In which country was renowned pianist Claudio Arrau born?

Claudio Arrau, (born February 6, 1903, Chillán, Chile—died June 9, 1991, Mürzzuschlag, Austria), was a Chilean pianist and one of the most renowned performers of the 20th century.

His father, Carlos Arrau, an ophthalmologist, died when Claudio, the youngest of three children was only a year old. His mother, Lucrecia León Bravo de Villalba, was a piano teacher and supported the family by giving piano lessons. Arrau was a child prodigy at the piano; he studied privately in Santiago for two years and then traveled at the expense of the Chilean government to Berlin, where he studied from 1912 to 1918 with Martin Krause, once a student of Franz Liszt.

Arrau’s serious career began with a recital in Berlin in 1914, and during the next decade, he toured extensively in Europe, South America, and the United States. Between 1924 and 1940 he taught at Julius Stern’s Conservatory in Berlin, and in 1941 he moved permanently to the United States, becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1979, after the rise of Augusto Pinochet in Chile. Arrau continued his frequent touring past his 80th birthday.

Arrau focused his considerable powers on Liszt, Brahms, Chopin, Schumann, Debussy, and, above all, Beethoven. In 1935 he played all the keyboard works of J.S. Bach in a series of 12 concerts. His performances of the complete 32 piano sonatas of Beethoven were broadcast by the BBC.