| Biography | Stephen Russell Race OBE (1 April 1921 22 June 2009) was a British composer, pianist and radio and television presenter.
Born in Lincoln, the son of a lawyer, Race learned the piano from the age of five. He was educated (193237) at Lincoln School, where he formed his first jazz band, which included a young Neville Marriner, later a major figure in the world of classical music. At sixteen, he attended the Royal Academy of Music, studying composition under Harry Farjeon and William Alwyn.
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