Complex sentence: Birnie, Tessa Daphne OAM (1934-alive), concert pianist, was born at Ashburton, New Zealand, on 19 July 1934 and studied music in Wellington, Paris and Como.
Split into simpler sentences: Birnie, Tessa Daphne OAM (1934 -), concert pianist, was born in Ashburton, New Zealand, on 19 July 1934. She studied music in Wellington, Paris and Como.