Lorenza Pilar García Seta, the soprano known by her stage name of Pilar Lorengar, was born in Saragossa, on the 16 January 1928. She has German nationality and lives in Berlin. In 1950 she made her debut in Oran, playing the principal role in Maruxa. In 1955, after some recitals for the BBC, she was presented in the Festival of Aix-en-Provence, where she played The Marriage of Figaro, to then go on to the stages of New York, with Goyesca, and to London´s Covent Garden and Brussels with La Traviata. A year later, in 1956, she sang at the Glyndebourne Opera Festival, and then at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, the Colón in Buenos Aires and on the main stages of the world, such as La Scala in Milan and the Salzburg Festival.

In November 1958, she was contracted by the Berlin National Opera, to which she has dedicated since then four or five month each year on average, becoming its leading figure.

Her latest performances in Spain, since the mid-eighties have been, among others: in June 1985, in the Vicente Calderón Stadium, together with Plácido Domingo in Othello, in February 1986, in the Barcelona Palau and in April 1990 in the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid. She has the Sash of Isabella the Catholic, the Medal of the Madrid Circle of Fine Arts (1976), the "Ofelia Nieto" national prize, the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and the Gold Medal of Saragossa . In 1963, the Senate of Berlin granted her the title of "Singer of the House", and on the 29th January 1984 she was appointed as a member of honour of the Berlin Opera.

On the 12th January 1991, a few days before giving a concert and the Gran Liceo Theatre in Barcelona, she announced her retirement form lyrical singing at a press conference, although she herself has recognised that she will continue working as a pianist and will occasionally take part in some recitals.