Australian pianist

Geoffrey Parsons

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Australian pianist
Awards Received
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Officer of the Order of Australia
Geoffrey Parsons accompanying Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1977)

Geoffrey Penwill Parsons AO OBE (15 June 1929 – 26 January 1995) was an Australian pianist, most particularly notable as an accompanist to singers and instrumentalists. After the retirement of Gerald Moore, he was generally considered the world's finest and most sympathetic accompanist of lieder singers, "elevating the role of the accompanist to new heights with his musicality, authority and quiet strength of playing".