Byron Janis
Byron Janis (March 24, 1928 – March 14, 2024)[1] was an American classical pianist. He made several recordings for RCA Victor and Mercury Records, and occupies two volumes of the Philips series Great Pianists of the 20th Century.
Byron Janis | |
|---|---|
 Janis (1962) | |
| Born | Byron Yanks March 24, 1928 McKeesport, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | March 14, 2024 (aged 95) |
| Occupation | classical pianist |
| Years active | 1940–2024 |
| Spouses | June Dickson Wright
(m. 1953; div. 1965)Maria Cooper
(m. 1966) |
| Children | 1 |
| Family | Gary Cooper (father-in-law) Veronica Cooper (mother-in-law) |
| Website | www |
His discography covers music inspired by Beethoven to David W. Guion and includes major piano concertos from Mozart to Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. Janis and his wife, Maria Cooper, daughter of screen actor Gary Cooper, wrote his autobiography Chopin and Beyond: My Extraordinary Life in Music and the Paranormal, which was released in November 2010. In the DVD A Voyage With Byron Janis, he hosts a musical journey through Chopin's life. Martin Scorsese is developing a Byron Janis Biopic for Paramount Pictures from a script by Peter Glanz. The project is based on Janis' autobiography.[2] Janis died of natural causes on March 14, 2024 at the age of 95.
References
change- ↑ https://www.genarians.com/1928.html
- ↑ Dave McNary, Variety, January 7, 2016
Other websites
change- Official website (includes Flash intro)
- Works by or about Byron Janis in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Byron Janis on IMDb
- David Dubal interviews Byron Janis on YouTube, WNCN-FM, 25-Mar-1983
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