Charles-Valentin Alkan
(1813-1888)
French composer and pianist
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Charles-Valentin Alkan (30 November 1813 – 29 March 1888) was a French-Jewish composer and virtuoso pianist. At the height of his fame in the 1830s and 1840s he was, alongside his friends and colleagues Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt, among the leading pianists in Paris, a city in which he spent virtually his entire life.
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30 November 1813 Paris, France
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29 March 1888 (aged 74)
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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