Frances Adaskin
Frances Marr Adaskin O.C. (Born August 23, 1900 in Ridgetown , Ontario ; † March 8, 2001 in Vancouver ) was a Canadian pianist .
Born as the daughter of Del and Eunice Marr, she learned to play the piano as a child . She was a student of Paul Wells at the Conservatory of Music in Toronto and a student of Celine Chailley-Richez in Paris in the summer of 1930 and 1931 . In 1926 she married the violinist Harry Adaskin , with whom she also entered into a lifelong artistic collaboration. Until 1938 she accompanied her husband's band, the Hart House String Quartet , on their appearances in America and Europe. Then both formed a duo and undertook from 1944 to 1954 a. a. joint tours through Canada.
In 1976 Adaskin was inducted into the Order of Canada . In 1991 she ended her musical career and spent the evening of her life with her husband in Vancouver, where they had both lived since 1946. She died in 2001 at the age of 100.
Web links
- Betty Nygaard King, Joanne Dorenfeld: Frances Marr Adaskin ( English, French ) In: Encyclopedia of Music in Canada . published by The Canadian Encyclopedia . December 15, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
- Frances Marr Adaskin Fund (PDF; 396 kB)
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| SURNAME | Adaskin, Frances |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adaskin, Frances Marr |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 23rd August 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ridgetown , Ontario |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 2001 |
| Place of death | Vancouver , British Columbia |