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Robert Lee Owens has had simultaneous careers as a concert pianist, vocal accompanist, composer, and stage and television actor; and for most of his adult life, he has been an American expatriate in Europe, principally in Munich, Germany, where he has lived for more than 50 years. Owens was born in 1925 in Denison, Texas. When he was two years old, his family moved to Berkeley, California. After his stint in the military, Owens enrolled at the Ecole Normale de Musique to study under Jules Genty and Alfred Cortot. He received his Diplome de Perfection in piano in 1950. He debuted as a concert pianist in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1952, and continued his studies with Professor Grete Hinterhofer at the Vienna Academy of Music. By 1957, he had given concerts in Denmark and in Austria. In 1959, Owens returned to Europe, this time settling in Hamburg, Germany. He lives now in Munich, Germany.

Darryl Taylor is recognized as an outstanding interpreter of song, with recordings on Naxos, Cambria, and Albany labels. He has sung in some of the world's finest concert halls, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Barcelona's Palau de la Music, and the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. Visit his website at .