Julius Katchen
Julius Katchen · Arts & Literature
Classical pianist
1926, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA — 1969, Paris, France
United States · France
Julius Katchen is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Classical pianist
Julius Katchen was an American concert pianist admired for his commanding technique and above all for his complete recordings of the solo piano music of Brahms, still regarded as a benchmark. Based mainly in Paris, he enjoyed a major European concert career until his early death at 42. Katchen was Jewish, born to a Jewish family in Long Branch, New Jersey.
Verify and go deeper with these external references.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
This page is published in seven languages from an English source. The translations are reviewed, but a mistake can still slip through. If you spot one on this profile — a wrong word, a lost date, a sentence that says something the English does not — please tell us.
Classical pianist
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
Similar Contributors
Abbey Simon
Alexander Borovsky
Alexander Brailowsky
Alexis Weissenberg
Annie Fischer
