Acclaimed American classical pianist Byron Janis has died at the age of 95.
Woman shot in the back was dropped off at a gas station before being taken to hospital in north Harris Co.Maria Cooper Janis
In 1960, he was selected as the first musician to tour the then-Soviet Union as part of a cultural exchange program organized by the U.S. State Department. His recitals of Chopin and Mozart awed Russian audiences and were described by the New York Times as helping to break"the musical iron curtain.” He suffered an even greater setback as an adult. At age 45, he was diagnosed with a severe form of psoriatic arthritis in his hands and wrists. Janis kept the condition secret for over a decade, often playing through excruciating pain.. “At every point, I thought of not being able to continue performing, and it terrified me. Music, after all, was my life, my world, my passion.”
Janis remained active in his later years, composing scores for television shows and musicals, while putting out a series of unreleased live performances. His wife, Cooper Janis, said her husband continued to create music until his final days.
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