Saturday, February 3, 2024

MARIA COOPER JANIS: ARTIST AUTHOR, BIOGRAPHER, DAUGHTER OF SCREEN LEGEND GARY COOPER AND WIFE OF LEGENDARY AMERICAN CLASSICAL PIANIST BYRON JANIS: AN INTIMATE CHAT WITH MARIA AND BYRON

MARIA COOPER JANIS

ARTIST/AUTHOR/BIOGRAPHER/PHILANTHROPIST

DAUGHTER OF

SCREEN LEGEND

GARY COOPER

AND MARIA'S HUSBAND

LEGENDARY AMERICAN CLASSICAL PIANIST

BYRON JANIS

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with RAY SHASHO

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Maria Cooper Janis was born in Los Angeles, California and lived there with her parents, the actor Gary Cooper and his wife Veronica Cooper.She followed a painting career in New York and in 1966 married the world-renowned concert pianist, Byron Janis. Although Mr. Janis’ busy schedule has led them all over the world, Mrs. Janis has enjoyed a successful career as an artist.

She pursues her paintings with great energy, exhibiting in the United States as well as Europe and Asia.Maria Cooper Janis is involved with the American Arthritis Foundation of which her husband, Byron Janis is the National Spokesperson, and she sits on the board of Pro Musicis, an organization committed to furthering the careers of young musicians. She also works with the Neuropathy Foundation and is an active board member of the ASPR (American Society for Psychical Research).

She has collaborated on three television specials, one produced by TNT “Gary Cooper, American Life, American Legend,” another, part of TNT’s Biography Series entitled “The Life and Times of Gary Cooper” and she has worked with A&E to contribute to a special on her father for their Biography program titled, “Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero” which was aired in March of 1998. She has collaborated abroad with a PBS/French production of “Frederick Chopin: A Voyage with Byron Janis.” Mrs. Janis frequently lectures around the country on such topics as, “Growing Up in Hollywood” often with her longtime friend Joan Benny and Foster Hirsch.She has written a book Gary Cooper off Camera: A Daughter Remembers which gives an inside look into the persona of one of the greatest movie stars of all time.

Now 100% of the proceeds of the sales of this book are donated to The Gary Cooper Endowed Support Fund for Indigenous Cultures at The University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts. She has collaborated with author Bruce Boyer on Gary Cooper Enduring Style, published in November of 2011 by PowerHouse Books with an introduction by Ralph Lauren.Maria Cooper Janis worked on a feature film documentary, “The True Gen,” about the special 20-year friendship between Gary Cooper and Ernest Hemingway, the score of which is composed by Byron Janis. In addition, She co-produced the PBS documentary produced by Peter Rosen, The Byron Janis Story, about the life of Byron Janis which is currently being aired nationally and contributed to his autobiography, Chopin and Beyond: My Extraordinary Life in Music and the Paranormal.

Byron Janis is internationally renowned as one of the world's greatest pianists. He made his orchestral debut at age 15 with Toscanini's NBC Symphony Orchestra and the following year was chosen by Vladimir Horowitz as his first student. At 18, he became the youngest artist ever signed to a contract by RCA Victor Records. Two years later, in 1948, he made his Carnegie Hall debut which was hailed as an unparalleled success.

He made several recordings for RCA Victor and Mercury Records, and occupies two volumes of the Philips Great Pianists series. His discography covers repertoire from Beethoven to David Guion and includes renditions of major piano concertos from Mozart to Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. He has a special affinity for Chopin and made a French film on him that was shown around the world. He was honored by several U.S. Presidents and in 1984, at a State Dinner at the White House in his honor at the invitation of President Ronald Reagan, he revealed that he had been suffering from severe arthritis throughout much of his decades-long career. The painful and crippling condition eventually required surgery on his hands. However, he recovered sufficiently to resume performing and recording commercially and continues to do so today.

VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO Bettina Klinger Managing Director for arranging this interview today with Maria Cooper Janis and Byron Janis.

*Note: Mr. Janis battled through laryngitis and a nagging cough to take part in this interview. We all thank you for your perseverance and Indomitable Spirit.

PURCHASE

GARY COOPER

OFF CAMERA

A Daughter Remembers

by Maria Cooper Janis

Introduction by Tom Hanks

Available at

https://www.garycooper.com/#gary-cooper-off-camera-a-daughter-remembers

Gary Cooper (1901-1961) is an American icon-an actor whose handsome features and unstudied poise made him one of the great stars of Hollywood’s Golden Era. Now, his only child gives us an extraordinary memoir - a book that reveals the Gary Cooper only she knew. Illustrated throughout with 175 photographs, including many never-before-published family pictures, Maria Cooper Janis’ heartfelt book offers an unprecedented look at her father’s private side, from his Montana boyhood and his Hollywood home life to his friendships with Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, and Jimmy Stewart, among others. Filled with anecdotes that capture the off-screen humor and warmth of this avid outdoorsman and great humanitarian, Gary Cooper Off Camera is an unforgettable portrait of a great star and a beloved father.

Purchase a copy of the book & 100% of the proceeds will be donated to The Gary Cooper Endowed Fund for Student Support for Indigenous Cultures at The University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts.

ALSO

PURCHASE

CHOPIN

AND

BEYOND

My Extraordinary Life

in Music and the Paranormal

by Byron Janis (Author)

with Maria Cooper Janis

One of the world's greatest classical pianists reveals how the ""other world"" transformed his life and career.

By any measure, Byron Janis has had an extraordinary musical career. His discovery of two long-lost Chopin scores made headlines around the world, and he has been honored many times for his breathtaking performances of some of the most exciting and challenging works in the standard classical piano repertoire. As he retraces this remarkable journey in Chopin and Beyond, he shares something even more extraordinary: the other-worldly experiences that have shaped his life and music in surprising and profound ways.

Shares milestones and memories from the life and musical career of one of the world's greatest pianists

Includes lively anecdotes of famous classical musicians and other notable figures, including Vladimir Horowitz and Pablo Picasso

Describes his long-secret but ultimately triumphant battle with arthritis.

Recounts the paranormal experiences that deepened his personal association with Chopin, effected near miraculous recoveries from serious accidents, and more.

Like the best music, Chopin and Beyond will open your mind to explore the wonder and possibility of a different world.

and

BYRON

JANIS

THE MERCURY MASTERS

9 CD/Blu-ray Audio

Box Set, 9 CD

The Byron Janis-Mercury partnership presented in one edition for the first time, each recording presented in its original sleeve and programming. All recordings, made between 1960 & 1964, have been restored and remastered from the original master tapes at 24bit/192kHz by mastering engineer Tom Fine (son of Mercury Vice President and Classical Producer Wilma Cozart Fine). 9CD + 1BDA capbox, original jackets + programming.

BYRON

J A N I S

LIVE

ON TOUR

16 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 14 MINUTES • MAY 12 2017

amazon.com

COOPER AND HEMINGWAY

THE TRU GEN

DOCUMENTARY

Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen is an unprecedented look at the bond between two of the most iconic artists of the 20th century. Utter opposites... nothing in common. The cowboy and the suburbanite. The conservative and the liberal. And yet these two artists (a word both men scoffed at) were the best of friends, right up to their deaths a mere seven weeks apart in 1961. But is the friendship of these two men really so surprising? A study of these two men is a study of the 20th century. Their internationally renowned careers (Cooper, two Best Actor Academy Awards; Hemingway, Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes) were played out over the same turbulent decades: the hedonistic 20s, the grim Depression 30s, the war-ravaged 40s, and the deceptively slumbering 50s.

available at amazon.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

MARIA COOPER JANIS

VISIT

https://www.mariacooperjanis.com/

Official website

https://www.facebook.com/mariacooperjanis/

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https://www.instagram.com/mariacooperjanis/?hl=en

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BYRON JANIS

https://www.byronjanislive.com/

Official website

https://www.facebook.com/ByronJanis

Facebook

https://twitter.com/ByronJanisMusic

Twitter

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi0mmq2O8XSDPCh2w8wb9TA

YouTube

https://www.instagram.com/ByronJanisMusic/

Instagram

GARY COOPER SITES

https://www.garycooper.com/

Official website

https://www.garycooper.com/blog/maria-cooper-7j5xd

Blog

https://www.facebook.com/GaryCooperVerifiedPage/?ref=tn_tnmn

Facebook

https://twitter.com/_GaryCooper

Twitter

https://www.instagram.com/gary_cooper_official/

Instagram

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