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Clara Haskil
Who
Clara Haskil · Arts & Literature
What
Romanian pianist celebrated for her Mozart and Schumann interpretations
When
1895, Bucharest, Romania — 1960, Brussels, Belgium
Where
Romania · Switzerland
Biography
Clara Haskil is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Romanian pianist celebrated for her Mozart and Schumann interpretations
How & why
Clara Haskil was a Romanian Jewish pianist celebrated for the purity and depth of her Mozart, Schumann and Beethoven interpretations. A child prodigy who battled illness and antisemitic persecution — fleeing occupied France during the war — she achieved wide recognition only late in life.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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Romanian pianist celebrated for her Mozart and Schumann interpretations
1895
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
