Liberace

Genres:	Easy Listening • Holiday & Seasonal • Holiday & Seasonal • Instrumental • Music Videos & Concerts • Musicals & The Arts • Television
Descriptive "tags":	easy listening • piano • liberace • classical • deceased
Decades Active:	1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	BBC Music • Wikipedia

Biography

Wladziu Valentino Liberace, 16 May 1919, West Allis, Wisconsin, USA, d. 4 February 1987, Palm Springs, Florida, USA. This larger-than-life pianist had no major chart hits - but had an indefinable charm and talent that gave delight to multitudes of fans across the globe. Of Polish-Italian extraction, he was raised in a household where there was always music - particularly from father Salvatore who played French horn in both John Philip Sousa’s Concert Band and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Young Wladziu was eager to become a professional player and his piano skills were praised by no less than Paderewski, and he won a place at Wisconsin College of Music at the age of seven.

During his 17-year scholarship - the longest ever awarded by the academy - he made his concert debut as a soloist at the age of 11 and was fronting renowned symphony orchestras while still an adolescent. A fulfilling career of classical recitals and university...

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