Pianists in fiction?

[charleyg]

Do any of you know of any work of fiction, regardless of genre, where a major character is a pianist?  For example, perhaps a fictionalized narative based on the life of some great artist?

I very much enjoyed "The Harper Hall Trilogy", where many of the leading characters were musicians of various kinds, but there were no pianists there.  Just singers, guitarists, percussionists, flute players, string players, brass, and composers.  The main character was a singer/songwriter.

[rob47]

There's a series of graphic novels by Tomoko Ninomiya called "Nodame Cantabile."

[ted]

"Solo", by Jack Higgins

[arensky]

"Solo", by Jack Higgins

The pianist, an international spy/assasin, is named John Mikali, right? Read that years ago, an entertaining read...

[oksanapianist]

THE WILD ROSE by Doris Mortman- one of those that I could not put down- wonderful story!!

[mikey6]

'Maestro' I think it's called by Peter Goldsworthy.  Studied it in year 12 - about a boy learning of a WW2 survivor whose wife was a Jew.

[phil13]

Body and Soul by Frank Conroy. It's about a prodigious kid and his journey toward becoming a concert pianist and a professional composer.

Phil

[pianalex]

'The Unconsoled'  kazuo Ishiguro

A pianist arrives in an anonymous European city to give a concert,bu things are not as they seem....