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Clifford Curzon

1907 - 1982

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Sir Clifford Michael Curzon CBE (né Siegenberg; 18 May 1907 – 1 September 1982) was an English classical pianist. Curzon studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and subsequently with Artur Schnabel in Berlin and Wanda Landowska and Nadia Boulanger in Paris. In his early career he was known for his performances of Romantic and virtuoso music, and for championing modern works. Later he concentrated on composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clifford Curzon is the 1,361st most popular musician (up from 1,459th in 2019), the 3,705th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,822nd in 2019) and the 225th most popular British Musician.

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Among musicians, Clifford Curzon ranks 1,361 out of 3,175. Before him are Mary Lou Williams, Paco Peña, Marcel Moyse, Anders Johansson, Rick Springfield, and Wynton Marsalis. After him are Ludacris, Sophie, John Steel, Olve Eikemo, Lee Ritenour, and Donald Fagen.

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Among people born in 1907, Clifford Curzon ranks 275. Before him are Oscarino Costa Silva, Ahmet Adnan Saygun, Vicente Enrique y Tarancón, Mirdza Ķempe, Fritz Wotruba, and Ángel Arocha. After him are Adelaide Lambert, Vitaliano Brancati, Jean Langlais, Henk Badings, Raymond Abellio, and Melitta Brunner. Among people deceased in 1982, Clifford Curzon ranks 200. Before him are Hendrik Wade Bode, Robert Havemann, Ramón J. Sender, Jakob Streitle, Paolo Monti, and Vladislao Cap. After him are Virginia Hall, René Dubos, Nikolai Kamanin, Elis Wiklund, Tomás Romero Pereira, and Victor Buono.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Clifford Curzon ranks 3,706 out of 8,785. Before him are Patrick Steptoe (1913), Mark Gatiss (1966), William Knox D'Arcy (1849), Clive Bell (1881), Terry Griffiths (1947), and Eleanor Farjeon (1881). After him are Sophie (1986), Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (1997), John Steel (1941), Vic Buckingham (1915), Alicia Markova (1910), and Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Clifford Curzon ranks 225. Before him are Michael Moran (1948), George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (1923), Lee Kerslake (1947), Roger Taylor (1960), Chris Barber (1930), and Jason Bonham (1966). After him are Sophie (1986), John Steel (1941), John Mayhew (1947), Nigel Kennedy (1956), Delia Derbyshire (1937), and Jonny Greenwood (1971).

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