- Internationally-acclaimed concert pianist.
- Attended Mannes College, majoring in conducting and composition.
- Born in New York.
- Started playing piano at four years old.
- Studied with Mieczyslaw Horszowski. Was friends with Vladimir Horowitz.
- Winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition in 1972. He holds an honorary doctorate from Leeds University.
- Released his latest album (to date), "Murray Perahia Plays Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971; Brandenburg Concerto No 5, BWV 1050; Concerto for flute, violin, harpsichord, BWV 1044" (October 2003)
- His recording of Frédéric Chopin's complete Etudes, Op. 10 and Op. 25, won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance. (February 2003)
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