Ernest Lush (23 January 190812 May 1988) was an English classical pianist who was best known as an accompanist.

Biography

Ernest Henry Lush was born in

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in 1908. His musical studies were with

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in London and

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in New York.''Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', 5th ed., 1954, Vol. V, p. 432, LUSH, Ernest He made his first radio broadcast at the age of 15 in 1923. His concert debut came in 1927, with a concerto under the baton of Sir Dan Godfrey. He joined the BBC and became a senior staff accompanist, while continuing to be involved in chamber music, solo piano recitals and concerto appearances. He appeared in a great many of the 93 concerts given between 1955 and 1967 under the auspices of the

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at various venues outside London. The roll of artists he accompanied includes:

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(her very first recital),

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(her last broadcast recital),

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, Ossy Renardy,

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, Inia Te Wiata, Jennifer Vyvyan and

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. He can be seen in , accompanying Nathan Milstein in "Asturiana" from

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's ''Spanish Popular Suite''. Ernest Lush died in 1988, aged 80, in

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References

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