Guide to the Aveling, Valda (pianist) : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia, 1938-

Summary

Collection number:

EPH PROMPT .Aveling, Valda (pianist)

Extent:

1 collection.

Language:

English and English

Availability:

Available

Background

Content Summary:

Material in the Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection consists of programs and related items of Valda Aveling including various concert programs of her performances.

Valda Rose Aveling was an Australian pianist, harpsichordist and clavichordist. Valda Aveling was born in Sydney on 16 May 1920, the youngest of four girls and a boy, and showed great talent at an early age. At 16 she received teaching and performing diplomas from the NSW Conservatorium of Music, and performed in the Sydney Eisteddfod in 1935, where she won the Sydney Eisteddfod Australian Women's Weekly 100-pound pianoforte scholarship for the most talented juvenile pianist. In 1938, she made her piano debut under Malcolm Sargent, at the Sydney Town Hall. She was active as a harpsichordist before the emergence of the early music movement and commissioned works for the instrument from living composers. She was the first to give amplified recitals on the clavichord. She taught at Trinity College of Music, London, and made numerous recordings. Among her notable pupils was pianist Howard Brown. In 1982, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). She died on the 21 November 2007 at the age of 87.

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Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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