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A pianist ( /ˈpiːənɨst/ PEE-ə-nist) is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.
Most forms of Western music can make use of the piano. Consequently, pianists have a wide variety of repertoire and styles to choose from, including jazz, classical music, and all sorts of popular music.
A performing classical pianist usually starts playing piano at a very young age.
A single listing of pianists in all genres would be impractical, given the multitude of musicians noted for their performances on the instrument. Below are links to lists of well-known or influential pianists divided by genres:
Many well-known classical composers were also virtuoso pianists. The following is an incomplete list of such musicians.
Actors: Heinz Meier (actor), Matis Burkhardt (producer), Matis Burkhardt (director), Matis Burkhardt (editor), Matis Burkhardt (writer), Katia-Bey Habedank (producer), Katia-Bey Habedank (writer), Samia Muriel Chancrin (actress), Katia-Bey Habedank (producer), Anne Braun (producer), Lea Willkowsky (actress), Tamaz Amiranashvili (actor), Ulrike Schirmer (miscellaneous crew), Tilly Creutzfeldt-Jakob (actor), David Führer (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance, Short,Actors: Andrés Cepeda (actor), Horacio 'Negro' Hernández (actor), Armando Gola (actor), Luis Miguel Oliver (producer), Roberto Siegler (producer), Daniel Vasquez (producer), Hector Barahona (director), Alexander Alfonso (actor), Liliana Ortiz Casas (editor), Dayhan Diaz (actor),
Genres: Music,Actors: Matthias Petsche (composer), Lilian Franck (producer), Lilian Franck (director), Michèle Barbin (editor), Lang Lang (actor), Robert Cibis (producer), Robert Cibis (director), Aleksey Igudesman (actor), Vincent Lucassen (producer), Alfred Brendel (actor), Hyung-Ki Joo (actor), Ian Bostridge (actor), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (actor), Javiera Tejerina (producer), Christoph Claßen (actor),
Plot: Pianomania follows Stefan Knüpfer, a piano tuner from Steinway and his famous clients Lang Lang, Brendel, Buchbinder and Pierre-Laurent Aimard as they search for the perfect pitch. Truly an unusual and entertaining peak behind the curtain at the worlds great concert halls.
Keywords: arthouse, classical-music, music-recording, pianist, piano, steinway, vienna-austriaActors: Edgar Burcksen (editor), Arthur Brauss (actor), Petra Knieper (actress), Petra Knieper (producer), Petra Knieper (director), Jane Beaumont Hall (director), Jane Beaumont Hall (producer), Richard A. Doyon (writer), Richard A. Doyon (actor), Richard A. Doyon (actor), Victor Alexeeff (composer), Victor Alexeeff (actor), Michael Sutherland (actor), Kathryn J. Hall (actress), Suzanne Marie Doyon (actress),
Plot: DEBUSSY HAS LEFT THE BUILDING is about the timeless seductiveness of classical piano music. Internationally acclaimed concert pianist Victor Alexeeff leads the audience into their own "field of dreams" using the world renowned compositions 'Claire de Lune" by Claude Debussy and the prelude in G major by Sergej Rachmaninoff.
Genres: Music, Short,Actors: Steffen Nielsen (actor), Lene Storgaard (actress), Morten Jørgensen (writer), Morten Jørgensen (director), Josefine Nytofte (actress), Jost L. Hansen (actor), Samir Di Johansson (actor), Karina Hjorth (actress), Randy Fryd (actress), Caroline Isabella Kromann (actress), Thorbjørn Stürup (actor), Michael Martini (actor), Isabella Rønne (actress), Charlotte Jørgensen (actress), Thomas Brok (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Lewis Schoenbrun (editor), Glenn S. Gainor (actor), Joseph Pilato (actor), Herbert Siguenza (actor), Navah Raphael (actress), Donique Patton (miscellaneous crew), Lawrence Abramson (producer), Silas Cooper (actor), Liann Pattison (actress), Norman Gerard (writer), Norman Gerard (producer), Norman Gerard (director), Michael Bonnabel (actor), P.S. Sono (actor), Megan Gerard (producer),
Genres: Drama, Thriller,Actors: Ere Kokkonen (producer), Ere Kokkonen (director), Ere Kokkonen (writer), Kalevi Kahra (actor), Santeri Kinnunen (actor), Olli Ahvenlahti (actor), Olli Ahvenlahti (composer), Raimo Grönberg (actor), Ahti Kuoppala (actor), Seppo Mäki (actor), Maija-Liisa Peuhu (actress), Jari Salmi (actor), Matti Nurminen (actor), Liisa Roine (actress), Arto Paasilinna (writer),
Genres: ,Actors: Joan Hickson (actress), Maurice Denham (actor), Agatha Christie (writer), John Hallam (actor), Daniele Stroppa (actor), Jean Boht (actress), Joanna David (actress), David Horovitch (actor), T.R. Bowen (writer), George Gallaccio (producer), Rhoda Lewis (actress), Ken Howard (composer), Ian Brimble (actor), Judy Pepperdine (costume designer), Andrew Burt (actor),
Plot: When Miss Marple's visiting friend sees a woman being strangled on a passing train, they immediately report it to the police. Inspector Slack sees Miss Marple as a bit of a busy body and drops the investigation after only a few days. Miss Marple however determines that there is only one spot along the line where a body could have been dumped and it happens to be very near the Crackenthorpe estate. She asks a professional housekeeper, Lucy Eyelesbarrow, to go there undercover as a domestic. She soon finds the dead woman's body at which time the police take on a renewed interest but it is left to Miss Marple to solve the mystery.
Keywords: based-on-novel, class-status, cook, detective, estate, golf, inheritance, manor-house, miss-marple, murderActors: Tom Fadden (actor), George Eldredge (actor), Michael Ansara (actor), Victor Adamson (actor), Robert Anderson (actor), Edward Earle (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), Stephen Chase (actor), Emile Avery (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Steve Darrell (actor), Chet Brandenburg (actor), Tex Driscoll (actor), Francis Ford (actor),
Plot: Released from jail, John Wesley Hardin leaves an account of his life with the local newspaper. It tells of his overly religious father, his resulting life of cards and guns, and his love for his step-sister replaced on her death during a gun fight with that for dance-hall girl Rosie.
Keywords: 1860s, 1870s, 1890s, 19th-century, alabama, alias, army, assumed-identity, aunt-nephew-relationship, austin-texasActors: Eduard von Borsody (director), Hermann Erhardt (actor), Heinz Moog (actor), Fritz Muliar (actor), Hans Putz (actor), Gerhard Riedmann (actor), Karl Skraup (actor), Evelyn Künneke (actress), Annie Rosar (actress), Eduard von Borsody (writer), Willy Schmidt-Gentner (composer), Peter Alexander (actor), Johannes Mario Simmel (writer), Heinz Conrads (actor), Elfie Mayerhofer (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance,