Federico Mompou

Frederic Mompou Dencausse (; 16 April 1893 – 30 June 1987), or Federico Mompou, was a Catalan composer and pianist. Life Early years Mompou was born in Barcelona to the lawyer Frederic Mompou and his wife, Josefina Dencausse, who was of French origin. His brother Josep Mompou (1888–1968) became a painter. His sketch of a simple farmhouse appeared on the covers of all of Frederic’s published music. Mompou studied piano under Pedro Serra at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu before going to Paris to study at the Conservatoire de Paris, which was headed by Gabriel Fauré. Mompou had heard Fauré perform in Barcelona when he was nine years old, and his personal financial situation was often dire enough to lead him away from music and into various business ventures, including an attempt to revive the traditional family bell foundry. In 1957, aged 64, Mompou married the pianist Carme Bravo, who was 30 years his junior. It was the first marriage for both of them, and they had no children. Later years In 1975 and 1976, Mompou was a jury member for the first Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition. In Barcelona, he became a member of the Royal Academy of Sant Jordi;