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Pianist Fuzjko Hemming Dies at 92

Pianist Fuzjko Hemming Dies at 92

   Tokyo, May 2 (Jiji Press)--Renowned pianist Fuzjko Hemming, known for her human touch in her performances, died of pancreatic cancer on April 21. She was 92.
   Born in Berlin to a Swedish architect father and a Japanese pianist mother who was studying in Germany, Hemming, whose full name is Ingrid Fuzjko Georgii-Hemming, moved to Tokyo in her early childhood and began learning the piano from her mother at the age of 5.
   She shot to fame after a documentary program about her life was aired on Japanese public broadcaster NHK in 1999. Her debut album released the same year, "La Campanella," sold over two million copies.

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