Barry Douglas
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Barry Douglas (1960-) won the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in 1986, the first non-Russian pianist to do so since Van Cliburn. His debut album was a recording of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, in the original piano version. He has made many recordings since then and is currently (2006) recording the five Beethoven piano concertos. He is Artistic Director of the International Piano Festival in Manchester, England.
He attended Methodist College Belfast.