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Arthur Rubinstein

Arthur Rubinstein KBE OMRI (Polish: Artur Rubinstein; 28 January 1887 – 20 December 1982) was a Polish-American pianist.[1] He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time.[2][3][4] He received international acclaim for his performances of the music written by a variety of composers and many regard him as one of the greatest Chopin interpreters of his time.[5][6] He played in public for eight decades.[7] His repertoire also included the works of Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Schumann and more.

For the American film and television composer, see Arthur B. Rubinstein.

Officer of the Order of Saint James of the Sword, Portugal (31 May 1958)[38]

of Denmark (1971)

Sonning Award

Grand-Officer of the Order of Saint James of the Sword, Portugal (9 May 1972)[38]

of the US presented by President Gerald Ford (1 April 1976)

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1977)[39]

Honorary

of the United States of America (1978)

Kennedy Center Honors

Grand-Officier of the of France

National Order of the Legion of Honour

Officer's Cross (Krzyż Oficerski) of the of Poland

Order of Polonia Restituta

of Italy[40]

Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Member of the of Spain

Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise

Officier of the of Belgium

Order of Leopold

Voted into 's Hall of Fame in 2012[41]

Gramophone

Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance

Pierre Fournier

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra)

Schumann

(1994)

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

(1948)

Night Song

(L'Amour de la vie – Artur Rubinstein, 1969)

Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life

List of Polish people (music)

Rubinstein, Arthur (1973). . New York: Knopf. ISBN 0-394-46890-2.

My Young Years

Rubinstein, Arthur (1980). My Many Years. New York.  0-394-42253-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

ISBN

(1995). Rubinstein: A Life. Grove Press. ISBN 978-0-8021-1579-9.

Sachs, Harvey

Sources

Media related to Arthur Rubinstein at Wikimedia Commons

Archived August 11, 2022, at the Wayback Machine

Website at Sony Classical

Quotations related to Arthur Rubinstein at Wikiquote

at AllMusic

Arthur Rubinstein

at PBS American Masters

Arthur Rubinstein profile

published by NYPR Archives & Preservation

Rubinstein interviewed by WQXR's Abram Chasins on February 2, 1960