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Liberace: the King of Pianos

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Liberace, the king of pianos, was the most famous, and infamous, piano player that world has seen so far. This flamboyant King of Pianos actually came from a humble background, which is so unlike his usual air of grace, elegance and sophistication. He came upon a tremendous wealth and fortune because of his talent and passion.

Liberace's father was an Italian and his mother Polish. Much before he became famous for playing his mirrored or jewel encrusted pianos,Liberace was born in West Allis, Wisconsin. The family had background in music, his father Salvatore Liberace played the French horn in the Milwaukee Philharmonic. His mother, Frances Liberace played the piano. His two other siblings also had musical talent. Walter Valentino Liberace grew up watching and listening to his parents playing their musical instruments but ultimately he showed his liking for piano.

A family friend visited the Liberace home and offered young Walter a scholarship to the College of Music in Wisconsin. Liberace happily accepted the scholarship and went on to study at the collage as well as privately with Florence Bettray Kelly, once considered a protégé of the legendary Moritz Rosenthal. At the tender age of 14, Liberace completed his classical training and made his solo debut at the Chicago Symphony.

Making the night club routes, Liberace began playing pianos at some of the famous clubs in the country, including the Persian Room at the prestigious Plaza Hotel in New York City. At this point, he began using his last name only and appeared with the gold candelabra that would later become his trademark. A mere seven years after he played in the Persian Room, Liberace returned a star and brought along one of his infamous pianos with him.

In the 1950s Liberace began making movies in Hollywood, and soon he was sought out for a television series. He won two Emmy awards for it and the show was a hit. It was broadcast all over the world on both television and radio transmissions. In the midst of all his television commitment, Liberace continued touring and playing sold out performances in Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Liberace became a common picture dragging pianos all over the world, and playing capacity crowds in Europe and Australia. At this point of time, he started writing his autobiography and his famous cookbook, "Liberace Cooks". Liberace was a philanthropic to the core; he created the Liberace Foundation that supports the Performing and Creative Arts through scholarship programs. He won the Contemporary Keyboard Magazine "Pop Keyboard Artist of the Year" awards three times consecutively. He also started his own Las Vegas museum.

He continued his musical voyage in 1980s and played all the nominated songs perfectly at the 1982 Academy Awards. He worked tirelessly and kept drawing fans to different venues including Radio City Music Hall.

Shortly before his 68th birthday, the King of Pianos passed away in the comfort of his Palm Springs home. No one has yet to fill his shoes or sit at his rhinestone encrusted pianos since his passing and the world wonders will there ever be another Liberace?

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Emanuel Daffy is the owner and operator of F pianos, the web's premier resource for information about pianos.

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