Rosa Sabater

Bust of Rosa Sabater in the Palau de la Música, Barcelona
In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Sabater and the second or maternal family name is Parera; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".

Rosa Sabater i Parera (Catalan: [ˈrɔzə səβəˈte], Spanish: [ˈrosa saβaˈteɾ]; Barcelona, Spain, 29 August 1929 – Mejorada del Campo, Spain, 27 November 1983) was a Spanish pianist. She was a pupil of Frank Marshall (1883-1959), who headed the Academia Marshall in Barcelona, formerly the Academia Granados.[1]

In 1982 she served on the jury of the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition.[2]

Rosa Sabater won the Creu de Sant Jordi Prize in 1983;[3] shortly afterwards she was killed in the Avianca Flight 011 crash.

  1. ^ Spanish Music in the Twentieth Century. 1993. p. 6. Through Frank Marshall, the principal disciple of Granados, the influence of the Academia has continued to our own day, exemplified by pianists such as Alicia de Larrocha and Rosa Sabater.
  2. ^ Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition “Winners, members of the jury and artistic guests”
  3. ^ "Hoy cumpliría 90 años Jorge Ibargüengoitia, un autor imprescindible para entender México" (in Spanish). 22 January 2018.