1.   Beck studied the piano at school but was largely self-taught.

2.   Andrea studied classical piano at the music conservatory in Argentina.

3.   As a child, Ms. Berl was pushed by her parents to study the piano, but she also took ballet lessons and loved them.

4.   As a child, Ms. Wilson studied classical piano and played the guitar.

5.   Antheil had undeniable musical talent and received fine early training, studying piano with a pupil of Liszt and composition with Ernest Bloch.

6.   As a teen-ager, he studied piano at Juilliard at the same time that concert pianist Van Cliburn was attending that prestigious school.

7.   As a boy, he studied piano seriously, though he was just as interested in soccer and table tennis.

8.   As a child, he studied the piano, but his interests included jazz and rock.

9.   At the same time, Gray was studying classical piano, remaining so self-conscious about her voice that she never attempted to sing a note.

10.   Actually he was a Harvard biology major who studied piano as a boy but did not get serious about music until after college.