Nina Simone: Rejected Pianist Who Became A Revolution Before she was Nina Simone, she was Eunice Waymon—a classically trained pianist who dreamed of becoming America's first Black concert pianist. In 1951, after studying at Juilliard, she auditioned for Philadelphia's prestigious Curtis Institute of Music and was rejected. She believed it was racial discrimination. Forced to reinvent herself, she started playing in Atlantic City bars under a pseudonym to hide from her disapproving family. Then c
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Nina Simone: Rejected Pianist Who Became A Revolution Before she was Nina Simone, she was Eunice Waymon—a classically trained pianist who dreamed of becoming America's first Black concert pianist. In 1951, after studying at Juilliard, she auditioned for Philadelphia's prestigious Curtis Institute of Music and was rejected. She believed it was racial discrimination. Forced to reinvent herself, she started playing in Atlantic City bars under a pseudonym to hide from her disapproving family. Then c
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