Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev

Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev (1834–1917) was a Romanian pianist and composer.

Life

Athanasiu-Gardeev was born in Galaţi, Moldavia, in 1834. She studied music in Bucharest and then piano and composition in Paris with Julius Schulhoff and composition in St. Petersburg with Anton Rubinstein. She married Vasile Hermaziu and then General Gardeev who introduced her to Russian aristocracy. After the Romanian War of Independence, she lived in Bucharest, teaching voice, lute and piano. She died in Bucharest in 1917.

Works

Many of Athanasiu-Gardeev's compositions were based on Romanian folklore. Selected works include:

Romanian March, Op. 1

Myosotis (mazurka) Sourvenir de Odessa (mazurka) Polca capricioasa Wordless romance Scherzo Imn hymn for mixed chorus Collection de chansons 3 Leider

References

1834 births

1917 deaths

People from Galați

People from the Principality of Moldavia

19th-century classical composers

20th-century classical composers

Piano pedagogues

Romanian classical pianists

Romanian women pianists

Romanian classical composers

Romanian music educators

Romanian women composers

Romantic composers

Voice teachers

Romanian women classical composers

19th-century classical pianists

Romanian women music educators

Women classical pianists

20th-century women composers

19th-century women composers

19th-century women pianists

20th-century women pianists