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Culture: Donohoe's keys to success; Solihull-based concert pianist Peter Donohoe, celebrating his 50th birthday this year, has a high profile in Birmingham this autumn. He reflects on his career so far with Christopher Morley.(Features)

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20031015
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Byline: Christopher Morley

Peter Donohoe officially celebrates his 50th birthday with a solo recital at Symphony Hall tonight, but the anniversary itself is already past.

'It was on June 18 and I spent it giving a Wigmore Hall recital of the complete Rachmaninov Preludes, followed by a night of celebration with Elaine and my friends and managers in London,' he says.

Elaine is Peter Donohoe's wife, pianist Elaine Burns, and together with their daughter they live in Solihull.

Born in Manchester, Donohoe has put his roots down firmly here, not merely treating the ...

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