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Charles Edgeworth Cagney Lynch

Birth
Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Death
15 Sep 1984 (aged 77)
Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Burial
Cork, County Cork, Ireland Add to Map
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Irish pianist.

First public piano recital at age 9.

Won scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, London at age 15.

Popular recitalist in London during the 1920s and 1930s.

Broadcast concert recitals on the BBC.

Pianist for Ballet Rambert for many years.

Returned to Ireland at the outbreak of WWII and became Ireland's premier concert pianist.

Sir Arnold Bax described Lynch as "Ireland's most imaginative pianist".

Lectured in music at University College Cork and gave masterclasses at the Cork School of Music.

Received a doctorate in music from the National University of Ireland in 1982.

Continued to give public recitals throughout Ireland until shortly before his death at age 77.
Irish pianist.

First public piano recital at age 9.

Won scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, London at age 15.

Popular recitalist in London during the 1920s and 1930s.

Broadcast concert recitals on the BBC.

Pianist for Ballet Rambert for many years.

Returned to Ireland at the outbreak of WWII and became Ireland's premier concert pianist.

Sir Arnold Bax described Lynch as "Ireland's most imaginative pianist".

Lectured in music at University College Cork and gave masterclasses at the Cork School of Music.

Received a doctorate in music from the National University of Ireland in 1982.

Continued to give public recitals throughout Ireland until shortly before his death at age 77.

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