Jelly d'Arányi

Jelly d'Aranyi
Jelly d'Aranyi in 1923
Background information
Born
Jelly Aranyi de Hunyadvár

(1893-05-30)30 May 1893
Died30 March 1966(1966-03-30) (aged 72)
Florence, Italy
GenresClassical
OccupationViolinist
InstrumentViolin

Jelly d'Aranyi, fully Jelly Aranyi de Hunyadvár (Hungarian: Hunyadvári Aranyi Jelly) (30 May 1893 – 30 March 1966) was a Hungarian violinist who made her home in London. The great-niece of Joseph Joachim and sister of violinist Adila Fachiri, she became one of the leading violinists of her generation. After studying at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, she established herself as a prominent chamber musician and soloist, forming notable collaborations with Pablo Casals and Frederick Septimus Kelly. Several major composers dedicated works to her, including Béla Bartók's two violin sonatas, Maurice Ravel's Tzigane, Ralph Vaughan Williams' Concerto Accademico, and Gustav Holst's Double Concerto for Two Violins. She played an unusual role in the discovery of Robert Schumann's lost Violin Concerto through a séance in 1933.