Amparo iturbi biography

Amparo Iturbi was.
Amparo Iturbi Báguena (12 March 1898 – 22 April 1969) was a Spanish pianist.
Amparo Iturbi Báguena was a Spanish pianist.

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Iturbi, Amparo (1898–1969)

Spanish pianist who performed on concert stages throughout the world and was widely known as a teacher. Born in Valencia, Spain, on March 12, 1898; died in Beverly Hills, California, on April 21, 1969; one of four children of Ricardo Iturbi (a piano tuner) and Teresa (Baguena) Iturbi; sister of José Iturbi (1895–1980).

Born in Valencia, Spain, on March 12, 1898, Amparo Iturbi had a distinguished career as an international concert pianist. In 1925, she gave her first important concert outside Spain at the Salle Gaveau in Paris. She was first heard in America on May 2, 1937, when she performed the Haydn Piano Concerto for CBS radio. Two months later, she performed the Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos with her equally gifted brother, José Iturbi, at Lewisohn Stadium. Though she was somewhat overshadowed by her brother, Amparo Iturbi was an accomplished musician and stylish performer. As a teacher, she trained a number of excellent artists including Bruce Sutherland. She died in Beverly Hills, California, in 1969.

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Amparo Iturbi

Spanish pianist

Amparo Iturbi Báguena (12 March 1898 – 22 April 1969) was a Spanish pianist.

Early career

Amparo Iturbi Báguena was born in Valencia, Spain, one of four children of Ricardo Iturbi (a piano tuner) and Teresa (Baguena) Iturbi.

The younger sister of José Iturbi, she gave her debut concert at age 15 in Barcelona. In 1925, she gave her first important concert outside Spain. She played in Paris, at the Salle Gaveau.^{[citation needed]}

This was followed by dual piano recitals^[1] with José, touring Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and England. She accompanied the famous Catalan soprano Maria Barrientos. It was not until 1937 that she first played in the United States. She had one daughter, also named Amparo, by a brief marriage. The younger Amparo led an internationally renowned flamenco troupe and taught dance. Amparo Iturbi was a pioneer of the Spanish piano repertoire in the U.S., until the arrival of Alicia de Larrocha in 1965.^[2]

Film career

She had guest roles, playing hersel

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“If a woman is able to play an instrument better than a man, we want that woman in our orchestra,” José Iturbi once said. (1)

Perhaps he had his sister Amparo in mind when he said it.

Amparo was José’s baby sister, the last of the Iturbi siblings. Born in March of 1898 in Valencia, Spain, she never had José’s good fortune with conservatory scholarships, but she shared his talent, dexterity, and passion for music. She also had had two good mentors in piano teacher Maria Jordan and Professor Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri Marco who had championed her brother before. In a 1937 interview, Amparo described her own musical education as “a little savage.” (2)

Nevertheless, it is said that her debut in Barcelona, 1914, was impressive: the great composer Granados was in the audience, and he declared her to be “the finest interpreter” of his music.

Dear Amparo,
Many times, my father told me you were the only interpreter of his music and the only one who had his true tradition.... I remember that he played for you two of his da