9 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · Apr 30
The Sacramento-born child prodigy, who studied with Sergei Rachmaninoff, Nadia Boulanger and Artur Schnabel, continued performing into her 90s after dying last week.
Her early career was driven by an abusive father who forced punishing practice, a story she recounted in her 1957 memoir "Forbidden Childhood".
After breaking with her family at 16, she rebuilt her career on her own terms as a teacher, performer and recording artist, remaining active and in demand well into old age.
How does a pianist escape a 'Forbidden Childhood' to achieve nine decades of stardom?
What secrets of piano legend Rachmaninoff died with his last surviving pupil?