Vallier, John Lionel 'Verne' 31.oct.1919-8.jun.1991 England, London Twickenham - London Croydon
concert pianist, 1925 appeared in public at Wigmore Hall London, studied at Dulwich College, studied with his aunt Mathilde 'Verne' at her Pianoforte School at Cromwell Road in London, 1937-1939 studied with Walter Kerschbaumer at the Vienna Academy of Music, privately with Alfred Cortot and Edwin Fischer, 1946-1952 residing with his mother at 67 Earls Court Square in Kensington, 1952-1959 after the death of his mother he lived at apartment 19A Coleherne Road in Kensington, 1963 professor of piano at the London College of Music and made honorary FLCM, he gave recitals and concerts with major orchestras in the UK and abroad and on radio and tv broadcasts, 1972 residing at 124 Wigmore Street in London, 1983 he gave a Chopin recital at Carnegie Hall in New York, 1986 he gave his last recital at Royal Festival Hall London attended by Queen Elizabeth, at time of death residing at Foxley Lane in Purley Croydon ; son of bass singer Jean Vallier (France, Cette/Sete 2.nov.1863-16.apr.1942 at the French Hospital Shaftesbury while residing in Wembley) and composer Adela Verne