Clifford Curzon

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Clifford Curzon was a distinguished 20th-century British classical pianist renowned for his refined interpretations of composers such as Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms.

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Clifford Curzon canonical 1
Sir Clifford Michael Curzon 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British musician ⓘ
classical pianist ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1970s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920s ⓘ
associatedWith Benjamin Britten ⓘ
London Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
Vienna Philharmonic ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Bachelor ⓘ
birthCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
birthDate 1907-05-18 ⓘ
birthPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
burialPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
citizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfAward 1977 ⓘ
deathDate 1982-09-01 ⓘ
educatedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
education Royal Academy of Music ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
familyName Curzon ⓘ
fullName Sir Clifford Michael Curzon ⓘ
linked to: Clifford Curzon
genre classical music ⓘ
givenName Clifford ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
knownFor perfectionism in studio recordings ⓘ
relatively small discography ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Academy of Music ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableFor interpretations of Beethoven ⓘ
interpretations of Brahms ⓘ
interpretations of Mozart ⓘ
interpretations of Schubert ⓘ
interpretations of Schumann ⓘ
notableRecording Brahms piano concertos ⓘ
Mozart piano concertos ⓘ
Schubert piano sonatas ⓘ
occupation pianist ⓘ
performanceMedium piano ⓘ
positionHeld professor at Royal Academy of Music ⓘ
recordLabel Decca Records ⓘ
studiedIn Berlin ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
studiedUnder Artur Schnabel ⓘ
Nadia Boulanger ⓘ
Wanda Landowska ⓘ
style introspective playing ⓘ
refined interpretation ⓘ
title Knight Bachelor ⓘ

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Artur Schnabel → notableStudent → Clifford Curzon ⓘ
Clifford Curzon → fullName → Sir Clifford Michael Curzon ⓘ
linked to: Clifford Curzon