French pianist
Magdeleine Brard |
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![A white girl with loose dark hair, seated sideway on a wooden chair; she is holding a book and wearing a loose-fitting white dress.](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Magdeleine_Brard_circa_1919.jpg/220px-Magdeleine_Brard_circa_1919.jpg) Magdeleine Brard during her musical career, circa 1919; from the George Grantham Bain News Service collection, Library of Congress. |
Born | Magdeleine Marie Anna Brard 7 August 1903
Pontivy, Brittany, France |
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Died | 3 June 1998 (1998-06-04) (aged 94) |
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Nationality | French (Breton) |
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Other names | Magda Brard |
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Occupation | Pianist |
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Magdeleine Brard (7 August 1903 – 3 June 1998), also known as Magda Brard, was a French pianist. During the 1930s, she was associated with Benito Mussolini, and under his patronage ran a music school in Turin.