When Pianist Claudio Arrau wound up his third U.S. tour and boarded a Pan American Clipper for Puerto Rico last week, he had made plenty of hay in a shining sun. For a long time the weather had been ...

This moving documentary chronicles the life and musical career of renowned Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau from his birth in 1903 to his success on the world stage as he stunned audiences with his ...

By Camilo Alzate When Fredy Yavinape was a young child, he didn’t know the biological concept of an “umbrella species.” These are species that require large areas of undisturbed habitat to survive, ...

Three recitals given by the Chilean pianist in the 70s and 80s are a feast of lucid and emphatic playing that hasn’t dated in the slightest Those of us who were lucky enough to attend piano recitals ...

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 ...

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