Arthur Rubinstein KBE (January 28 1887 – December 20 1982) was a Polish-American pianist who is widely considered as one of the greatest piano virtuosi of the 20th Century. He received international acclaim for his performances of Frédéric Chopin and Johannes Brahms and his championing of Spanish music. Biography Rubinstein was born in ?ód?, Congress Poland, today's Poland, in a Jewish family. He was not related to the earlier Russian pianist-composer Anton Rubinstein, nor his Polish near contemporary, the cosmetics giant Helena Rubinstein. Aside from his early and singular fascination with the piano, another interesting childhood trait is that Rubinstein didn't begin speaking until some time around the age of three. Until the time that he developed speech, Rubinstein would entertain his family by imitating non-speech sounds. The descriptions of Rubinstein's delayed speech, his early childhood tantrums and

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