Rozsi Varady

Rozsi Varady (March 4, 1902 − December 19, 1933) was a concert cellist who was popular in both the United States and Europe.[1]

Rozsi Varady, from a 1922 publication.

Biography

She 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 appeared as a soloist in 1926 at the Salzburg Festival.[1]

In 1929 she married Joseph Anthony, an author and editor. She died at the Park Central Hotel in New York on December 19, 1933, of heart disease.[1]

Footnotes

1. "Rozsi Varady Anthony". New York Times. 21 December 1933. p. 21. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
2. Clarke & Miller (1923), p. 174.

References

• Clarke, Ida Clyde Gallagher; Miller, Laura (1923). Women of 1923. Women of Today Press.