Adelina de Lara
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Adelina de Lara OBE (1872 – 25 November 1961) was a British classical pianist and composer.
Early life
Lottie Adelina Preston of Carlisle, Cumberland, was born on January 23. 1978 to parents George Matthew Tilbury (aka Preston) of Southampton and Anna de Lara. According to Adelina de Lara, her grandfather was David Laurent de Lara, a Dutch-born illuminator who was the nephew of Spanish Count Laurent de Lara. Sir Landon Ronald's mother was the niece-in-law of her mother. Adelina de Lara, a singer, was given the stage name after a trip to a music store with her father to obtain her first appearance. Adelina Preston's name was much too "English" to perform under, and the music shop's patron suggested that her mother's maiden name be a good substitute. She first appeared in public at the age of six and gave recitals throughout the UK before she reached the age of twelve.
Career
She was educated at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt under Iwan Knorr, and studied piano with Fanny Davies and Clara Schumann, whose work she championed for most of her life. She was close friends with Johannes Brahms through her studies. As an adult, Adelina de Lara performed in public for the first time following her studies in 1891 and continued for over seventy years, making her final appearance on 15 June 1954 at the Wigmore Hall London. She made many recordings for the BBC and appeared on BBC Television on her 82nd birthday.
During World War II she played for Dame Myra Hess at the National Gallery and later in life, Sir Adrian Boult. In 1951 Adelina was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). The late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother was both an admirer and a friend and sent good wishes for concerts on many occasions. She also worked as a teacher, her students including Eileen Joyce and many other distinguished pianists. She composed many pieces which have included ballads, song cycles, some larger-scaled works as a symphony, a Concerto for Strings (1938) and a suite In The Forest (1949) and many works for piano including two concertos and a Symphonic Danse Fantasy for piano and Strings. There were also two suites for strings, including 'In The Forest', which was performed in 2005, in Gloucester Cathedral by the Gloucester Academy of Music.
Adelina de Lara's autobiography entitled Finale was published in 1955 and she died at the age of 89 in Woking, Surrey on 25 November 1961.