Marion Stein
(1926-2014), Concert pianist and joint founder of Leeds International Piano Competition; former wife of 7th Earl of Harewood, and later wife of Jeremy ThorpeMaria Donata ('Marion') (née Stein), Countess of Harewood (later Mrs Jeremy Thorpe)
Sitter in 22 portraits
Artist associated with 1 portrait
Pianist and daughter of Erwin Stein, Stein was a close friend of Britten and Pears. For her wedding in 1949 to operatic administrator George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood Britten composed the anthem 'Amo Ergo Sum', and in 1963 she commissioned him to write a piece for solo piano 'Notturno', for the first Leeds International Piano Competition. 'Billy Budd' was dedicated to the Harewoods, but when their marriage failed, Britten asked her husband to resign as president of the Aldburgh Festival. Stein would later marry Jeremy Thorpe.
Mstislav Rostropovich; Benjamin Britten
possibly by Maria Donata ('Marion') (née Stein), Countess of Harewood (later Mrs Jeremy Thorpe)
snapshot print, June 1964
NPG x15244
Related People
- George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (husband)
- David Henry George Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood (son)
- James Edward Lascelles (son)
- (Robert) Jeremy Hugh Lascelles (son)
- Erwin Stein (father)
- Sophie Stein (née Bachmann) (mother)
- Jeremy Thorpe (husband)
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