Rudolf Serkin fitaccen dan wasan piano ne Ba'amurke ɗan Austriya. An haife shi a ranar 28 ga Maris, 1903, a Eger, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (yanzu Cheb, Jamhuriyar Czech) kuma ya rasu a ranar 8 ga Mayu, 1991, a Guilford, Vermont, Amurka.A matsayin suna. , "Rudolf Serkin" yana nufin mutumin da kansa, da kuma rayuwarsa da nasarorin da ya samu a matsayin dan wasan pianist. A matsayin suna da ya dace, yana kuma iya komawa ga abubuwan da suka faru, cibiyoyi, ko karramawa mai suna bayansa, kamar "Rudolf Serkin Performing Arts Center" a Kwalejin Tekun Atlantika a Bar Harbor, Maine.In duniyar kiɗan gargajiya, Serkin an yi la'akari da shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƴan wasan pian na ƙarni na 20, wanda aka san shi da ƙwarewar fasaha, zurfin fassara, da ƙaƙƙarfan kidan. Ya shahara musamman saboda fassarar ayyukan Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, da Schubert. Ana ci gaba da yin bikin gadon Serkin ta hanyar faifai, wasan kwaikwayo, da yunƙurin ilimantarwa ta hanyar misalinsa.