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Johana Harris
Canadian pianist, composer and music educator
Johana Harris (31 December – 5 June ) was a Canadian pianist, composer, and music educator.
Johana harris biography
She had highly successful career as a concert pianist, making numerous recordings and appearing as a soloist with almost every major American symphony orchestra. She made over solo recordings, working with such labels as Columbia, RCA, Capitol, MGM and Contemporary Records.
She also performed on the soundtracks of several Hollywood films and television productions. She was married to composers Roy Harris (died ) and Jake Heggie (married ). She performed widely with both men in duo piano concerts and was considered to have had a particularly profound effect on Roy Harris's work as a composer.[1]
Life
Born Beula Duffey in Ottawa, she was a child prodigy and began her career as a concert pianist at the age of 8.
At that time she had already been composing for some years and performed her own works along with works