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Extractions: Byron Janis is renowned Internationally as one of the world's greatest concert pianists. The year 1998 marked the 50th anniversary of his highly acclaimed New York Carnegie Hall debut recital, which launched his brilliant career. He celebrated at a State Dinner in the White House where he was honored by President Reagan. 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. He has made many recordings and was asked by the French in 1978 to make a Television Special on the life of Frederic Chopin. This was shown on PBS in the United States, as well as in different countries around the world. Amongst his honors are the French Legion d'Honneur for Arts and Letters, the Grand Prix de Bisques, the H. Cohen International Award, and the Distinguished Pennsylvania Artists Award (past recipients Include James Michener, Marion Anderson, Jimmy Stewart, and Bill Cosby). In 1995, Janis was awarded The Cannes Classical Award for the category BEST REISSUE for his Prokofiev/Rachmaninoff recording. His television appearances include the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Good Morning America, the Today Show. Entertainment Tonight, NBC Evening Weekend News, and Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt.
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Byron Janis: Can't Stop The Music There is no denying that psoriatic arthritis changed byron janis's life. BJ For me, as a pianist, it was having it in both hands and wrists the parts http://www.arthritis.org/resources/news/news_byron_janis.asp
Extractions: Log In Create Profile advanced search Español ... Bone and Joint Decade 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. The pain and depression resulting from arthritis left him suicidal. He stopped working for two and a half years. Fifteen years after he announced he would no longer play in public, Byron Janis, at age 71, has rebuilt his life. He spoke to the Arthritis Foundation about how arthritis has changed and enhanced his life, and what he learned about himself in the process. AF: When did you know that you wanted to be a concert pianist?
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Extractions: a division of MODA Entertainment, Inc. HOME PROFILE DOCUMENTARIES ... CONTACT DOCUMENTARY PROJECT: BYRON JANIS: LIFE'S CONCERTO Universally regarded as one of the world's greatest pianists, Byron Janis' career has brought a series of international triumphs and distinctions. As a child prodigy, Janis became the first pupil of the famed pianist Vladimir Horowitz. Mr. Janis' recording of the Rochmaninoff Piano Concerto #3, re-released from a 1957 recording with the Boston Symphony, was given the Critics Choice Award for the best recording of that concerto by the prestigious British publication Classic CD Magazine. His 1996 EMI release of an all-Chopin CD was honored with the highly regarded National Public Radio Performance Today (NPR) Critics Choice for the most significant and meritorious classical recording of the year.1998 marked the 50th anniversary of his Carnegie Hall debut, and the 38th anniversary of his Moscow debut as the first American artist to be sent to the former Soviet Union under a US-USSR cultural exchange. Conquering two decades of career threatening arthritis he is national ambassador for the Arts for the Arthritis Foundation. Among his honors are the French Legion d'Honneur for Arts and Letters for which he has been made a commander and has received the Grand Prix du Disque. He has served on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music and is the National Chairman of the Committee for the faculty of the Visual and Performing Arts in America, for Tel-Aviv University. Byron Janis has received an honorary doctorate from Trinity College for his lifetime achievements. Mr. Janis has composed the music for a Broadway bound production of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."
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Extractions: A PUBLIC MAN, A PRIVATE BATTLE. CLASSICAL PIANIST BYRON JANIS courtesy of National Arthritis News "Byron Janis brings an experience like no other...the union of reason of ecstasy, of logic and of exaltation. He touches the dangerous boundaries of the sublime, where I believe, great art resides." Jean Cotte, French journalist who writes for Le Journal Du dimanche and France Soir. Great artists inspire awe in others because they appear to be "superhuman." In their finest moments they seem to be inspired by something beyond themselves, to touch the heavens and bring something greater than human to earth. But even the best artists must face the restrictions imposed by a human body. The mind and body must work together, and while the mind may soar to great heights, the body must always work to overcome its physical limitations. The body presents boundaries which only those who are driven to excel can surpass. Byron Janis is hailed internationally as one of the world's greatest pianists. Since his debut at age 15 with the Pittsburgh Symphony, he has performed in all the great concert halls of the world, as well as the White House. The first American pianist to "break through" the Iron Curtain, Janis inspired forty minutes of applause from an audience in Moscow; in France, he was awarded the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres. Among many other honors and awards he counts the Grand Pris du Disque and the Harriet Cohen International Music Award for a recording. His genius for music was discovered at an early age, and he became the renowned Vladimir Horowitz's first student. Byron Janis has been a major force in the world of music for over 40 years. And honors continue to come his way, the most recent one being the Artist Award, which was presented to him by Pennsylvania Governor Richard Thornburg in May.
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Extractions: First American pianist sent to USSR to open the Cultural Exchange Program 1960 First pianist to appear on front page of the New York Times twice in 7 years in 1960 for his extraordinary success for opening the Cultural Exchange between the United States and Soviet Union and in 1967 for his discovery of two Chopin Waltzes in France First American pianist to record in Russia First American pianist to win Grand Prix du Disque for his recording of Rachmaninoff 1st and Prokofieff 3rd concertos First American to win Harriet Cohen International Music Award the Beethoven Medal, 1962 for best performance of two Beethoven Sonatas, the "Waldstein" and Opus 109 Inaugurated the American Week at the Brussels World's Fair First Russian performance of Copland Sonata and Gershwin Piano Concerto First performance of Gershwin Piano Concerto in Buenos Aires, Argentina First pianist to perform all Five Rachmaninoff Concertos in two evenings The prestigious British publication Classical CD Magazine has chosen Byron Janis' recording of the Rachmaninoff 3 as the best recording of this concerto.
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Extractions: WALTZES, NOCTURNES AND MAZURKAS EMI in a time when many lament the passing of a great era of pianists, along comes Byron Janis to remind us of them. Janis is one of yesterday's pianists. 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 the mid-'70s, he developed arthritis in his hands, and rather than stop performing, struggled on for a decade before increasingly vicious reviews and creeping immobility convinced him to stop. 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. The disc confirms Janis' former glory. Mazurkas aren't something you can really teach. Sure, the notes are learnable, and most any pianist can wrap his fingers around the basic meter. But there's something elusive and undefinable about how mazurkas get from their first to their second beats, how that little nudge in the middle of the bar propels the line forward, how a slight hesitation dropped into the accompaniment sets up the melody and lets it exhale. Jazz played from written scores is only an imitation of a feeling; likewise, mazurkas read from the page are plastic flowers at best. The late classical pianist Arthur Rubinstein had it right less concerned about hitting a few wrong notes than he was about expressing his musicality, he had a way of playing mazurkas that made you smell them before they reached your ear.
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Extractions: HOME PROFILE NEWS INVESTORS ... CONTACT NEWS: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BYRON JANIS WEBSITE WILL BE CREATED BY MODA ENTERTAINMENT NEW YORK, N.Y. MODA Entertainment, an entertainment company headquartered in New York City, has entered into an agreement with pianist/composer Byron Janis to create the official Byron Janis website, www.byronjanis.com which will be launched on April 20 th 2001 to create one of the first interactive multimedia websites in the classical music genre. The site will feature streaming video, audio files, interviews, performances and live chats among other features. I hope to bring an inspiring and new experience to music lovers of all ages by merging classical music with all forms of multi-media. Says Byron Janis. Byron Janis is renowned internationally as one of the worlds greatest classical pianists and has received great acclaim for his composing. The unveiling of the website is one of many up-coming events on Mr. Janis busy calendar including a master class at The Tacoma Music Festival with a conducting debut and several performances around the world of his compositions. Byron Janis has also been composing the theme song of the up-coming feature film documentary Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen, to be released late 2001.
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Extractions: UNITED STATES Byron Janis made his orchestral debut at age 15 with Toscanini's NBC Symphony Orchestra. There followed performances with other orchestras, including the Pittsburgh Symphony. As a result, Mr. Janis became the first student of Vladimir Horowitz, with whom he studied for four years. Byron Janis was the youngest artist ever signed to a contract by RCA Victor Records. At age 19, he completed his first tour abroad to South America. Pianist Byron Janis participated in the first cultural exchanges between the Soviet Union and the United States in 1960. His worldwide performances include an appearance at the White House. In the recent 1990-2000 concert season, Mr. Janis performed in solo recital in Carnegie Hall and in Alice Tully Hall. His international awards include the Commander des Arts et Lettres, the Grand Prix du Disque, and the Harriet Cohen International Music Award. Appearing frequently on television, Byron Janis has been on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Good Morning America, the Today Show, Entertainment Tonight, NBC Evening Weekend News, CBS Morning News, Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, and 20/20 with Barbara Walters. As a National Ambassador for the Arthritis Foundation, Byron Janis speaks out on behalf of the millions of people who have arthritis. First diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis in both hands in 1973, he has continued to perform.
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