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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. She is a regular visitor to all the important musical centres of the United States and Canada, and performs regularly throughout Europe, Latin America, Japan and Australasia.

She has enjoyed collaborations with a number of eminent musicians, among them Victoria de los Angeles, Montserrat Caballe, and the Guarneri and Tokyo Quartets. She also gave a performance of the Concerto for two pianos by Poulenc with the composer playing the second piano part. Alicia de Larrocha's lifelong friendship with Federico Mompou led to the composition of a number of works dedicated to her.

An exclusive artist with BMG/RCA Classics, current releases include a series of Mozart piano concerto recordings with the English Chamber Orchestra under Sir Colin Davis. Already available are recordings of Mozart piano sonatas, works by Schumann, a Spanish recital disc featuring works by Falla and Montsalvage, and discs featuring songs and dances by Mompou and works by Granados.

Her recent appearances in this country have included concerts with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle, the London Symphony Orchestra and Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Giuseppe Sinopoli, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Daniele Gatti, the Halle Orchestra and Kent Nagano, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Gerard Schwarz. She has also given recitals for the Edinburgh and Aldeburgh festivals, and at Symphony Hall Birmingham, and the Wigmore Hall and South Bank in London.

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.