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Photo Gallery 09 - Death

-  Arrau's Death  - 

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Arrau's Funeral in Chillán

Claudio Arrau's funeral requiem, Chillán Cathedral, Chile, 16 June 1991.

Claudio Arrau's funeral requiem, Catedral de Chillán, Chile, 16 June 1991.

Claudio Arrau's funeral requiem, Catedral de Chillán, Chile, 16 June 1991.
First row:
Robin Reintsema (grandaughter), Carmen Arrau (daughter), Chris Arrau (son), and Carl Reintsema (grandson).
Second row: Juan Pablo Izquierdo (orchestra conductor), Mario Baeza (conductor, Grupo Cámara Chile), Arturo Carvallo (friend of Claudio Arrau), Maximiliano Arrau (extended family member), Nancy Zanini (Polygram USA), Friede Rothe (personal manager), Raúl de la Mora and Roberto Bravo (pianists).

Claudio Arrau's funeral, Catedral de Chillán, Chile, 16 June 1991.

Claudio Arrau's funeral, towards the cemetery, Chillán, 16 June 1991.
Pause in front of the deceased's birthplace.
Raúl de la Mora (pianist), Óscar Agüero (government representative?), Carmen Arrau (daughter),
Carl Reintsema (grandson), Robin Reintsema (grandaughter), Christopher Arrau (son),
Nancy Zanini (Polygram USA), and Friede Rothe (personal manager).

Claudio Arrau's funeral, towards the cemetery, Chillán, 16 June 1991.
Behind the car: Funeral procession headed by Christopher Arrau (son) and Carl Reintsema (grandson).

Claudio Arrau's funeral, towards the cemetery, Chillán, Chile, 16 June 1991
Behind the car: Funeral procession headed by Christopher Arrau (son) and Carl Reintsema (grandson).

Claudio Arrau's funeral, towards the cemetery, Chillán, 16 June 1991.
In the car: Carmen Arrau (daughter), Robin Reintsema (grandaughter), Nancy Zanini (Polygram USA),
and Friede Rothe (personal manager).

Claudio Arrau's funeral, towards the cemetery, Chillán, 16 June 1991.

Claudio Arrau's funeral, arrival at the 'Cementerio Municipal', Chillán, 16 June 1991.

Claudio Arrau's funeral, Cementerio Municipal, Chillán, 16 June 1991.
Mourners, orchestra conductor, undertaker,
Carmen Arrau, Robin Reintsema, Friede Rothe, Carl Reintsema, Christopher Arrau.

Claudio Arrau's funeral, Cementerio Municipal, Chillán, 16 June 1991
Friede Rothe, Carl Reintsema, Christopher Arrau, mourner, Carmen Arrau and Robin Reintsema (arranging flowers).

Claudio Arrau's funeral, Cementerio Municipal, Chillán, 16 June 1991
Undertakers, Friede Rothe, Carmen Arrau, Carl Reintsema, Robin Reintsema, Christopher Arrau (arranging flowers).

Claudio Arrau's funeral, Cementerio Municipal, Chillán, 16 June 1991
Christopher Arrau, Friede Rothe, Carmen Arrau, Carl Reintsema, Robin Reintsema.

Claudio Arrau's funeral, Cementerio Municipal, Chillán, 16 June 1991
Undertaker, Christopher Arrau, Friede Rothe, Carmen Arrau, Carl Reintsema, Robin Reintsema.

Claudio Arrau's funeral, Cementerio Municipal, Chillán, Chile, 6 June 1991

 
Claudio Arrau's funeral, arrival at the 'Cementerio Municipal', Chillán, 16 June 1991.
Relatives and friends.

Arrau's Grave in Chillán
1991. Claudio Arrau's grave, Cementerio Municipal, Chillán, Chile
2011. Claudio Arrau's grave, Cementerio Municipal, Chillán


1991. Claudio Arrau's grave, Cementerio Municipal, Chillán


1991, June: Map to Chillán's Cemetery and Claudio Arrau's grave,
with a ten-verse stanza subsequenly carved on his tombstone,
both by Franciscan friar Ramón Ángel Jara Hernández / 'frajh'.


Claudio Arrau 1903 - 1991.  Philips Classics.


Bust of Claudio Arrau in Chillán

      
       
Bust of Claudio Arrau by sculptor Arturo Hevia
Located at 'Calle 18 de Septiembre' No. 590, next to Chillán´s Municipal Theatre, and
unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Chillán on 9th June 1992.
Photos taken and kindly contributed
in May 2012 by Mr. Francisco Contreras.

Head of Claudio Arrau in Santiago

    
Head of Claudio Arrau by sculptor Jorge Barba.
Located at 'Parque Américo Vespucio Oriente', Vitacura, Santiago, Chile,
and inaugurated by the local municipal authorities in 1992.
Photos kindly provided by sponsor Mr. Antun Domic in September 2016.

Arrau's studio at Vermont

Claudio Arrau's home studio at Vermont, USA.
Photo taken by Carmen Arrau in 1995/96.

Sala Claudio Arrau

Claudio Arrau Hall, in the 'Teatro Municipal', Santiago, Chile.
Former 'Salón Filarmónico', dedicated to the late Maestro Arrau in the mid 1990s.
Photograph by courtesy of the 'Centro de Documentación de las Artes Escénicas del Teatro Municipal de Santiago'.

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Museo Claudio Arrau



















Museo Claudio Arrau, Chillán, Chile.
Built on the exact place where Claudio Arrau's birth home used to be.
Inaugurated on 5th December 2005.
Photograph by courtesy of the 'Museo Claudio Arrau'.

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This subsection last updated on 24th August 2021