Rozsi Varady (March 4, 1902 − December 19, 1933) was a concert cellist who was popular in both the United States and Europe.[1]
Biography
editShe was born in Budapest; her father was Wilhelm Varady.[1] She graduated from the Royal Academy of Budapest and was the first woman to receive the academy's "Artist Diploma".[2] She studied with Pablo Casals. She debuted in America in 1921, and was invited to perform at a State Dinner at the White House before President and Mrs. Harding on February 2, 1922.[3] Varady appeared as a soloist and together with Clemens Krauss in 1926 at the Salzburg Festival.[1]
In 1929 she married Joseph Anthony, an author and editor. Varady also became a naturalized US citizen in 1929. She died at the Park Central Hotel in New York on December 19, 1933, of heart disease.[1]
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b c d "Rozsi Varady Anthony". New York Times. 21 December 1933. p. 21. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ^ Clarke & Miller (1923), p. 174.
- ^ "President Host to Chief Justice Taft" (PDF). New York Times. February 3, 1922. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
References
edit- Clarke, Ida Clyde Gallagher; Miller, Laura (1923). Women of 1923. Women of Today Press.