awesome relaxing soothing music.. This music is to help you relax, and calm you....Stress reliever A piece of music solo Piano for Richard Clayderman Biography: With his lush, sophisticated, instrumental, approach to pop music, Richard Clayderman (born: Phillipe Pages) is, according to The Guinness Book of World Records, "the most successful pianist in the world." Clayderman's albums routinely sell millions of copies and his concerts are quickly sold out. In a review of his 1985 Carnegie Hall concert, Variety wrote, "(Clayderman's) main appeal lies in his youth and boyish good looks...coupled with his gentlemanly charm and his thick French accent, they promise to rope in the romantically inclined middle-aged Yank ladies who cotton to this ilk of soothing entertainment." Nancy Reagan referred to Clayderman as "the prince of romance." Instructed in classical piano by his father, Clayderman enrolled in the Paris Conservatory of Music at the age of twelve. Four years later, he placed first in a piano competition at the school. Despite his classical background, Clayderman opted for popular music when he launched his professional career. A tour as opening act for French rock musician Johnny Hollyday introduced him to an international following. Clayderman's debut album, Ballade Pour Adeline, recorded at the urging of producers and composers Oliver Toussaint and Paul De Senneville in 1977, sold more than twenty million copies and was distributed in 38 countries. Clayderman, who took his stage name from his Swedish grandmother, has continued to tour throughout the world to enthusiastic audiences. A live concert, broadcast on Chinese television in 1987 attracted more than 800 million viewers. ~ Craig Harris, All Music Guide Representative Songs: "When a Man Loves a Woman," "I Just Called to Say I Love You," "Moon River" Representative Albums: Romance of Richard Clayderman, Plays Love Songs of the World, Concerto Royal Philharmonic Similar Artists: Roger Williams, Liberace, Ferrante & Teicher, Percy Faith Performed Songs By: Paulo Sérgio Valle, Lamartine Babo, Consuelo Velázquez, Newton Mendonça, Stig Anderson, Erasmo Carlos, Ary Barroso, Tim Rice, Paul de Senneville, Andrew Wright, Stevie Wonder, Paul Williams, Marcos Valle, Björn Ulvaeus, Olivier Toussaint, Richard Stilgoe, Roger Nichols, Ennio Morricone, Antonio Carlos Jobim, James Last, Charles Hart, Oscar Hammerstein II, Carlos Gardel, Tom Evans, Claude Debussy, Fryderyk Chopin, Don Black, John Bettis, Benny Andersson, Juan Gabriel, María Mendez Grever, Armando Manzanero, Roberto Carlos, Roberto Cantoral, Richard Carpenter, Vinicius de Moraes, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Elton John, Billy Joel, Ivan Lins, Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Leonard Bernstein, Ludwig van Beethoven Worked With: Gerard Salesses, Hervé Roy, Bruno Ribera, Marc Minier, Magic Sigwalt