Therese Zamara

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Therese Zamara, photography by Josef Székely

Theresia Maria Hermine Zamara (born April 14, 1856 in Vienna ; † August 23, 1927 there ) was an Austrian harpist and music teacher.

Life

Zamara family burial site

Theresia Maria Hermine Zamara was a daughter of Antonio Zamara (1823-1901), born in Milan , and the older sister of Alfred Zamara . From 1869 to 1875 she studied the harp with her father and piano with Franz Ramesch at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna (GdM). In 1876 she won the GdM silver medal. Until 1881 she was a harpist in the orchestra of the Wiener Ringtheater , from 1889 she was a member of the Royal Hungarian Opera Orchestra in Budapest . She taught from 1898 to 1919 as a professor at the GdM Conservatory and at the Music Academy .

She was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 56B, row G2, number 18).

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