Joyce Hatto

English pianist Joyce Hatto was a native of London; she studied with Hungarian pianist Ilona Kabos and Ferruccio Busoni alumnus Serge Krish. She began her piano career in the period after World War II, an era then dominated in England by luminaries such as Dame Myra Hess and Moura Lympany. In 1956, Hatto married the English record producer William Barrington-Coupe, who was head of the Saga label. Barrington-Coupe was one of the first producers to record the young Janet Baker and briefly an associate of "mad genius" producer Joe Meek. Hatto recorded for Saga, as well as other l...