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20th-century pianists

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Victor BorgePerson · Music memorabiliaBørge Rosenbaum (Danish: [ˈpɶɐ̯wə ˈʁoːsn̩pɑwm]; January 3, 1909 – December 23, 2000), known as Victor Borge (BOR-gə), was a Danish-American actor, comedian, and pianist who achieved great…
Vijay IyerPerson · Music memorabiliaVijay Iyer (born Vijay Raghunathan, October 26, 1971) is an American composer, pianist, bandleader, producer, writer, and professor based in New York City.
Vitalij KuprijPerson · Music memorabiliaVitalij Kuprij (July 7, 1974 – February 20, 2024) was a Ukrainian-American pianist, composer and music teacher. He was a keyboardist for Ring of Fire and Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Vittorio CosmaPerson · Music memorabiliaVittorio Cosma (born 11 March 1965) is an Italian pianist, record producer, conductor, and arranger.
Viviana SofronitskyPerson · Music memorabiliaViviana Sofronitsky is a Russian and Canadian classical pianist, born in Moscow. Her father was the Soviet-Russian pianist Vladimir Sofronitsky.
Vladimir CosmaPerson · Music memorabiliaHe was born in Bucharest.
Vladimir KrainevPerson · Film memorabiliaVladimir Krainev (Russian: Влади́мир Все́володович Кра́йнев; 1 April 1944 – 29 April 2011) was a Russian pianist and professor of piano, People's Artist of the USSR.
Vladimir ShainskyPerson · Music memorabiliaVladimir Yakovlevich Shainsky (Russian: Владимир Яковлевич Шаинский, [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ʂɐˈinskʲɪj]; 12 December 1925 – 25 December 2017) was a Soviet and Russian composer.
Vlado PerlemuterPerson · Music memorabiliaVladislas "Vlado" Perlemuter (26 May 1904 – 4 September 2002) was a Lithuanian-born French pianist and teacher.
Vytautas BacevičiusPerson · Music memorabiliaVytautas Bacevičius (9 September 1905, in Łódź, Poland [then Russian Empire] – 15 January 1970, in New York City, United States) was a Lithuanian composer of radical and modernistic…
Wagner TisoPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Wagner Tiso
Waldemar KazaneckiPerson · Music memorabiliaWaldemar Kazanecki ((29 April 1929 – 20 December 1991) was a Polish pianist, conductor and composer.
Walter DavisPerson · Music memorabiliaWalter Davis Jr. (September 2, 1932 – June 2, 1990) was an American bebop and hard bop pianist.
Warren ZevonPerson · Music memorabiliaWarren William Zevon (January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer and songwriter.
Werner HeiderPerson · Music memorabiliaWerner Heider (born 1 January 1930) is a German composer, pianist and conductor.
Wild Bill DavisPerson · Music memorabiliaWilliam Davis (disambiguation)
William KapellPerson · Music memorabiliaWilliam Capell (disambiguation)
Wilson FonsecaPerson · Music memorabiliaWilson Dias da Fonseca, Wilson Fonseca or Maestro Isoca (17 November 1912 – 24 March 2002) was a Brazilian maestro, composer, conductor and writer.
Wim MertensPerson · Music memorabiliaWim Mertens (Dutch pronunciation: [ʋɪˈmɛrtəns]; born 14 May 1953) is a Flemish-Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist.
Witold LutosławskiPerson · Music memorabiliaWitold Roman Lutosławski (25 January 1913 – 7 February 1994) was a Polish composer and conductor.
Witold MałcużyńskiPerson · Music memorabiliaWitold Małcużyński (August 10, 1914 – July 17, 1977) was a Polish pianist who specialized in the works of Frédéric Chopin.
Władysław SzpilmanPerson · Music memorabiliaWładysław Szpilman (5 December 1911 – 6 July 2000) was a Polish Jewish pianist, classical composer and Holocaust survivor.
Wolfgang DaunerPerson · Music memorabiliaWolfgang Dauner ([ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈdaʊ̯nɐ]; 30 December 1935 – 10 January 2020) was a German jazz pianist who co-founded the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble.
Wolfgang RübsamPerson · Music memorabiliaWolfgang Friedrich Rübsam (born October 16, 1946, in Gießen) is a German-American organist, pianist, composer and pedagogue.
Wolfgang SawallischPerson · Music memorabiliaWolfgang Sawallisch (26 August 1923 – 22 February 2013) was a German conductor and pianist.
Wynton KellyPerson · Music memorabiliaWynton Charles Kelly (December 2, 1931 – April 12, 1971) was an American jazz pianist and composer.
Yakov ZakPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Yakov Zak in 1937
Yaltah MenuhinAuthor · BooksYaltah Menuhin (7 October 1921 – 9 June 2001) was an American-born British pianist, artist and poet.
Yann TiersenPerson · Music memorabiliaYann Pierre Tiersen (born 23 June 1970) is a French musician and composer from Brittany.
YanniPerson · Music memorabiliaYiannis Chryssomallis (born November 14, 1954), known professionally as Yanni, is a Greek composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer.
Yeol Eum SonPerson · Music memorabiliaSon Yeol Eum
Yevgeny KrylatovPerson · Music memorabiliaYevgeny Pavlovich Krylatov (23 February 1934 – 8 May 2019) was a Soviet and Russian composer who wrote songs for over 120 Soviet and Russian movies and animated films.
Yevgeny SvetlanovPerson · Music memorabiliaYevgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov (6 September 1928 – 3 May 2002) was a Soviet and Russian conductor, composer, and pianist.
YoshikiDesigner · FashionYoshiki Hayashi (林佳樹, Hayashi Yoshiki, born November 20, 1965), known mononymously as Yoshiki, is a Japanese musician, songwriter, composer, record producer, film director, and fashion…
Yōsuke YamashitaAuthor · BooksYōsuke Yamashita is a Japanese jazz pianist, composer and writer. His piano style is influenced by free jazz, modal jazz and soul jazz.
Yuja WangPerson · Music memorabilia
Yuki KajiuraAuthor · BooksYuki Kajiura (梶浦由記, Kajiura Yuki; born August 6, 1965) is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer.
Yuri KhanonArtist · PaintingsYuri Khanon is a pen name of Yuri Feliksovich Soloviev-Savoyarov, a Russian composer.
Yūzō KayamaArtist · Paintings
Yvonne LoriodPerson · Music memorabiliaYvonne Louise Georgette Loriod-Messiaen (LL- (eng)-Exilexi-Yvonne Loriod.wav; 20 January 1924 – 17 May 2010) was a French pianist, teacher, and composer, and the second wife of composer…
Zbigniew NamysłowskiPerson · Music memorabiliaZbigniew Jacek Namysłowski (9 September 1939 – 7 February 2022) was a Polish jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, cellist, trombonist, pianist and composer.
Zoe RahmanPerson · Music memorabiliaZoe Rahman (born 20 January 1971) is an English jazz composer and pianist.
Zoltán KocsisPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Zoltán Kocsis in 1972

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