What is Byron Janis?
{{Infobox person | name = Byron Janis | image = Byron Janis 1962.JPG | imagesize = 200px | caption = Janis (1962) | birth_name = Byron Yanks | birth_date = March 24, 1928 | birth_place = [[McKeesport]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_date = March 14, 2024 (aged 95) | occupation = [[Classical music|classical]] [[pianist]] | years_active= 1940–2024 | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|June Dickson Wright<br>|1953|1965|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|Maria Cooper<br>|1966|}} }} | children = 1 | family = [[Gary Cooper]] (father-in-law)<br>[[Veronica Cooper]] (mother-in-law) | website = {{URL|http://www.byronjanis.com}} }} '''Byron Janis''' (March 24, 1928 – March 14, 2024)<ref> https://www.genarians.com/1928.html</ref> was an American classical pianist. He made several recordings for [[RCA Victor]] and [[Mercury Records]], and occupies two volumes of the [[Philips]] series ''[[Great Pianists of the 20th Century]]''. His discography covers music inspired by [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] to [[David W. Guion]] and includes major piano concertos from [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] to [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Rachmaninoff]] and [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]]. Janis and his wife, Maria Cooper, daughter of screen actor [[Gary Cooper]], wrote his autobiography ''Chopin and Beyond: My Extraordinary Life in Music and the Paranormal'', which was released in November 2010. In the DVD ''A Voyage With Byron Janis'', he hosts a musical journey through Chopin's life. Martin Scorsese is developing a Byron Janis Biopic for [[Paramount Pictures]] from a script by Peter Glanz. The project is based on Janis' autobiography.<ref>Dave McNary, Variety, January 7, 2016</ref> Janis died of natural causes on March 14, 2024 at the age of 95. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.byronjanis.com Official website] (includes Flash intro) *{{Worldcat id|lccn-n81-132006}} *{{IMDb name|0417638}} *{{YouTube|EFfyihoVplI|David Dubal interviews Byron Janis}}, WNCN-FM, 25-Mar-1983 {{DEF