Valda Aveling

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Valda Rose Aveling (born May 16, 1920 in Sydney , † November 21, 2007 ) was an Australian harpsichordist and pianist .

Aveling attended the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music in Sydney. In 1935 she went to London, where she was a student of harpsichordist Violet Gordon Woodhouse . In 1938 she returned to Australia and made her debut under the direction of Malcolm Sargent at Sydney Town Hall. At a concert in Manila she played Tchaikovsky's First, Rachmaninov's Second and Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto. During the Second World War she was regularly involved in Myra Hess ' lunchtime concerts at the National Gallery in London.

After the war, Aveling went on extensive concert tours, including with the City of Birmingham Orchestra under George Weldon and the Hallé Orchestra under John Barbirolli . In 1947 she played Manuel de Falla's nights in Spanish gardens in Australia under the direction of Rafael Kubelík .

Aveling had lived in London since the early 1950s. She performed at festivals in England (including the Proms ) and gave concerts in Europe, North America and the Middle East. She recorded compositions by Thomas Morley and made a complete recording of the works of Domenico Scarlatti (1976 with EMI). Further recordings were made with the singer Joan Sutherland and the conductor Richard Bonynge as well as with the oboist Evelyn Barbirolli . With George Malcolm and Simon Preston , Eileen Joyce and Geoffrey Parsons them, played partly under the direction of Yehudi Menuhin , Bach , a concert for two, three and four harpsichords.

She also recorded music with Luciano Pavarotti , Kiri Te Kanawa and Renata Tebaldi and played continuo when recording the Brandenburg Concerts under Adrian Boult and Schoenberg's arrangement of a harpsichord concerto by Matthias Georg Monn with Jacqueline du Pré . Contemporary composers such as Arnold Cooke , Gordon Jacobs , Stephen Dodgson and Elizabeth Maconchy also wrote works for her. From 1955 to 1982 Aveling taught at Trinity College of Music ; one of her students was the composer Carey Blyton , a nephew of the writer Enid Blyton . In 1982 she was awarded the Order of the British Empire .

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SURNAME Aveling, Valda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aveling, Vlda Rose
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian harpsichordist and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 2007