Spain's Diminutive Virtuosa De Larrocha Dies

NPR Weekend All Things Considered | September 26, 2009| | Copyright

GUY RAZ
NPR Weekend All Things Considered
09-26-2009
Spain's Diminutive Virtuosa De Larrocha Dies

Host: GUY RAZ
Time 19:00-20:00 PM

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GUY RAZ, host:

Finally today, we remember the pianist Alicia de Larrocha. She died last night at age 86 in the city of her birth, Barcelona.

(Soundbite of "First Spanish Dance")

RAZ: De Larrocha had a remarkable career spanning three quarters of a century, from her concert debut at age five to decades as perhaps the world's leading female pianist, to her final performance just a few years ago.

She was a towering figure in the classical music world, ...

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