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  Bio for Alicia de Larrocha
A favorite of audiences throughout the world, the Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha has toured the United States three times each year since her return here in 1965, building a fanatically devoted public who cheer her in recital, with orchestra and in chamber music.
A native of Barcelona, Alicia de Larrocha made her first public appearance in 1929 at the age of six.
de Larrocha was awarded the Principe de Asturias Prize, given by a private foundation in Spain to honor outstanding achievements in humanities, science and the arts in November of 1994.
www.pittsburghsymphony.org /pghsymph.nsf/bios/Alicia+de+Larrocha   (613 words)

  
 Alicia de Larrocha, troisième degré
Quant à Francis Planté, Isidor Philipp et Arthur Rubinstein, ils jouaient encore à l'aube de leur quatre-vingt dixième anniversaire.
A 78 ans, Alicia de Larrocha semble apparentée à cette lignée.
Ces prérogatives de l'âge sage et d'un génie toujours en alerte s'effacent devant une conviction artistique et une vision du tout stylistique, rompues à l'expérience d'une lecture cent fois remise sur le métier.
www.scena.org /columns/reviews/011201-SV-larrocha.html   (423 words)

  
 Christa Phelps Artist Management - Alicia de Larrocha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Alicia de Larrocha has developed an intensive international career since her concerto debut at the age of twelve, and is now recognised as an artist of outstanding interpretative insight.
Alicia de Larrocha's lifelong friendship with Federico Mompou led to the composition of a number of works dedicated to her.
Alicia de Larrocha is the recipient of many special distinctions including the Paderewski Memorial Medal, the Principe de Asturias prize, an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Michigan, the German critics' prize, three Grammy awards, and two Grand Prix du Disque.
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 Best Prices on Alicia De Larrocha at iMegaDeals.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Alicia is a wonderful pianist, and I enjoy her renditions of Granados.
Alecia de Larrocha plays exactly as if she knows what is happeining, either in the mind of the composer or the...
Alicia de Larrocha's place in the pianistic history of the twentieth century is by now assured.
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 The Purity and Polish of Alicia de Larrocha - Tom Knulls
The Purity and Polish of Alicia de Larrocha
Her full Spanish name is Alicia de Larrocha y de la Calle, an awe-inspiring verbal fanfare for a performer so diminutive in height and unpretentious in bearing.
King Juan Carlos of Spain, one of her many, many "fans" (if it is not disrespectful to speak of a king as a "fan"), presented Madame de Larrocha with the country's Medalla de Oro al merito en las Bellas Artes (Gold Medal of Merit in the Arts) in...
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 Magyar Rádió Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Tehetségével és odaadásával de Larrocha keresett előadóművésszé vált, a világ vezető zenekaraival, a legnevesebb karmesterek irányításával játszott.
De Larrocha keze nagyon apró, mégis túl tudott lépni ennek a korlátain.
Alicia de Larrocha szerint országa kulturális örökségéből fakad zenei érdeklődése, de "ha az ember nem játssza jól Bachot és Mozartot, a spanyol darabokat sem tudja jól előadni".
www.radio.hu /index.php?cikk_id=4578   (301 words)

  
 Musica clasica: Alicia de Larrocha
Alicia de Larrocha es otra maestra vinculada con Barcelona.
El público educado de Amsterdam esperó en silencio a que empezase el concierto y recibió la actuación de De Larrocha con aplausos efusivos y tal vez, comprensivos.
Resulta interesante que una persona tan pequeña podía tocar con tanta fuerza muscular, una de las calidades evidentes de la forma de tocar de Alicia de Larrocha.
www.euroresidentes.com /Blogs/musica_clasica/2005/08/alicia-de-larrocha.html   (257 words)

  
 Alicia de Larrocha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Alicia de Larrocha, the great pianist, whose recordings and concert performances of the music of Spanish music have inspired guitarists worldwide for over fifty years.
Among the great number of prizes and decoration received, Alicia de Larrocha was nominated Doctor Honoris Causa for the University of Ann Arbor (Michigan) and Carnegie Melon and Middelburry College (Vermont).
The Copenhagen Guitar Festival is very honoured that Alicia de Larrocha holds 'The interpretation of Spanish music' master class, under the festival, on Monday 9
www.rundetaarn.dk /engelsk/cgf01/larrochauk.htm   (191 words)

  
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Alicia de Larrocha is probably the finest interpreter of Spanish Piano music.The Art of Alicia de Larrocha is a collection of recordings performed by the artist over many years.There are 7 CD's in total.
Alicia de Larrocha has always been one of my very favorite pianists, and while I was a student during the 1970s and early 1980s I eagerly snatched up each of her recordings as soon it arrived on the shelves.
In the long twilight of her illustrious career, Se?ora de Larrocha has tended to concentrate on playing Mozart concertos and sonatas in public, music which demonstrates her sterling musicianship and tone without over-taxing her technique in a major way.
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 Conversación con Alicia de Larrocha.
Está claro que escuchar a Alicia de Larrocha tocar en directo hoy día es como contemplar a un mito en vida; y a todo ello le añadimos que, probablemente debido a su edad, apenas si ofrece conciertos en la actualidad.
La orquesta terminó de sentarse y se hizo el silencio previo, espera inquieta, a la entrada de Alicia en la sala.
Pero, no sólo tenía la precisión de Martha Argerich, sino también la pulcritud de Pollini, la comprensión interpretativa de Brendel y un carácter muy especial, propio, que imprimía al tocar y que a su vez impregnaba el ambiente...
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 classical music - andante - pianist alicia de larrocha plans to retire
Alicia de Larrocha apparently plans to retire at the end of the 2002–03 concert season, according to San Francisco Symphony officials, who announced in a news release last week that the pianist's upcoming concerts with the orchestra would likely be her last in the Bay Area.
De Larrocha, who made her first public appearance in 1929 at the age of six, turns 80 in May.
Reissues of pianist Alicia de Larrocha playing the repertory that made her famous.
www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=19032   (241 words)

  
 Alicia De Larrocha - Granados: Escenas Románticas, Etc | ArkivMusic
Though less well-known, the Bocetos and Cuentos de la juventud (the latter might be described as Granados' answer to Schumann's Kinderszenen) surely will attract those who respond to this composer's vivacious romanticism and smoky range of colors.
Praising Alicia de Larrocha in this repertoire is tantamount to giving fresh air a good review.
Picky Larrocha fans might argue that the pianist had lost a modicum of her erstwhile dynamic range and fire by the late-'80s/early-'90s (her 1985 Escenas Románticas on Decca are just a little more incisive).
www.arkivmusic.com /classical/album.jsp?site_id=CTRV&album_id=75731   (259 words)

  
 La voz del piano español: Alicia de Larrocha. Por Asier Vallejo.
Nacida en Barcelona el 23 de mayo de 1.923, debutó ya con cinco años en la Exposición Universal de Barcelona en el 29, es decir, fue una niña prodigio; es normal, si tenemos en cuenta que es descendiente de discípulas de Granados, y así vivió desde muy pequeña inmersa en un importante ambiente musical.
Desde aquel año de 1.956, Alicia de Larrocha ha venido desarrollando una labor concertística que alcanza los cinco continentes, bien en solitario, o bien en compañía de las más importantes orquestas y los más reconocidos directores.
En cualquiera de sus grabaciones se puede apreciar su capacidad de combinar sentido del ritmo con una impresionante aptitud para crear imágenes o impresiones cargadas de tensión y emoción.
www.filomusica.com /filo19/asier.html   (685 words)

  
 Classical music: Alicia de Larrocha
Alicia de Larrocha is another artist with strong connections with Barcelona.
She was born there in 1923 and in 1959 was appointed as Director of the Marshall Academy.
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www.euroresidentes.com /Blogs/classical_music/2005/08/alicia-de-larrocha.html   (278 words)

  
 Popular Music : Alicia de Larrocha - Richard Stoltzman Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Alexander Schneider [violin] Eduardo ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
by: Isaac Albeniz, Enrique Granados, Alicia de Larrocha
by: Manuel de Falla, Isaac Albeniz, Joaquin Turina, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alicia de Larrocha
by: Manuel de Falla, Joaquin Rodrigo, Charles Dutoit, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Carlos Bonell, Huguette Tourangeau, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Montréal Symphony Orchestra, Alicia de Larrocha
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 Alicia de Larrocha - dk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Hendes fortolkninger kendetegnes ved klanglig rigdom og rytmisk prægnans, noget som især kommer til sin ret i de spanske værker af Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados og Manuel de Falla.
Copenhagen Guitar Festival er beæret over at Alicia de Larrocha har sagt ja til at give en masterclass for guitarister i interpretation af denne vigtige del af det spanske repertoire.
Alicia de Larrocha giver koncert i Rundetaarns Bibliotekssal, søndag d.8.
www.rundetaarn.dk /dansk/musik/cgf01/larrochadk.htm   (105 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Alicia de Larrocha: Music: Isaac Albeniz,Mateo Albeniz,Enrique Granados,Ernesto Halffter,Federico ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
De Larrocha has indicated she will retire from concertizing and spend her time re-editing Granados.
But it is Alicia de Larrocha, I believe, who best reveals through her potent artistry the stunning sonic depths of the chords, rhythyms and runs, the full tonal tour of that magic country that is the cross-roads of two continents, Europe and Africa.
With breathless enchantment throughout works like "Almeria" a different soul shines out than what we're used to in more Northern music, something that would be wrongly called sensual if only that that would be a misunderstanding of the great spirituality that lies deep within these works, a sort of sleeping fire that Ms.
www.amazon.com /Alicia-Larrocha-Isaac-Albeniz/dp/B00000DI2V   (1005 words)

  
 Alicia De Larrocha Favourite Spanish Encores: Dec Albums, CDs, Vinyl Records and LPs
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 Biografia de Alicia de Larrocha
Hizo estudios de piano con Frank Marshall, y de armonía con Ricardo Lamote de Grignon y Joaquín Zamacois.
A los cinco años de edad dio su primer concierto en la Exposición Universal de Barcelona y desde entonces ha desplegado una carrera de concertista tanto en recitales como al frente de las más acreditadas orquestas mundiales.
Con técnica brillante y gran musicalidad, se ha destacado en la interpretación de obras españolas, particularmente las de Falla, Granados, Albéniz, Turina, Esplá y Rodrigo, pero también ha abordado con éxito el repertorio clásico, romántico e impresionista de la música europea.
www.biografiasyvidas.com /biografia/l/larrocha.htm   (132 words)

  
 Alicia de Larrocha by Alicia deLarrocha at jsbach.org
Definitely NOT for purists, this recording is an example of the way pianists in the 19th century played Bach: full sound, careful use of sustaining pedal, and personal vision.
As usual, de Larrocha's sound is DIVINE, and thus makes this a most enjoyable recording.
Again, this is not a recording for purists but by her individuality, de Larrocha's illustrates how lesser pianists of the late 20th c.
www.jsbach.org /delarrochaaliciadelarrocha.html   (122 words)

  
 KlassikAkzente - Alicia de Larrocha: Alicia de Larrocha wird 80
KlassikAkzente - Alicia de Larrocha: Alicia de Larrocha wird 80
Es besteht wohl kein Zweifel daran, dass Alicia de Larrocha die größte lebende Interpretin der spanischen Klaviermusik ist.
Mai 2003 erscheint, dokumentiert, ganz wie es der Titel will, "The Art Of Alicia De Larrocha".
www.klassikakzente.de /page_11132.jsp   (206 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Alicia de Larrocha 2: Music: Johann Sebastian Bach,George Frideric Handel,Franz Joseph Haydn,Wolfgang ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Alicia De Larrocha is the master of Mozart Piano works.
Once you her De Larrocha play Mozart, you will start to hear flaws in other virtuosos' playing.
De Larrocha's performance is expressive and so very musical.
www.amazon.com /Alicia-Larrocha-Johann-Sebastian-Bach/dp/B00001XDL7   (1443 words)

  
 SONY BMG - Alicia de Larrocha - Diskografie
Granados: Goyescas / Allegro de concierto / Danza lenta
ALICIA DE LARROCHA war eine begnadete Interpretin der Klaviermusik Spaniens.
Und über diese Vorzüge hinaus entwickelt Alicia de Larrocha an den melodischen Schlüsselstellen eine Wärme, eine ungekünstelte Herzlichkeit des Vortrags, für die ihr Granados noch im Grabe dankbar sein dürfte."
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 alicia de larrocha Discography and alicia de larrocha music catalog
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 Alicia de Larrocha's non-commercial recordings
I'm looking for radio broadcasts/webcasts of recitals or concerto performances by Alicia de Larrocha.
Please email me privately (cpe_meyer@yahoo.co.uk) if you happen to have anything which may be of interest.
I have got a very sizeable collection of non-commercial recordings (including quite a few De Larrocha) + commercial rarities and I would be very happy to arrange a trade with fellow collectors.
www.good-music-guide.com /forum/index.php?topic=4389.0   (157 words)

  
 Alicia de Larrocha - Bach's Non Vocal Works - Recordings
Alicia de Larrocha - Bach's Non Vocal Works - Recordings
Alicia de Larrocha II: Bach / Handel / Haydn / Mozart / Scarlatti (Great Pianists of the 20
The Art of Alicia de Larrocha [Box Set]
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 Albeniz: Iberia / Alicia de Larrocha - 077776450421 - EMI Classics - EMI 645042A - H&B Recordings Direct   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Albeniz: Iberia / Alicia de Larrocha - 077776450421 - EMI Classics - EMI 645042A - HandB Recordings Direct
• Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909): Recuerdos de Viaje, Op.
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 SONY BMG - Alicia de Larrocha -
Die "Grande Dame" am Piano: Alicia de Larrocha entstammt einer Pianisten-Generation, in der Tugenden wie Disziplin, Bescheidenheit und Dienst am Werk zum guten Ton gehörten.
Im nächsten Jahr feiert die aus Barcelona stammende Künstlerin ihren 80.Geburtstag und kann auf eine Karriere von über 60 Jahren zurückblicken.
Die Pianistin ALICIA DE LARROCHA mit zwei Meisterwerken des romantischen Repertoires: dem "Klavierkonzert" sowie dem "Klavierquintett" (zusammen mit dem Tokyo String Quartet) von...
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 Tower Records - Granados: Spanish Dances / Alicia de Larrocha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Tower Records - Granados: Spanish Dances / Alicia de Larrocha
Alicia de Larrocha - Granados: Escenas romanticas, etc
Albeniz: Iberia; Granados: Goyescas / Alicia de Larrocha
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