Arturo O'Farrill

Cuban-American musician
Person human Q715390
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Summary

Arturo O'Farrill was born on June 22, 1960[1], in Mexico City[2]. He has worked as a bandleader[3], composer[4], conductor[5], pianist[6], and jazz musician[7]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (391 views/month, #7,281 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[9]
  • Occupation: university teacher[10]
  • Employer: University of Massachusetts Amherst[11]
  • Educated at: Brooklyn College[12]
  • Member of: Q141725319[13]
  • Sex or gender: male[14]
  • Genre: jazz[15]
  • Record label: Motéma Music[16]
  • Commons category: Arturo O’Farrill[17]
  • Archives at: Institute of Jazz Studies[18]
  • Family name: O'Farrill[19]
  • Given name: Arturo[20]
  • Official website: http://www.arturoofarrill.com/[21]
  • Work location: New York City[22]
  • Instrument: piano[23]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[24]
  • Start of work period: 1979[25]
  • Social media followers: 2903[26], 2744[27]

Why It Matters

Arturo O'Farrill is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

FAQs

Where was Arturo O'Farrill born?

Arturo O'Farrill's place of birth was Mexico City[2].

What did Arturo O'Farrill do for work?

Arturo O'Farrill worked as a bandleader[3], composer[4], conductor[5], pianist[6], and jazz musician[7].

Where did Arturo O'Farrill go to school?

Arturo O'Farrill was educated at Brooklyn College[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . oslojazz.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . oslojazz.no. oslojazz.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . archives.libraries.rutgers.edu. Retrieved . archives.libraries.rutgers.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . oslojazz.no. oslojazz.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22h ago · Moebeus · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → Q141725319
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  2. 7d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Archives at → Institute of Jazz Studies
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'nl']
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  3. 20w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → —
    Official website → http://www.arturoofarrill.com/
    Instance of → human
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
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