Sheila Henig

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Sheila Henig (born February 19, 1934 in Winnipeg , † March 15, 1979 in Toronto ) was a Canadian pianist and singer (soprano).

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Henig studied piano with Jean Broadfoot and Gordon Kushner in Winnipeg and at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto with Margaret Miller Brown . She completed a vocal training with Lillian Smith Weichel and Dorothy Allan Park , which she continued from 1977 with Elizabeth Benson Guy . In 1955 she was awarded an Eaton Graduating Scholarship from the University of Toronto .

She made her first appearance in the USA in 1960 with the Houston Symphony Orchestra . In 1961 she received a prize for piano at the international music interpreter competition in Geneva and made her European debut as a pianist in Amsterdam. Further European tours took her to London ( Wigmore Hall ), Greece and Spain in 1964 and to Vienna, Salzburg, Brussels and Rotterdam in 1976.

In Canada, Henig has performed with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra , the CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra , the National Arts Center Orchestra , the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Halifax Symphony Orchestra . In 1978 she appeared in the Carnegie Recital Hall as a singer, piano soloist and accompanist for oboist Senia Trubashnik . Her father Harry Henig wrote a biography about her entitled Elusive summit: the biography of Sheila Henig , which was published in Toronto in 1981.

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SURNAME Henig, Sheila
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian pianist and singer
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1979
Place of death Toronto