Martino Tirimo is a Cypriot-British pianist. Born in Larnaca, Cyprus, he won the Liszt Scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music at sixteen, going on to graduate with the highest honours; in 1971 and 1972 winning the International Piano Competitions in Munich and Geneva launched his international career. Tirimo has appeared with many of the world's orchestras, including the major British orchestras and those in Berlin, Cleveland, Dresden, Leipzig, Prague and Vienna. With the Dresden Philharmonic he directed several cycles of Beethoven's five piano concertos from the keyboard in various concert halls in Germany and the Royal Festival Hall, London. In 2002 Tirimo formed the Rosamunde Trio, with whom he has since toured. Martino Tirimo became a champion for Michael Tippett's Piano Concerto, which he performed several times with the composer conducting, and of which they also made a recording that was released in 1991. Altogether, Tirimo has made over 50 recordings, including the complete works [???] of Mozart with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in 2006. [More at Wikipedia]

December 19th, 1942 in (Age 81)