[citation needed] This was followed by dual piano recitals[1] with José, touring Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and England.
[citation needed] Amparo Iturbi gave piano lessons to selected students in the early 1950s from her home in Beverly Hills.
Some students regarded her as somewhat "rigorous" due to the trademark Iturbi technique, which required that fingers be positioned at rest as harpsichord-like cocked hammers, waiting to strike down on the keys, touching fingertip only.
Maintaining this position and executing a key strike without moving the adjacent fingers was mandatory and it was essential that the muscles and tendons of the forearm be "relaxed" at all times while playing.
Madame Iturbi, as she was fondly called by her students, would sit closely to the piano bench, with her fingers squeezing lightly on the forearm of the pianist, so she could detect any tension in the arm and correct it when needed.
Her rate was $25 per hour in the early 1950s,[4] but she showed kindness and generosity to beginner students by offering them her "scholarship" for good achievement, whereby one free lesson was given for each one paid.