Maurice Cole (pianist) Maurice Cole (pianist) Maurice Cole (1902–1990), was an English pianist, teacher and adjudicator who studied privately and at the Guildhall School of Music with Arthur De Greef. Maurice Cole was born in London, England. He was the first pianist to broadcast a recital on the BBC and went on to perform, amongst many other compositions, both books of Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier" on the BBC Third Programme. He was professor at the Guildhall School of Music from 1953, was appointed Professor of Pianoforte at the School on two occasions and was a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians. He was
Maurice Bidermann Casablanca, Morocco. They have two daughters. Maurice Bidermann Maurice Bidermann, real name Maurice Zylberberg, (Anderlecht, 4 April 1932 in Belgium) is an industrialist in the textile sector, descendent from Polish Jews. He is a Knight of the French National Order of Merit in 1991. Being Jewish, he lived along with his sister Evelyne from 1941 to 1943 with a Christian family in Aix-en-Provence; while his sister Regina is hidden in a convent. In 1943, the German police detain him and he is sent to a clinic in Bandol due to health problems. In 1946, Maurice Zylberberg arrived in Paris. In