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Tom Lehrer is a brilliant satirist and song writer, but he was never a "concert pianist" in the sense that that phrase is typically used, and I understand he es
by stephencanon 14y ago
Tom Lehrer is a brilliant satirist and song writer, but he was never a "concert pianist" in the sense that that phrase is typically used, and I understand he essentially stopped being active as a research mathematician ~50 years ago.
That said, there are a number of active research mathematicians who are outstanding musicians, though they tend to not have the time to play enough concerts to be known for it (being busy with math).
- dshefchik 14y agoWhat about Caribou ie Dan Snaith? The dude has PhD in Mathematics and an unbelievably talented musician...yeah I don't really know where I was going disproving your example