He was previously married to June Dickson Wright. Byron Janis, Soundtrack: Hannibal Rising. He stands as a lesson to all those who face hurdles in life and can still succeed. With passion and perseverance, good medicine, and a lot of hard work I somehow learned how to handle it and have been rewarded with a 75 year career. When I asked them what they wanted to be when they grew up, it was mostly to do with athletics, but with the severity of their arthritis, that surely would not be possible. And in Amazon’s “Transparent,” about a family whose patriarch becomes a woman, Chopin’s “Military Polonaise” thunders through a pageant in a drag club.In the 2003 comedy, “Bad Santa,” the opening sequence unfolds to the strains of Chopin’s “Nocturne in E flat major.” The camera moves inside a bar where Billy Bob Thornton, playing a dissipated Father Christmas, drinks alone.“I definitely had a mood (melancholy) and a pace in mind,” Terry Zwigoff, the director of “Bad Santa,” recalled in an email.“I discovered the Chopin with the help of my editor, Robert Hoffman, once we were in the editing room,” Mr. Zwigoff added. ET A prolific composer with a world-wide following and an enviable sheaf of screen credits is having a moment—almost 170 years after his death. His discography covers repertoire from Bach to David W. Guion and includes major piano concertos from Mozart to Rachmaninoff and Liszt to Prokofiev. "In the ripe old age of 85, I think we have to keep the child in us because we're always looking for something new and exciting, never become jaded. Although Mr. Janis… In June 2012, he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in Arthritis Advocacy. In 1985, he talked about his difficulties in public for the first time and became the First Ambassador for the Arthritis Foundation. Janis, 90, the subject of the Paramount project, is a According to Ron Losby, chief executive of Steinway Musical Instruments, Chopin’s music resonates on an emotional level with listeners.“Whether it’s the very happy ‘Butterfly Etude’—that is just a little wisp of a song—or if it’s something that is far deeper, like one of his sonatas that’s more melancholy and more of an inner emotional journey,” Mr. Losby said. At his request, his heart was preserved in alcohol and brought back to Poland, where it remains at the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw.His music has also proved to be catnip for directors. Maria Cooper Janis loves her husband. From childhood injury, to physical disability, and a lifetime battling arthritis, famous classical pianist Byron Janis has fought adversity his whole life.

“It connects with people across all cultures and across all generations.”For Mr. Dubal, the radio host, Chopin is just as much a star of the 1970 movie “Five Easy Pieces” as Jack Nicholson.

Byron Janis (born March 24, 1928) is an American classical pianist. I told them, “You must have more than one dream,” a motto which I have had to incorporate into my own life. Maria Cooper Janis was born in Los Angeles, California and lived there with her parents, the actor Gary Cooper and his wife Veronica Cooper. The music of Frédéric Chopin, the 19th-century Polish pianist whose […]

He has been married to Maria Cooper Janis since April 11, 1966. She followed a painting career in New York and in 1966 married the world renowned concert pianist, Byron Janis. He has been invited six times by four sitting Presidents to perform at the White House and was written into the Congressional Record of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, honoring him as, “a musician, a diplomat and an inspiration.” He was featured in the PBS documentary, by Emmy-award-winning producer Peter Rosen, It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly "Nurturing Creativity in the Next Generation", Byron Janis, Wall Street Journal, December 8, 2010, page D7