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Claudio Arrau

Claudio Arrau
  • Name: Claudio Arrau
  • Birthday: 1903-02-06
  • Place of birth: Chillán, Biobío, Chile
  • Popularity: 0.715
Biography: Claudio Arrau León (February 6, 1903 – June 9, 1991) was a Chilean pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning the baroque to 20th-century composers, especially Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Brahms. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. Arrau was born in Chillán, Chile, the son of Carlos Arrau, an ophthalmologist who died when Claudio was only a year old, and Lucrecia León Bravo de Villalba, a piano teacher. He belonged to an old, prominent family of Southern Chile. His ancestor Lorenzo de Arrau, a Spanish engineer, was sent to Chile by King Carlos III of Spain. Through his great-grandmother,... Read More

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The Golden Age of the Piano   as  Self 1993-01-01
Claudio Arrau: The Emperor   as  Self 1987-01-01
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture   as  Self - Interviewee 1976-10-07