Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1887, Jan. 28 | Born, Łódź, Poland |
| 1890 | Began to study piano |
| 1897 | Auditioned for Joseph Joachim Moved to Berlin Studied piano with Heinrich Barth and theory with Max Bruch and Robert Kahn |
| 1900 Dec. | Debut performance with Berlin Philharmonic under Joachim at the Beethoven Saal |
| 1904 | Moved to Paris, where he meets Maurice Ravel, Paul Dukas, and Jacques Thibaud |
| 1906 | Made cooly-received debut with Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall as part of seventy-five performance U.S. tour |
| 1908-1912 | Returned to Paris, where he took four-year hiatus from performing and struggled to make a living |
| 1912 | Made London debut and became fixture at the musical salon of Paul and Muriel Draper in Edith Grove, Chelsea |
| 1914 | Remained in London upon outbreak of war and served as military interpreter; learned eight languages fluently and vowed never again to perform in Germany |
| 1916-1917 | Toured Spain, where his passionate and charismatic playing of works by Falla, Albéniz, and Granados was well-received and drew large crowds Toured in South America |
| circa 1922 | Returned to Paris, where he befriended artists Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso and settled into the lifestyle of a Parisian socialite |
| 1932 | Married Aniela (Nela) Młynarski, daughter of Polish conductor, Emil Młynarski |
| 1932-1937 | Dramatically scaled back performing career, focused instead on technical discipline and new repertory |
| 1937 | Acclaimed performance at Carnegie Hall during second U.S. tour |
| 1939 | Moved to New York upon outbreak of war; family resided in Buckingham Hotel Moved to Brentwood, Los Angeles |
| 1939-1947 | Toured almost exclusively throughout North America |
| 1946 | Became a U.S. citizen |
| 1954 | Moved to Manhattan |
| 1958 | Returned to Warsaw for celebrated performance |
| 1973 | Published first volume of autobiography, My Young Years |
| 1974 | Founding of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition |
| 1976 | Awarded Medal of Freedom by President Gerald R. Ford Retired from performing due to partial blindness |
| 1980 | Published second volume of autobiography, My Many Years |
| 1982, Dec. 20 | Died, Geneva, Switzerland |