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Perahia

American  
[puh-rahy-uh] / pəˈraɪ ə /

noun

  1. Murray, born 1947, U.S. pianist.


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Over the years, the Leeds International Piano Competition has launched the careers of artists including Andras Schiff, Eric Lu and Murray Perahia; and comes with a £30,000 prize.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2024

With the American pianist Murray Perahia, he received a 1986 Gramophone award for an album of four-hand works by Mozart and Schubert.

From Washington Post Apr. 20, 2022

When Murray Perahia canceled his U.S. recital tour this spring due to an otherwise unexplained “sudden medical setback,” presenters were stuck with the seeming impossible.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2019

In New York, as it happened, Perahia had once again played the “Hammerklavier” a few days before Yuja did and again had had the starch taken out of him.

From The New Yorker Aug. 29, 2016

On Tuesday, Murray Perahia played Schumann’s Piano Concerto, and Mr. Haitink added Brahms’s Fourth Symphony, and the performances were basically fine, with almost everything in place.

From New York Times Feb. 13, 2014

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