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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.
Introduction M aestro Claudio Arrau was a universally revered classical pianist who developed a philosophy on interpretation based on fidelity to both the composers and their historical times, and perfected a technical school on performance to match.
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.
Jun 5, 2024 · 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.
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.
Claudio Arrau was probably the least flamboyant of pianists, avoiding virtuosic display as rigorously as some other pianists crave it. To be sure, he had the technical abilities of a virtuoso, but he was an intellectual and deeply reflective interpreter.
May 18, 2018 · 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.
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.
Claudio Arrau. Born in 1903, the slight Claudio Arrau — not even 5'5" tall — was a contemporary of such piano greats as Solomon (b. 1902), Vladimir Horowitz (1903), Rudolf Serkin (1903), Clifford Curzon (1907) and Shura Cherkassky (1909).
1903-1991. * 1903-02-06 (Chillán) † 1991-06-09 (Mürzzuschlag, 88yo) Teachers: Lucrecia León Bravo de Villalba, Martin Krause. Important pupils: Antônio Barbosa, Garrick Ohlsson, Roberto Szidon. Arrau is the musician’s pianist, rather than the romantic pianist that delights popular imagination.
