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Perahia, Murray (sh)




born April 19, 1947, New York, N.Y., U.S.

U.S. pianist.

He was trained at the Mannes College of Music in New York City. He won the Leeds International Piano Competition by unanimous vote in 1972, and in 1975 he shared the first Avery Fisher Prize. From 1982 he was music director of the Aldeburgh Festival and made his home in England. He is best known for his sensitive recordings of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's concertos, conducted from the keyboard.