peternero.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nPeter Nero took over as conductor of the Philly Pops in 1970, and served in that role for 33 years. During his tenure, he led the orchestra on numerous tours and recordings, and helped to make the Philly Pops one of the most popular and successful pops orchestras in the world. Nero was known for his eclectic programming, which included everything from classical favorites to pop standards to Broadway show tunes. He also had a knack for connecting with audiences, and his concerts were always lively and entertaining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Peter Nero, a Grammy-winning pianist and conductor who was known for his interpretations of pop songs through classical and jazz forms, died on Thursday at the age of 89. According to his daughter, the musician passed away peacefully at the Home Care Assisted Living Facility in Flordia. Beverly Nero added that services will be private. […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":17599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[946,13,11],"tags":[3225,774,2618,3223,328,1294,3224,1607,1444,1519,3221,3220,1202,3218,3219,3222,1096],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17497"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17497"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17692,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17497\/revisions\/17692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerdism.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}