock |
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Michael Daugherty |
In 2011, composer, pianist and teacher Michael Daugherty won three Grammy Awards for the piano concerto “Deus Ex Machina,” a sonic tribute to trains, and Metropolis Symphony, an album inspired by Superman. According to the League of American Orchestras, he is one of the ten most performed contem… Read More_» |
composition, piano |
classical, electronic, jazz, orchestra, pop, rock |
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Michael Tilson Thomas |
Michael Tilson Thomas is the Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, Founder and Artistic Director of the New World Symphony, and Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. The Grammy and Peabody award-winning conductor, pianist and composer was born in Los Angeles into a fami… Read More_» |
composition, conductor, piano |
classical, orchestra |
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Natalie Merchant |
Singer-songwriter and pianist Natalie Merchant was born in 1963, in Jamestown, New York. Her father was a jazz musician and her mother, a classical music devotee, was a secretary. She studied the piano, spent free time in the library and dreamed of becoming an artist. Participating in an accelerated… Read More_» |
composition, guitar, piano, voice |
folk, rock, singer-songwriter |
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Owen Pallett |
Born in 1979, Owen Pallett, the son of a church-playing organist, began playing the violin and piano at the age of three and composed his first piece at thirteen. While studying composition at the University of Toronto, he joined the band Picastro. He went on to form Les Mouches who gained early fam… Read More_» |
composition, piano, strings, synthesizer, voice |
alternative, classical, rock |
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Paul O’Neill |
This month, Linked Music brings together classical music and heavy metal. Host Peter Cummings interviews Trans-Siberian Orchestra founder Paul O’Neill to talk all about the connections.
O’Neill formed the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) in 1996, and immediately approached long time friends… Read More_» |
composition, guitar, piano |
classical, electronic, jazz, metal, opera, orchestra |
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Sting |
Born in 1951, in Wallsend, north-east England, Gordon Sumner’s life started to change the evening a fellow musician in the Phoenix Jazzmen caught sight of his black and yellow striped sweater and decided to re-christen him Sting.
Sting got his start playing bass with local outfits The Newcastl… Read More_» |
guitar, piano, voice |
classical, jazz, pop, rock, singer-songwriter |
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Tori Amos |
Eight-time Grammy Award-nominated pianist, singer-songwriter and composer Tori Amos joins Peter on Linked Music this month. Perhaps best known for her confessional, piano-driven ballads, Tori’s influences range wide–from conservatory, to her own pop band, to alternative rock, to electr… Read More_» |
composition, piano, voice |
alternative, classical, orchestra, singer-songwriter |
