Marie Azpiroz Mellini

Azpiroz was born in Madrid, Spain, on November 27, 1889. She commenced study of the violin at age 5 at the Madrid Royal Conservatory, where she graduated with high honors after 6 years. She was recognized as performing before the young King and Queen Dowager of Spain as well as President Diaz of Mexico. She toured in Cuba, Mexico, South America, and the United States with numerous newspaper reviews between 1903 and 1910.

Marie Azpiroz
Born(1889-11-27)November 27, 1889
NationalitySpanish
EducationMadrid Royal Conservatory
Occupationviolinist

Marie Azpiroz was a Spanish violinist.

On March 12, 1904 she performed benefit at Carnegie Music Hall. http://data.carnegiehall.org/events/13461/about

Around 1909 she settled in Los Angeles and taught at The Fillmore School of Music.

In 1914 Azpiroz married Frederick Mellini and they had two children. Frederick and Marie performed together with the Metropolitan Grand Opera Company.

Between 1909 and 1919, many photographs were taken of Azpiroz by Charles F Lummis and those are currently housed in the Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West.[1]

Azpiroz was a virtuoso of the classical repertoire, including pieces by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Vieuxtemps, Wieniawski, Sarasate, and Monasterio.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

References
  1. "Autry National Center | Collections Online". Collections.theautry.org. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  2. "Los Angeles Herald from Los Angeles, California on August 7, 1910 · Page 52". Newspapers.com. 1910-08-07. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  3. "Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California on August 15, 1903 · Page 18". Newspapers.com. 1903-08-15. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  4. "Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California on August 17, 1903 · Page 6". Newspapers.com. 1903-08-17. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  5. "Corona Courier Newspaper Archives, Nov 28, 1908| NewspaperArchive®". Newspaperarchive.com. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  6. "Los Angeles Herald 30 April 1911 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". Cdnc.ucr.edu. 1911-04-30. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  7. "Full text of "Pacific coast music review"". Archive.org. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
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