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Playing the Piano

A celebration of piano players, famous and not so famous, as they practice their artistry.

  • Vladimir Horowitz
  • Elton John
  • Duke Ellington
  • Van Cliburn
  • George Gershwin Self-Portrait
  • Leon Fleisher in performance with the Syracuse Symphony
  • Ray Charles
  • Thelonious Monk
  • Marian Anderson and Leonard Bernstein
  • Fatha Hines
  • Keith Jarrett
  • Lux Lewis
  • Marc Blitzstein
  • Duke Ellington
  • Nat "King" Cole
  • Thelonious Monk
  • Nat King Cole
  • Sammy Cahn (with Jimmy Van Heusen)
  • Liberace
  • Willie "the Lion" Smith
  • Irving Berlin
  • Mary Lou Williams
  • Ray Charles
  • Fats Waller
  • Vladimir Horowitz
  • Fats Domino
  • Vladimir Horowitz
  • Bud Powell
  • Art Tatum

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    • National Portrait Gallery Collection 29
    • Bravo! 1
    • NPG, East Gallery 141 1
    • NPG, South Gallery 322 Mezzanine 1
    • One Life: Marian Anderson 1
  • topic
    • Entertainers 29
    • Portraits 29
    • Men 27
    • Music 25
    • Musical instruments 25
    • Pianos 24
    • Design 18
    • Interior decoration 18
  • culture
    • Americans 18
    • African Americans 17
    • Europeans 5
    • Russians 4
    • Ukrainians 3
    • British 1
    • English 1
    • Italian Americans 1
  • place
    • North America 8
    • United States 8
    • Kings 5
    • New York 5
    • California 2
    • Europe 2
    • France 2
    • Ville de Paris, Départment de 2
    • Île-de-France 2
    • Delaware Water Gap 1
  • date
    • 1900s 1
    • 1910s 1
    • 1930s 4
    • 1940s 10
    • 1950s 6
    • 1960s 5
    • 1970s 2
    • 1980s 3
    • 1990s 1
    • 2000s 1

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