TOM PIERSON
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Thomas Claude Pierson Jr. was born in Ashland, Wisconsin, March 11, 1948. His parents Thomas Claude Pierson Sr. and Beth Polhemus Pierson both were violinists and teachers. Tom Jr. however studied the piano. By the time he was a teenager he wanted to be a classical soloist. At the age of 13 he played the 1st mvt of Mozart K414 with the Houston Symphony. He later played the 1st mvt of the Khachaturian Piano Concerto and the Rachmaninoff Concerto #2 with the same orchestra. After hearing Tom play the Khachaturian, Sir John Barbirolli wrote "I was greatly impressed by this boy's gifts. Apart from his already considerable command of the keyboard, I was particularly pleased to find something which is far rarer -- a most sensitive musicality and feeling for the finer shades of tone and expression. He should go far." (11/20/1962)
Tom attended the Juilliard School, graduating in 1970 with a
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1994
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