1.   Help of a more immediately practical nature was given to Manan, a young pianist who was without a piano.

2.   Today it is the combat in which many young pianists earn their coats of arms as virtuosos.

3.   And because he goes farther than most young pianists for his sources, he sounds distinct.

4.   And the very name Van Cliburn is so idolized in Russia that the dream of competing in the namesake competition is pervasive among young Russian pianists.

5.   Andsnes, a young Norwegian pianist, begins this collection of miniatures conventionally, with nine gems from Grieg.

6.   Artists like Glenn Gould, Maurizio Pollini, Alicia de Larrocha and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau played in the series, as did emerging performers, particularly young pianists.

7.   Big management is pushing hard for Arcadi Volodos, a young Russian pianist of freakish virtuosity and not a hint of Bartolian charm.

8.   A tape of young Suzuki pianists from Japan playing some of the easier Beethoven sonatas proved the method was piano friendly, after all.

9.   After years of playing in a trio, it was great to see the young pianist Eric Reed busy himself with some larger-scale arrangements last year.

10.   Constantin Lifschitz is not the most publicized of the young Russian pianists, but he is the most significant.