31.   His young daughter Elena is studying piano, and he loves playing with her.

32.   In Berlin, Szpilman had studied piano with Arthur Schnabel and composition with Franz Schrecker before returning to Warsaw to become a staff pianist for Polish Radio.

33.   Juror Jerome Lowenthal, who studied piano with Van Cliburn decades ago, said the travel and arduous audition schedule have taken their toll.

34.   Levenson, a graduate of Columbia University, studied piano with Joseph Adler and taught piano and vocal techniques.

35.   Last year she also studied classical piano, but decided to focus on jazz this year.

36.   Last year, she studied piano.

37.   Morgan was born in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and studied piano at the Manhattan School of Music and with Adele Marcus.

38.   Ms. Worby studied piano at the State University of New York at Potsdam, where she also played in a rock band.

39.   My parents, though not at all musical, encouraged me to study piano and gave me spending money for classical records.

40.   Never a professional musician, Rockwell studied enough piano as a child to determine that his talent was unremarkable.