Claudio Arrau Born in Chile, Arrau studied in Berlin with the Liszt pupil, Martin Krause. This German training made him a great interpreter of the core Romantic repertoire. During the 1950s he played ...

Claudio Arrau was born on February 6, 1903 in Chile. His father, who was a music-loving doctor, quickly spotted his son’s exceptional musical talent. At the age of five, Arrau began taking piano ...

That opportunity was the 1957 Australian tour of the Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau. Arrau had made his first tour of Australia in 1947, wowing audiences and the ABC Music Department staff alike.

And so, at the age of 11, Arrau arrived in Germany, where he began studies with Martin Krause at the Stern Conservatoire in Berlin. Krause was a remarkable musician: a fine pianist and teacher, he was ...

Cladio Arrau's career demoonstrates that no artistic pathway can be fully assessed until it has been fully traversed. That is why I do not even bother to bring up the names of the pianists still in ...

Claudio Arrau EMI Icon 9184322 (12 CDs) **** EMI have chosen what many people might regard as a paradoxical title for these recordings made by the great Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau between 1938 ...