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	Byron Janis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Byron Janis is renowned Internationally as one of the world's greatest concert pianists.
		The talent of Byron Janis as a composer was again exhibited in the music that he created for a major special on Gary Cooper that aired in November, 1989 on Turner Network Television and has written the score for a musical "The Hunchback of Notre Dame".
		Janis is on the Faculty of the Manhattan School of Music, and is also the national head of the Visual and Performing Arts in America, for Tel-Aviv University.
	www.uri-geller.com /janis.htm (473 words)

	Byron Janis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Byron Janis (born March 24, 1928) is an American pianist widely considered to be one of the twentieth century's greatest classical pianists.
		Janis was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, to Russian-Polish Jewish parents.
		When Janis was 15, Vladimir Horowitz heard his performance of the same concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony conducted by 15 year old Lorin Maazel and invited Janis to work with him.
	www.infoforyou.org /input.php?title=Byron_Janis (551 words)

	Byron Jannis and the UW Orchestra @ Meany Theater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		But virtuoso pianist Byron Janis, hailed as "one of the great ones" by the Chicago Tribune, is a wonderfully amiable and charming man, eager to share his music and his wealth of knowledge.
		Each work becomes an intense study of both the composer's intent and his own reaction to it, and Janis' emotional input is borne out by scads of reviews marveling at his ability to capture even the subtlest nuances in the music.
		Byron Janis will perform with the UW Symphony orchestra on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 8 p.m.
	archives.thedaily.washington.edu /1997/012397/byron112397.html (547 words)

	ByronJanisNewYorkSocialDiary
		Maestro Janis, who is regarded as one of the greatest living interpreters of Chopin, made his professional debut at age 20 at Carnegie Hall, and has been a significant artistic presence in the world ever since.
		Janis being presented with Maria Cooper and Byron Janis
		Janis sat down, amidst the standing crowd, at the Steinway grand placed in the middle of the room, and played two Chopin pieces for us.
	babailov.homestead.com /ByronJanisNewYorkSocialDiary.html (535 words)

	Byron Janis - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Byron Janis was one of the most brilliant of his generation of American pianists, before his career was cut short by illness.
		Vladimir Horowitz was in the audience and subsequently invited Janis to study with him.
		This led to a 1978 French television documentary, Frédéric Chopin: A Voyage with Byron Janis, in which he discussed and played illustrations concerning the problems of determining the authentic versions of Chopin's music.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,856617,00.html (690 words)

	Welcome to MODA Entertainment.com -- PUBLICITYBOX -- Byron Janis Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Byron Janis made his orchestral debut at age 14 with Toscanini’s NBC Symphony Orchestra.
		He was the youngest artist ever signed to a contract by RCA Victor Records; at 19 Janis completed a highly acclaimed first concert tour abroad to South America and Europe, including a highly successful debut at La Scala in 1954.
		Janis was the first American artist to break through the “Iron Curtain”, when he participated in ‘CHittiral exchange between the Soviet Union and the United States.
	www.modaentertainment.com /pubreljanisbio.html (402 words)

	Tower Records - Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Byron Janis II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This second compilation of the work of Byron Janis presents the American in his absolute prime with recordings taken from the early 1960s before arthritis was to severely curtail his performing career.
		Byron Janis was at his height in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when these splendid performances were recorded.
		Janis and Kondrashin push each other to dazzling heights in the bravura sections of Liszt's 1st Concerto, without giving short shrift to the "Quasi Adagio" section's lyric eloquence.
	www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=1536994 (542 words)

	Saluting Byron Janis - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		The "Today" show's salute to Pittsburgh pianist Byron Janis, which was pre-empted in March by the war in Iraq, will air at 7 a.m.
		Janis made his Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra debut at age 16, a performance that led directly to becoming the first piano student of Vladimir Horowitz.
		Janis is married to Maria Cooper, daughter of film star Gary Cooper.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/search/s_136750.html (138 words)

	TIME.com: Barometers & Pianos -- Apr. 14, 1961 -- Page 1
		A forecast of rain depresses him, chiefly because it depresses the piano, robbing it of the brilliance and agility that are the hallmarks of Janis' style.
		At 33, Janis is a member in good standing of the talented generation of pianists who have emerged in the U.S. since World War II: Van Cliburn, Gary Graffman, Eugene Istomin, Leon Fleisher, John Browning, Glenn Gould (a Canadian, but a product of the U.S. concert circuit).
		Janis' playing, as a result, tends to be taut and full of nervous energy.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,872268,00.html (710 words)

	Byron Janis plays Prokofiev and Rachmaninov Piano Concertos
		Janis is his little volcano self, reacting to every phrase and musical gesture with a grimace, a sigh, or by raising himself off the bench.
		Elegant and electrically lithe, Janis has the piano imitating all sorts of violin flurries, then we segue into the more amorous aspects of Paganini's persona in which Janis raises his left eyebrow.
		Janis takes the last runs with the same propulsion pianists like to command to explode to the finale of the Tchaikovsky Concerto.
	www.audaud.com /article.php?ArticleID=1147 (871 words)

	Mercury Hi-Res Special 11/11/04- AUDIOPHILE AUDITION
		2 and 3, with Byron Janis, and Antal Dorati conducting the London and Minneapolis Symphonies.
		Though one of the other Byron Janis Mercuries utilized their 35mm film recording technique, this one used tape, but it is probably the most exciting version both sonically and performance-wise one could possibly expect of both concertos.
		Janis’ piano as well as the orchestra is more in your face, but both the performance and sonics are so exciting that you won’t want to move back.
	www.audaud.com /audaud/NOV04/hires/hiresMerc.html (1515 words)

	Antal Dorati - Byron Janis plays Moussorgky, Byron Janis, piano - CD
		When Byron Janis appeared in recital anywhere in the world, Pictures At An Exhibition was apt to be the high point of his program.
		Now for the first time Byron Janis powerful interpretation of this piece is released from the Mercury vaults in all its glory.
		The release of Janis Picture is likely to capture the market for this mainstay of the pianists repertoire, combining as it does, the technical wizardry of this great American pianist and the full dynamic range and "you are there" sound of Mercury Living Presence.
	store.acousticsounds.com /browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=7024 (323 words)

	Byron Janis on SONY BMG Masterworks
		Byron Janis (born March 24, 1928) is a Jewish-born, American pianist widely considered to be one of the twentieth century's greatest classical pianists.
		He occupies two discs of the Philips Greatest Pianists of the Century series, and is one of thirteen great pianists featured in a Naxos Historical recording.
		He had lost sensation in a finger in an accident but this did not prevent his debut under Arturo Toscanini at the age of fifteen.
	www.sonybmgmasterworks.com /artists/byronjanis/index.html (517 words)

	A pianist reflects upon Chopin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Born in McKeesport and raised in Squirrel Hill and Shadyside, pianist Byron Janis, 77, became renowned for his interpretations of Liszt and Chopin.
		Janis, now a New Yorker, is one of only a few included twice in Phillip's "Great Pianists of the 20th Century" CD series.
		On the eve of Chopin's birthday -- at least the date the composer claimed, March 1, 1810 -- Janis shares some anecdotes of the great Polish composer and lights a fire under the debate about his ill-fated but passionate relationship with the novelist George Sand and the rumors about an illicit affair with her daughter.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06059/662068.stm (850 words)

	Salon \| Sharps and Flats
		He had a brilliant career beginning in the 1950s, and the recordings he made for Mercury in that period are legendary, especially a dynamic performance of Rachmaninoff's First Piano Concerto with Fritz Reiner.
		In retirement Janis served a brief stint as director of the Waterloo Festival and, improbably, wrote a musical theater version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," that played briefly on Broadway.
		In the summer of 1995, Janis discovered drugs that eased his arthritis, allowing him to go into the studio and make this disc of Chopin mazurkas, nocturnes and waltzes, his first recording in 34 years.
	www.salon.com /june97/sharps/sharps970603.html (513 words)

	BYRON JANIS - Upcoming Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Janis at a 3-day event with Master Classes, lectures and a Chopin/Janis evening of words and music.
		Byron Janis poses for preliminary sketches by Igor Babailov.
		Janis is the first musician to receive this Award since the creation of the Award in 1907.
	www.byronjanis.com /events.htm (368 words)

	AfricasGateway.com - Store - Byron Janis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The legendary pianist Byron Janis is presented by two issues, both consisting of two discs.
		Janis' piano sound is much more personal than any organ sound (the author must excuse), but not less huge and collosal, from inner pianos with delicious legato to a forte fortissimo to tremble by.
		Janis' style in Chopin's music doesn't need any comments, his cantabile, legato and elegance produce something full of beauty, but mainly full of a concrete content.
	www.africasgateway.com /amazon-buy-B00000I0LE.html (500 words)

	Grinnell College Campus Memo
		Janis is renowned internationally as one of the world's greatest concert pianists.
		Byron Janis has made a remarkable comeback, with his first recording in 34 years.
		Janis was diagnosed with arthritis in both hands in 1973.
	www.grinnell.edu /specialservices/memo/back/mar11_97.html (4232 words)

	Season Event - Center for the Arts - George Mason University
		With over a half century of performing on concert stages the world over, Byron Janis remains a consummate musician whose talent and virtuosity have stood the test of time.
		A battle with arthritis in the ‘70s led Janis to curtail the concert performances that, until then, had solidified his reputation as one of the world’s great pianists.
		In his triumphant return to the concert stage, he is once again in demand as a specialist in the romantic repertoire.
	www.gmu.edu /cfa/calendar/eventlisting.php?id=50 (212 words)

	Byron Janis: Can't Stop the Music
		There is no denying that psoriatic arthritis changed Byron Janis's life.
		In addition to the pain and the skin involvement that comes with this type of arthritis, joint deterioration meant Janis had to have surgery that shortened his thumb on his left hand, leaving him unable to reach the next octave on the piano easily.
		Now that Janis is playing again, it seems he is busier than ever.
	www.arthritis.org /resources/news/news_byron_janis.asp (612 words)

	TIME.com: Triple-Crown Pianist -- May 25, 1962 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In a day when contests are about as important to pianists as the tournament circuit to a tennis player, Pittsburgh's Byron Janis is a startling exception: he has never won or even entered a contest.
		At 34, Janis is getting along smartly without the benefit of contest trophies—as he reminded audiences again last week when he performed in Moscow hard on the heels of the Tchaikovsky Competition.
		At an embassy party next day, Janis improvised a little four-hand piano with President Kennedy's peripatetic press secretary, Pierre Salinger, then departed for Leningrad, where he was as enthusiastically received as he had been in Moscow.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,896271,00.html (532 words)

	RACHMANINOFF - PIANO CTO 3 - BYRON JANIS - DORATI-LSO - Musicdirect
		This early stereo LP with the pianist Byron Janis and conductor Antal Dorati was and still is an enormous success, as is proved by the fact that it is regarded as a work of reference even in this age of the silver disc.
		Janis performs with a controlled passion, like a fine mechanic who watches with the greatest of care over the structural elements which have been entrusted to him.
		His playing is precise and lucid down to the smallest detail, even in the minutest trill.
	www.musicdirect.com /products/detail.asp?sku=LSPC90283 (162 words)

	Byron Janis to Inaugurate VOA’s Special Noontime Concert Series on March 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On March 6, at the newly renovated VOA auditorium, the legendary American pianist Byron Janis will return to Washington with works by Chopin, Schumann, and Schubert in the inaugural performance in VOA’s twice-monthly Special Noontime Concert Series.
		Janis, who returns to Washington after an absence of many years, has performed extensively around the world and has made numerous recordings as well as a television special on the life of Frederic Chopin.
		His early career was highlighted when he was chosen as the first American artist to be sent to the Soviet Union, opening cultural exchange between the USSR and the United States in 1960.
	ibb7-2.ibb.gov /pubaff/janis.html (364 words)

	iClassics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Byron Janis' teachers included Josef and Rosina Lhevinne, Adele Marcus and Vladimir Horowitz.
		In 1960, he was chosen as the first American artist to be sent to the Soviet Union, opening the cultural exchange between the USSR and the United States.
		Janis was also the last American to perform in Cuba, literally hours before Castro came to power.
	www.iclassics.com /artistBio?contentId=449 (261 words)

	Classical Net Review - EMI Classic Archive - Victoria de los Angeles, Byron Janis, Carlo Maria Giulini
		Pennsylvania-born pianist Byron Janis probably is most famous for several recordings that he made for Mercury Records early in the stereo era.
		Janis seems a little less fluid and comfortable here than he did in the Prokofiev.
		Use of text, images, layout, format, look, or feel of these pages, without the written permission of the copyright holder, except as specified in the Copyright Notice, is strictly prohibited.
	www.classical.net /~music/recs/reviews/e/emi10203dvda.html (1586 words)

	Janis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Irving Janis, a social psychologist who pioneered the groupthink theory
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		Conrad Janis (1928-), American actor and jazz musician.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Janis (125 words)

	Amazon.com: Byron Janis Plays Chopin: Music: Fryderyk Chopin,Byron Janis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This disc marked the return of Byron Janis to recordings after more than two decades.
		His career was curtailed by arthritis, but he can still play short recitals and he decided to try recording again after a long absence.
		Byron Janis was one of the most outstanding pianists when I was a young man.Stricken with arthritis in the early 1970s he did not record again until this CD was done in 1996.
	www.amazon.com /Byron-Janis-Plays-Chopin-Fryderyk/dp/B000002RX0 (958 words)

	NPR : Happy Birthday, Byron
		Performance Today, March 24, 2003 · In the big picture of pianists in the twentieth century, Byron Janis is a monumental figure.
		We also spent some time with Byron Janis recently in his New York apartment.
		Fred Child talked with him about one highlight of his last 60 years of piano playing, which came when he discovered the autograph manuscripts of two Chopin waltzes.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1201557 (170 words)

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