Hazon, Rita

HARPIST (ITALY)
BORN 6 Aug 1892, Sydney - DIED 29 May 1967, Parma, Emilia-Romagna
BIRTH NAME Hazon, Margherita
GRAVE LOCATION Parma, Emilia-Romagna: Cimitero della Villetta, Viale della Villetta 29 B

Margherita Hazon was the daughter of the conductor and music critic Robert Hazon (1852-1920), the founder of the Sidney Orchestral Society. In 1908 she entered the Conservatory in Milan where she graduated in harp in 1912 with a first prize. She started a concert career and in 1915 she was appointed harp teacher at the Conservatory of Parma. She held this position until 1956. Margherita Cicognari was one of her students.

Images

Graves at the Cimitero della Villetta, Parma.
Picture by Androom (11 Feb 2017)

 

Sources
Cimitero della Villetta, racconti dalle tombe in un percorso della memoria lungo 200 anni - la Repubblica
Portale dedicato alla Storia di Parma e a Parma nella Storia, a cura dell'Istituzione delle Biblioteche di Parma ::: Dizionario biografico: Haili-Hymen


Házy, Erzsébet

Published: 23 Oct 2023
Last update: 23 Oct 2023