Earl Wild (A 1937, H 2007)

1996 Alumni Achievement (Merit) Award
2000 Alumni Lifetime (Distinguished) Achievement Award

Bio

A Pittsburgh native, Earl Wild began his piano studies early in life with teachers such as Selmar Jansen, Simon Barere and Egon Petri. By the time he enrolled at CMU, which was then Carnegie Tech, he was already an accomplished concert pianist. Upon graduating in 1937, he became the staff pianist for NBC’s Radio Orchestra, and would later serve as ABC’s staff pianist, composer and conductor.