Name that pianist

[Quijote]

Yo Yo Ma - spot on, Megan !
Come on "hen", your turn for the question (with or without cartoon).

[Megan]

A toy with a string = Yo-Yo?

Yo Yo Ma ?

[Quijote]

OK, a 'cellist (still alive, relatively young, wears glasses, a US citizen ...) :
this one seems to be issuing imperatives to his mother for a toy with string.

[Megan]

Pan Show = Show Pan = Chopin?

Indeed it is! That was quickly solved

[Quijote]

Pan Show = Show Pan = Chopin?

[Megan]

Got me stumped here, Megan. Can I have a clue, please?

Spanning national boundries, without giving the show away, he is a famous composer now deceased, who composed not from his homeland.

[Quijote]

There is one I posted above about a pianist in exile

Got me stumped here, Megan. Can I have a clue, please?

[Megan]

Excellent. Your turn now, Megan

There is one I posted above about a pianist in exile

[Roehre]

Sir Adrian Boult!

Excellent. Your turn now, Megan

[Megan]

That conductor needs a screw :-)

Sir Adrian Boult!

[Roehre]

That conductor needs a screw :-)

[Chris]

Emanuel Ax?

Correct!

[Roehre]

Next: trees fear this pianist.

Emanuel Ax?

[Chris]

Next: trees fear this pianist.

[Quijote]

Melvyn Tan?

Full marks !!