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Spanish pianist

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

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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.

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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 Alic