Don Shirley

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Don Shirley was born Donald Waklbridge Shirley, 29 January 1927, Kingston, Jamaica. His first teacher was his mother. He began playing piano at age of 2-1/2 and made his first public performance at the age of 3. At the age of nine he was invited to study theory with Mittolovski at the Leningrad Conservatory of Music, and he later studied with famous organist "Conrad Bernier" and studied advanced composition with both Bernier and Dr.Thaddeus Jones at Catholic University of America in Washington D. C. He made his concert debut at the age of 18 w...read more

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