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3 unusual facts about Adelina de Lara


Adelina de Lara

She was married to Thomas Johnson Shipwright, and after her son Denis Shipwright divorced his first wife her grandson Edward, a tenor, took his mother's maiden name (Hain) as his surname.

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 also worked as a teacher, her students including Eileen Joyce and many other distinguished pianists.



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