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Clive Lythgoe

Clive Lythgoe, born on April 9, 1927, in Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom, was a pianist. At seven, he was captivated by piano playing in a Carmen Miranda film and later won a piano scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. By the 1950s, Lythgoe was a regular on the concert circuit. His breakthrough came in 1954 at the Royal Albert Hall Proms performing Arthur Bliss's Piano Concerto in B-flat. He also premiered Humphrey Searle’s Piano Concerto No.2 and Malcolm Williamson’s piano concerto at the Cheltenham Music Festival in 1955 and 1958, respectively. Lythgoe perfo...