“Sheet music, recordings of concerts and interviews, photographs, correspondence, and even the clothes that Alicia de Larrocha [1923-2009] wore throughout her life make up part of the personal archive of the great Spanish pianist,” writes Candice Agree on Monday (5/22) at Chicago radio station WFMT. “Alicia Torra de Larrocha, the pianist’s daughter, and two film-makers have spent the last six years cataloguing some 10,000 items. Soon, anyone—scholars, students, and fans—will be able to find a portion of that material by visiting the archive’s website.… Journalist, author, and radio host Mònica Pagès Santacana worked closely with the archive and Alicia Torra for Alicia de Larrocha: Notas para un genio (Alicia de Larrocha: Notes for a genius), published in 2016 in Spanish.… An English translation is expected soon. This first biography of the pianist also includes a CD of previously unreleased recordings…. [In] a recent documentary, Los manos de Alicia (Alicia’s hands) … André Previn, Maria João Pires, Martha Argerich, and her best-known student, Joaquín Achúcarro … explain why Alicia de Larrocha is considered one of the 20th century’s great pianists.”
Posted May 23, 2017
