Johanna Martzy

Johanna Martzy (26 October 1924 – 13 August 1979) was a Hungarian violinist.

She was born in, Timișoara, Banat, Transylvania,(since 1920)Romania in 1924 and debuted at 13. She toured in the 1940s and 1950s. After that decade her renown in North America, at least, declined and her death from cancer, in Glarus in 1979, was not well noted.

She won 1st prize at Geneva competition in 1947.

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