Alicia de Larrocha

Alicia de Larrocha of the Hold is a Spanish Pianiste there born with Barcelona the May 23rd 1923.

Biography

His/her mother is a pupil of Granados. Alicia begins the Piano at three years and takes its first courses with four with Franck Marshall with the Marshall Academy. She studies in parallel the musical Théorie with Riccardo Lamote de Grignon. The Spanish repertory the fascine well quickly, but its professor obliges it to pass initially by the “traditional ones” - Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, and Liszt. She occurs for the first time in solo at six years, and, eleven, she plays the Concerto of Mozart K 537 known as of “Crowning” with the Symphony orchestra of Madrid. In 1940, it starts to carry out rounds, initially in its native land, then in the Spanish colonies. But its career starts really only in 1947, date on which it starts an international round, which carries out it in Europe, in particular in England (London beginnings in 1953), then in the United States: in 1955, she plays with the Philharmonic orchestra of Los Angeles. Consequently, in spite of extremely small hands, she asseoit well quickly her notoriety in the international musical medium, and attends the studios of recordings assiduously, and successfully, since she obtains during her career eleven Grammies rewarding her best discs.

Its career is enamelled artistic meetings of the more high importance, in particular with Francis Poulenc, of which she plays the Concerto for two pianos in duet with the type-setter. Its long friendship with the type-setter Federico Mompou, who dedicates several parts to him, is also very significant.

In spite of a small size and hands also malingres, Alicia de Larrocha manages to triumph over the most difficult parts, thanks to a very high base with the piano, and specific exercises which enabled him to adapt its play to its aspect. Indeed, it is very rare to meet pianists, who, like Alicia de Larrocha, manage only with difficulty to plate an agreement of tenth, i.e. C with semi of the octave according to. And yet, the pianist specialized in the Spanish music, which contains extremely difficult parts. With the example of El Pelele of Granados, from which it draws with brilliance. But it had to be resigned not to more play Rachmaninov, which requires hands larger than those of Madam de Larrocha.

The repertory of Alicia de Larrocha counts many Spanish type-setters, of which Albéniz, Granados, Mompou, and Soler. However, it also recorded the “traditional” type-setters more, Bach, Haendel, Haydn, Mozart, Scarlatti etc

Alicia de Larrocha gained many prices throughout its career. In 1994, it receives the Prix Prince of Asturies. In 1995, Alicia de Larrocha is the first Spanish artist has to obtain the Price of the Music of UNESCO. The Foundation Jacinto Guerrero of Madrid decreed its Price in 1999 to him.

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