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CodeDS/UK/11779
NameBishop; Patricia (fl 1950s); British pianist
Datesfl.1950s
GenderFemale (cisgender)
Place of Birth/OriginUnited Kingdom (born)
BiographyPatricia Bishop studied at the Royal College of Music, where in 1954 she was awarded the Musicians’ Company’s prestigious Silver Medal. Bishop also received the Queen’s Music Prize, a prize awarded to exceptional musicians of the British Isles, aged under 30.

She went on to have a successful performing career, playing regularly with orchestras including the BBC Symphony and London Philharmonic Orchestra. She was particularly known for her interpretation of Ernst von Dohnányi’s music. Bishop made multiple recordings of Dohnányi’s Variations on a Nursery Song, and performed the work at the Proms in 1959 under the baton of Sir Malcolm Sargent.

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