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{{short description|Polish-American pianist (1887–1982)}} {{About|the Polish-American pianist|the unrelated Russian pianist/composer/conductor|Anton Rubinstein|the American film and television composer|Arthur B. Rubinstein}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2014}} <!-- please do not add an infobox, per [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Classical music#Biographical infoboxes]]--> [[File:Arthur Rubinstein.jpg|thumb|Arthur Rubinstein in 1937, by [[Carl Van Vechten]]]] '''Arthur Rubinstein''' [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]] [[OMRI]] ({{langx|pl|Artur Rubinstein}}; 28 January 1887 – 20 December 1982) was a [[Polish Americans|Polish-American]] pianist.<ref name=EB>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Artur-Rubinstein "Artur Rubinstein"], ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''</ref> He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-04-18|title=The 10 Greatest Pianists of All Time - Classical Music - Limelight Magazine|url=http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/Article/306444,the-10-greatest-pianists-of-all-time.aspx/7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418145023/http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/Article/306444,the-10-greatest-pianists-of-all-time.aspx/7|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-04-18|access-date=2020-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The 25 best piano players of all time|url=https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/instruments/piano/best-pianists-ever/|access-date=2020-06-21|website=Classic FM|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The 20 Greatest Pianists of all time|url=https://www.classical-music.com/features/artists/20-greatest-pianists-all-time/|access-date=2021-10-24|website=Classical Music|language=en}}</ref> He received international acclaim for his performances of the music written by a variety of composers and many regard him as one of the greatest [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]] interpreters of his time.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news|date=21 November 1982|title=Arthur Rubinstein Dies in Geneva at 95|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0128.html|url-status=live|access-date=6 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114073950/http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0128.html|archive-date=14 November 2013}}</ref><ref>[[Schonberg, Harold C.]] (1987) ''The great pianists''. Simon & Schuster. {{ISBN|0671638378}}</ref> He played in public for eight decades.<ref name="Teachout, Terry 1996">{{cite journal|last=Teachout|first=Terry|author-link=Terry Teachout|url=http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/whatever-happened-to-arthur-rubinstein/|title=Whatever Happened to Arthur Rubinstein|journal=Commentary|volume=101|issue= 2 |year=1996|pages=48–51}}</ref> His repertoire also included the works of [[Beethoven]], [[Mozart]], [[Schubert]], [[Liszt]], [[Tchaikovsky]], [[Saint-Saëns]], [[Schumann]] and more.
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