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Wednesday, 18 September 2019

The Greatest Pianist Of All Time!

The Greats - Piano

Sergei Rachmaninoff : 
Name- Sergei Rachmaninoff
Birthday- 1st April 1873
Nationality- Russian
Early life- He was born in Oneg, near Novgorod. He was born on 20th March, which is now equivalent to 1st April in modern days, in 1873. Both his grandfather and his father had played the piano before, so he was born into a musical family. When he was 9 his family and him moved to St Petersburg. There he took piano lessons at the Conservatoire. Credit (the whole story)
Death- 28th March 1943
Cause of death- Skin cancer
Height- 1.98m

Liberace :
Name- Władziu Valentino Liberace
Birthday- May 16th 1919
NationalityAmerican
Early life- He was born in West Allis, Wisconsin, U.S. He had an identical twin who died at birth. His father encouraged music in their lives but his mum thought as it to be affordable. Liberace started playing the piano at age 4. From a young age it was clear that he was skilled in music. He kept playing music and started performing in his teens. Credit (and the whole story)
Death- February 4th 1987
Height- 1.77m



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