Winifred Atwell has been played on NTS in shows including The Opera Show, featured first on 13 April 2021. Songs played include Rachmaninoff's 18th Variation On A Theme By Paganini and Five Finger Boogie.

Winifred Atwell (February 27, 1914 - February 28, 1983) was a pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain in the 1950s with a series of boogie woogie and ragtime hits.

Atwell was born in Tunapuna in Trinidad and Tobago. Her family owned a pharmacy, and she trained as a druggist, and was expected to join the family business, Winifred, however played the piano since a young age, and achieved considerable popularity locally.

She…