Arrau, Claudio

From 1926 to 1940, Arrau taught at Stern's Conservatory. In 1935, he was the first pianist ever to play the complete keyboard works of J. S. Bach, which he did in 12 recitals. In subsequent seasons, he gave performance cycles of all of the Beethoven Sonatas, the Mozart Sonatas, as well as Schubert and Weber. In 1941, Arrau returned to the United States to give a career-making Carnegie Hall recital. This prompted a move to Douglaston in Queens,...