But he turned his focus to popular music and started a rock band with friends when he was a teen. After starting at the Conservatoire de Paris when he was 12, Clayderman seemed headed for a promising classical career.
Called “the most successful pianist in the world” by the Guinness Book of World Records, he’s sold more than 90 million records globally. French pianist Richard Clayderman (born Phillipe Pagès) is said to have recorded more than 1,200 tunes in his “New Romantic” easy-listening style.
