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| − | ...and so Paul Procopolis was born. I can't claim to have invented him, but I certainly helped his career. I'd noticed that EMI were putting a little text box containing biographical details of their artists on their sleeves, so I thought I'd do one on our Paul. Born in Athens in 1934, studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris (well, didn't we all?) didn't tour much but lived and taught in Greece etc etc. | + | ...and so Paul Procopolis was born. I can't claim to have invented him, but I certainly helped his career. I'd noticed that EMI were putting a little text box containing biographical details of their artists on their sleeves, so I thought I'd do one on our Paul. Born in Athens in 1934, studied with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_Boulanger Nadia Boulanger] in Paris (well, didn't we all?) didn't tour much but lived and taught in Greece etc etc. |
-Robin O'Connor, employee of Saga Records | -Robin O'Connor, employee of Saga Records | ||
Revision as of 11:51, 23 March 2018
Hoax classical pianist by the Saga label, after it was acquired by Associated Recordings Company, on a number of releases in the early to mid-1960s. The label gathered disparate works by the same composer by various pianists and attributed the entire record to this single fictitious pianist.
A number of Procopolis' tracks were by real pianist Sergio Fiorentino.
...and so Paul Procopolis was born. I can't claim to have invented him, but I certainly helped his career. I'd noticed that EMI were putting a little text box containing biographical details of their artists on their sleeves, so I thought I'd do one on our Paul. Born in Athens in 1934, studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris (well, didn't we all?) didn't tour much but lived and taught in Greece etc etc.
-Robin O'Connor, employee of Saga Records
Discography
- Chopin Waltzes, 1962, Fidelity label.
- Beethoven- Piano Concerto No.3 In C Minor (Opus 37), 1963, Fidelity/Associated Recordings Company label. (playing with the fictional Leipzig Pro Arte Symphony Orchestra)
- The Worlds Best-loved Piano Music, 1963, Fidelity/Associated Recordings Company label.
- Chopin Preludes, 1963, Fidelity label.
