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Claudio Arrau León ( Spanish: [ˈklawðjo aˈraw]; 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, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Brahms.
Claudio Arrau (born February 6, 1903, Chillán, Chile—died June 9, 1991, Mürzzuschlag, Austria) was a Chilean pianist who was one of the most-renowned performers of the 20th century. Arrau’s father, an eye doctor, died when Arrau—the youngest of three children—was one year old.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 10, 1991 · Claudio Arrau, one of the great pianists of the 20th century, died yesterday in Murzzuschlag, Austria. He was 88 years old and lived in Munich.
Claudio Arrau, renowned throughout the world as one of the supreme keyboard masters of the century, stands today at the summit of his long and legendary career, for the one artistic goal he has pursued for a lifetime: the total fusion of virtuosity and meaning.
May 18, 2018 · Claudio Arrau. Musical genius, prodigy, and boy wonder are some of the words most often used to describe Claudio Arrau (1903-1991). Regarded by many music critics as a master interpreter and impassioned artist, Arrau enjoyed a stellar, if sometimes unorthodox, career that spanned over 80 years.
Born into an aristocratic family in Chillan, Chile, Arrau was a prodigy and giving recitals in his hometown and Santiago by the time he was five. When he was seven his family moved to Berlin, where he studied with and was formed artistically by a famous pupil of Liszt.
Claudio Arrau, throughout a long career spanning the continents and most of the century, has consistently put a supreme keyboard mastery at the total service of his art, achieving fame not only as a celebrated interpreter of Beethoven, but also of Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt and Debussy.
