Sentence examples for first pianist from inspiring English sources

In the article above we were right to say that Alfred Brendel was the first pianist to record Beethoven's complete works for solo piano, but wrong to say that he was the first pianist to perform Beethoven's complete sonatas.

In 1992 Mr. Murphy became the first pianist invited into the Met's young artist program, previously open only to singers.

Schnabel was the first pianist to record the complete Beethoven sonatas, though he had to be talked into doing so.

He was also the first Chinese winner and the first pianist to be awarded first-prize status (sometimes no first prize is awarded) in 15 years.

In 1937, he joined the NBC network in New York as a staff pianist, and in 1939 he became the first pianist to give a televised recital.

Ms. Goldman said he was the first pianist after Rachmaninoff himself to record all four Rachmaninoff concertos and the "Variations on a Theme of Paganini".

During the 1920's, Mr. Perlemuter took lessons privately with Ravel and become one of the first pianists to perform Ravel's complete works.

Mr. Lubin, a member of the Mozartean Players and a veteran of the early-music movement, was one of the first pianists in New York to perform extensively on the fortepiano.

September 27 , 1924New York City, New York August 1, 1966 New York City, New York Bud Powell, byname of Earl Powell (born September 27 , 1924 New York, New York, U.S. died August 1, 1966, New York City) American jazz pianist who emerged in the mid-1940s as one of the first pianists to play lines originally conceived by bebop horn players.

But something like Structures For Two Pianos, for which I was the co-first pianist in the UK, you just can't listen to now".

Stephen Hough was the third pianist on hand, launching his season's assault on the three Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos from the rear, as it were.