Cyril Preedy (1920–1965) was an English pianist who was described as the most outstanding young pianists to emerge in the post war era. 　　Preedy was born in London in 1920 and at age six he started to learn the piano with Marie Schwartz in Paris.His first public appearance was at the Salle Pleyel when he was aged eight, he became a Junior Exhibitioner at the Royal College of Music in the same year. In 1936 he gained a London County Council scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music under Herbert Freyer, in 1939 he was awarded the Hopkinson Gold Medal and the Chappell Gold Medal the following year.