Don Airey since 2002 is the keyboardist of Deep Purple, succeeding Jon Lord. Airey has had a long and productive career, playing with Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Colosseum II, Sinner, Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth, Rainbow, Divlje jagode, Living Loud and many others. He has also worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber. Inspired by his father, Norman Airey, Don Airey began to play piano from the age of seven. He continued his love for music by earning a degree at the University of Nottingham and a diploma at the Royal Northern College of Music.