Claude Frank was born in Nurenberg, Germany. He came to the U.S. in 1941 and studied at Columbia University in New York City. Frank also studied privately for nearly ten years with Artur Schnabel. He debuted

Claude Frank also has had a succesful career as an instructor, teaching at the Yale School of Music and the University of Kansas, among others. He has performed in concert with his wife, the late

Claude Frank press reviews "He caressed the softly sad theme of the slow movement, yet held the tempo at an inexorable Andante sostenuto. The Scherzo was sprightly but never cute. And the final movement,