Pianistas famosos liberace biography
Pianistas famosos liberace biography
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Born Wladziu Valentino Liberace, May 16, 1919, in West Allis, WI; died of cytomegalovirus pneumonia resulting from AIDS, February 4, 1987, in Palm Springs, CA; son of Salvatore (a musician) and Frances (a grocery store operator and bakery employee) Liberace.
Education: Attended Wisconsin College of Music.
A flamboyant musical showman, Liberace is remembered for his extravagant costumes and campy stage presence as much as for his talent as a pianist. The country's highest paid piano soloist for nearly 30 years, Liberace combined florid renditions of popular songs with abbreviated versions of the classics in a show that became a Las Vegas mainstay.
His decision to reach for every excess and embrace it with just a hint of self-mockery paved the way for such androgynous superstar musicians as Michael Jackson, Boy George, and Elton John.
Newsweek correspondent Bill Barol described a Liberace concert at Radio City Music Hall: "Liberace flew in from the wings suspended on a wire; int