Cor de Groot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Dutch musician
Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1914
Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Date of Death: 26-May-1993
Profession: composer, conductor, pianist
Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Cor de Groot
- Cor de Groot (July 7, 1914 – May 26, 1993) was a Dutch pianist and composer. He was born in Amsterdam.
- He studied piano with Egbert Veen and Ulferts Schults, and composition and conducting under Sem Dresden.
- In 1932 he graduated with highest honours, playing a piano concerto written by himself.
- After becoming a soloist with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, he won the fifth prize at the 1936 international contest for pianists in Vienna.
- He played all over the world and recordings that exist demonstrate a strong sense of structure, a clean rhythmic attack and very precise dynamic shadings.
- He was a member of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition's jury in 1956. In 1959 a nervous disorder developed in his right hand but he continued playing repertoire for the left hand.
- He arranged more than 80 pieces for the left hand; his Apparitions, voor piano (linkerhand alleen) (1961) were described by one reviewer as "intense and expressive piano music that should make it a joy for a pianist to develop his left hand." Slowly he regained power over his right hand.
- He became musical director of the Dutch Broadcasting Foundation and promoted Dutch contemporary music.
- He made many recordings but also continued composing.
- His compositions include music for piano solo such as Variations imaginaires (1967); orchestral music; vocal work; and chamber music such as Sonatine pastorale for oboe and piano (1961).
- It has been stated that Dutch composer Gerard Schurmann composed his Bagatelles (1945) for de Groot, but this is not, in fact, the case.
- He died in Amsterdam in 1993.
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