Suzanne Joly, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Suzanne Joly

French pianist

Date of Birth: 16-Mar-1914

Place of Birth: Oran, Oran Province, Algeria

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: composer, pianist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Suzanne Joly (16 March 1914 – 2012) was a French composer and pianist born in Oran.A child prodigy, she performed in Algeria and France before becoming the student for the piano of Lazare-Lévy and Antoinette Véluard, for writing of Olivier Messiaen and Jean Roger-Ducasse at the Conservatoire de Paris.
Her real name was 'Suzanne Obadia', wife of painter Louis Joly, she wrote a musical work covering all genres: Petite Suite for orchestra (1942) Sérénade; Fantaisie concertante for piano and orchestra (1944–1948) Rupestre pour orchestre (1968) Mélodies (Paul Verlaine, Andrée Brunin,...); Ode à la Jeune Fille (1968); String quartet; Thème, Variations et Allegro Fugato for solo piano (1956) etc. Died in Paris in 2012, she was buried at Cimetière parisien de Bagneux. A large part of her archives is housed at the Centre International Albert Roussel.