Facts: - instrument: piano - death place: lausanne - death date: 15 june 1962 - genre: classical music - birth date: 26 september 1877 - name: alfred cortot - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - image: alfred cortot 01.jpg - birth place: nyon , vaud Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alfred cortot .
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alfred denis cortot -lrb- 26 september 187715 june 1962 -rrb- was a franco-swiss pianist and conductor .he is one of the most renowned 20th-century classical musicians , especially valued for his poetic insight into romantic period piano works , particularly those of chopin and schumann .