| Relationships | Married to British impresario, organiser, teacher, writer, publisher, composer, arranger, record producer and accordionist, Adriano Dante (1914-2005). |
| Biography | Pearl Fawcett-Adrianpo (born Pearl Fawcett) was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.
Her first broadcast on BBC radio, and also television, was at the age of 13, after which she appeared many times. She became Junior World Champion (C.M.A. Trophée Mondiale) in Ancona, Italy and the following year she became the Senior World Champion, in Hamburg, Germany.
Pearl was a first in a number of situations; she was the first to teach accordion at a Conservatoire of Music in Great Britain, and she was the first to give accordion recitals of classical music at a British Conservatoire of Music, and also on TV. She was the very first Western accordionist to do a solo classical concert tour of the former USSR and she made a tremendous impact on the Russian audiences, opening up a different world of music and sounds (on acoustic/electronic accordion) and creating great interest in the piano-accordion (as opposed to the button accordion), after which it became more popular.
She has had great success in her professional career. On the classical side, she has performed concerts and recitals on radio, and in such prestigious concert halls as Londons Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room (Royal Festival Hall); Moscows Tchaikovsky Hall and Leningrads Philharmonic Hall; with concert tours in the former USSR and Europe, and appearances with such orchestras as the Royal Philharmonic and the BBC Northern Symphony. On the lighter side, there have been many appearances on BBC Radio (including All Kinds of Music and Melodies for You) and Television (including Stars on Sunday and The Good Old Days). She was a very popular artiste on Radio 2s Charlie Chester Show and appeared on it regularly for 10 years. Some famous artists she has appeared in concert with include Semprini, Max Jaffa, Roy Castle and David Jacobs. Pearl has made a number of outstanding recordings, and is also an excellent pianist, teacher, composer and arranger. |