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

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

, Karl Tausig and Adolf Henselt. Lindberg was born in

Kastelholm Kastelholm Castle ( sv, Kastelholms slott) is a Swedish people, Swedish-built medieval castle located off Road 2 in Sund, Åland, Sund, Åland, Finland, approximately northeast of Mariehamn, overlooking a fjord to the south of the village of Kas ...

, near

Sund, Åland Sund is a municipality of Åland. It is an autonomous territory of Finland which is very rich in history and culture, being one of the official 27 National landscapes of Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of w ...

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

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

from 1865 to 1868. Her breakthrough performance was in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

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

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

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