Alexandra Emilia (Alie) Lindberg-Larsen (19 May 1849 – 27 November 1933) was a Finnish pianist and student of

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, Karl Tausig and Adolf Henselt. Lindberg was born in Kastelholm, near

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, to Karl Gustaf Lindberg and Agatha Wilhelmina Jahn. Her cousin was the violinist . She showed musical potential at an early age. Lindberg studied piano in

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from 1865 to 1868. Her breakthrough performance was in

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in 1871, after which she toured in Finland, Germany and London from 1872 to 1873. From 1873 to 1875, she worked as a piano teacher in

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. Lindberg then continued touring in Europe for a few years. In her early thirties in 1882, she discontinued her solo performances after she married Norwegian amateur singer and businessman Severin Larsen. Lindberg then moved to

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where she died when she was 84 years old. Lindberg's piano was depicted on a stamp.WOPA
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People from Sund, Åland Finnish music educators Finnish pianists Finnish women pianists 1849 births 1933 deaths Finnish women music educators Finnish emigrants to Sweden Finnish expatriates in Germany Finnish people from the Russian Empire Pupils of Adolf Henselt Pupils of Franz Liszt {{Finland-musician-stub