My mother Elizabeth Ivey Brubeck was a pianist who studied with Dame Myra Hess and Tobias Matthey. As a child in California I used to listen to her play Chopin.
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My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.
My aunt played the piano and I used to sit and listen to it.
The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.
My grandmother was fond of painting and playing the piano. She had been given lessons by Emmanuel Chabrier, who used to spend the summer months in nearby Membrolle.
My mother did play classical piano, not that well. And actually, my father sang with the big bands - he sang with Bob Crosby's band - but he had to give up show business when his father died. He had to come back to Montgomery and take over the furniture store.
My oldest daughter is a pianist; she plays concerts. We play together, also.
My mother played piano so we always had music around the house.
Yes, my mother was a singer, and my father played piano and keyboards. They were in a band together, though they also had regular jobs because they had kids and stuff like that.
I'm the oldest in my family and do play piano.
My dad was a musician who went to Berklee, and he made me learn piano when I was five.
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