Stephen Kovacevich (born October 17, 1940), who before 1975 was known as Stephen Bishop and then Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, is an American classical pianist and conductor. 　　Stephen Kovacevich was born in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, to a Croatian father and an American mother. When his mother remarried, his name was changed to Stephen Bishop, the name under which he performed in his early career. He later discovered that he was often being confused with the singer and guitarist Stephen Bishop. To avoid the confusion, he began performing as Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich and later simply as Stephen Kovacevich.