With what instrument would you associate the classical performer Murray Perahia?
Murray Perahia he was awarded the Wolf Prize in Arts (with Jessye Norman). A species of solitary bee from Israel was named in his honor in 2016. Murray Perahia Murray David Perahia, KBE (born April 19, 1947) is an American pianist and conductor. Murray Perahia was born in the Bronx borough of New York City to a family of Sephardi Jewish origin. According to the biography on his Mozart piano sonatas CD, his first language was Judaeo-Spanish, or Ladino. The family came from Thessaloniki, Greece. His father moved to the United States in 1935. Perahia began studying the piano at age four
Murray Perahia ferocious concentration. The opening left-hand leap to the fugue's landing on a triumphant final cadence 40 minutes later felt like a single gesture, a life passing by during a fall and safe landing off a cliff. The epic Adagio was exceptional. Beethoven is in a black mood. The twisted harmonies and endless melodic lines keep shifting, trying to go one way and then the next, never finding resolution or solace. For Perahia this was inescapable pain, but not to be dwelt upon. His ability to find the life in each note proved intensely moving. In January 2009, Murray Perahia was