Claude Frank
Claude Frank · Arts & Literature
Classical pianist
1925, Nuremberg, Germany — 2014, United States
Germany · France · United States
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Claude Frank was a German-born American concert pianist celebrated for his Mozart and Beethoven, including a complete recorded cycle of the 32 Beethoven sonatas; he was a pupil of Artur Schnabel. Of Jewish ancestry, he was born in Nuremberg and escaped Nazi-occupied Europe with his mother via the Pyrenees and Lisbon in 1940. He often performed with his wife, pianist Lilian Kallir, and their daughter, violinist Pamela Frank.
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Classical pianist
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