Peter Oelrichs Duchin was born on July 28,1937 and is an American pianist and band leader.
13 Facts About Peter Duchin
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Peter Duchin's mother was Marjorie Oelrichs, a Newport, Rhode Island and New York City socialite who died unexpectedly when he was just five days old.
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Peter Duchin was educated at Eaglebrook School and The Hotchkiss School prep schools in New England.
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Peter Duchin spent time in Paris, France and studied at the Sorbonne before returning home and graduating from Yale University.
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Peter Duchin formed his first professional band, which played the St Regis Hotel in New York City, in 1962 thanks in part to his family name and the networking it had made possible.
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Peter Duchin's music was much heard on middle of the road radio in the late 1960s and early 1970s from albums and singles released on the Decca, Bell and Capitol labels.
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From 1985 to 1989, Peter Duchin had a professional partnership with Jimmy Maxwell, leader of the traditional society jazz band in New Orleans.
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Peter Duchin is an honorary member and former Vice-Chairman of the New York State Council on the Arts.
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Peter Duchin has served on the boards of American Ballet Theatre, Carnegie Hall, Spoleto Festival USA, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the board of Trustees for the Glimmerglass Opera of Cooperstown, New York, the Advisory Council for the American Russian Youth Orchestra, the National Jazz Service Organization, the World Policy Institute, and the Citizens Committee For New York City.
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Peter Duchin was a board member for The Center for Arts Education.
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Peter Duchin recorded for the following recording companies: Decca Records, Bell Records and Capitol Records.
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In 2008 Hayward and Peter Duchin announced their separation, and they eventually divorced.
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Peter Duchin married Virginia Coleman over the 2012 Memorial Day weekend in East Hampton.