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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

As Mr. Marriner’s orchestral career grew busier, the Academy was often led by other musicians, notably Iona Brown, Murray Perahia and, most recently, Joshua Bell, who was named the group’s second music director in 2011.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2016

Argerich was one of the stars Yuja replaced while she was still a student at Curtis; Radu Lupu, Yefim Bronfman, Evgeny Kissin, and Murray Perahia were others.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 29, 2016

Stars giving recitals include pianists Andras Schiff and Murray Perahia, violinist Joshua Bell, cellist Yo-Yo Ma with pianist Kathryn Stott and the violin-piano duo of Itzhak Perlman and Emanuel Ax.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2015

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