What is Claudio Arrau?
'''Claudio Arrau León''' ({{IPA-es|ˈklawðjo aˈraw|lang}}; February 6, 1903 – June 9, 1991) was a [[Chile]]an [[classical music|classical]] [[piano|pianist]]. Arrau started to play the [[piano]] as a boy and was giving concerts at the age of 5. The Chilean [[government]] heard of the child [[prodigy]] and quickly organized to have him sent to [[Germany]] to study with the best music teachers. At the age of 7 Arrau started to study music seriously at the Stern Conservatory, [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]. By the age of 11, Arrau was playing like a master, and performed the works of [[Franz Liszt]], [[Frédéric Chopin]] and [[Johannes Brahms]] in [[recital]]s. Later in life Arrau became an important teacher of the piano and taught some of the most famous pianists in the world. Arrau married Ruth Schneider, an [[opera]] singer, and settled in the [[United States]]. Throughout his career he won the highest awards for piano playing. He died in [[Austria]] in 1991. {{DEFAULTSORT:Arrau, Claudio}} [[Category:1903 births]] [[Category:1991 deaths]] [[Category:Chilean musicians]] [[Category:Pianists]] [[Category:Classical pianists]] [[Category:People from Bío Bío Region]]