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Malinee Peris
Malinee Peris (born 30 June 1929) is a Sri Lankan classical pianist. "I think of music as a language without the impediment of words. Despite my limited ability in spoken languages I have played in countries and concert halls all over the world. Yet, I have had no difficulty in communicating with people through the wonderful medium of music. "I try to study and understand each composition-no, I try to go beyond that-to be the medium through which the agony and the ecstasy of the composer and his writing can be communicated to an audience. It is a formidable task. I do not succeed every time, but when I do, I realize with humility that is not that I play the music-but that the music has taken over-and in that zone of wonder, I thank God for the gift of music." - Malinee Peris, 2012 Biography and career Peris was born Chitra Malinee Jayasinghe-Peris in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on June 30, 1929 to Herbert Wakefield Bingham Peris and Frances Elfrida Jayasinghe Peris. Her fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professor Paris At The Corcoran
Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors are usually experts in their field and teachers of the highest rank. In most systems of List of academic ranks, academic ranks, "professor" as an unqualified title refers only to the most senior academic position, sometimes informally known as "full professor". In some countries and institutions, the word "professor" is also used in titles of lower ranks such as associate professor and assistant professor; this is particularly the case in the United States, where the unqualified word is also used colloquially to refer to associate and assistant professors as well. This usage would be considered incorrect among other academic communities. However, the otherwise unqualified title "Professor" designated with a capital let ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
