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Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Italian pianist
In this article, the surname is Benedetti Michelangeli.
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (Italian:[arˈtuːrobeneˈdettimikeˈlandʒeli]; 5 January 1920 – 12 June 1995) was an Italianclassicalpianist.
He is considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century.[2] According to The New York Times, he was perhaps the most reclusive, enigmatic and obsessive among the handful of the world's legendary pianists.[3]
Early life and studies
Benedetti Michelangeli was born near Brescia, in Italy.
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His date of birth is usually given as 5 January 1920.[4] He himself once said that he was born 'during the first hour of the morning of 6 January 1920'. His father, who was a count and a lawyer by profession, was also a musician and a composer and began teaching music to Benedetti Michelangeli before he was four years old.
Benedetti Michelangeli learned to play the violin at the age of three and w