Eileen Andjelkovitch (18 March 1896 – 15 October 1941), LRAM, born Eileen Constance Smith, was a British violinist, music educator, and musical director.
Eileen Russell Worby was usually described as Scottish, [1] [2] [3] but Eileen Constance Smith was born in Ireland, the daughter of Frank and Annie Smith; the Smiths lived in Buckinghamshire by 1901. [4] She was adopted by widowed Scottish-born music teacher Anna Alexander Russell Worby, and was living in London by 1911. [5] Successful examination by the Royal Academy of Music granted her a license to teach violin in 1923. [6] [7] [8]
As a young woman, Eileen Russell Worby played violin at theatres, [9] and was musical director at the Broadway Gardens Kinema in Walham Green in London. [10]
Andjelkovitch was a concert violinist. [1] She gave a concert at London's Aeolian Hall in 1927, [11] and accompanied Welsh baritone Owen Bryngwyn at the same venue in another concert that year. [12] She also made several recordings in the 1920s. [13] "She has an exceptionally rich tone and a great deal of temperament," wrote one reviewer in 1925. [14]
She performed on BBC Radio broadcasts in the 1920s [15] [16] and 1930s. [17] [18] [19] On the London stage, she was musical director of the shows Jane and Genius (1934), The Mask and the Face (1934) [20] and Within the Gates (1934). [21] In 1936, she conducted the King's Theatre Orchestra at a benefit concert in Hammersmith. [22]
Andjelkovitch was also known as a music educator. She was principal of the Fulham Central College of Music in 1927, [23] and in 1932 and 1933, [24] she principal of the Modern School of Music on Fulham Road in London. [6]
Russell married a Yugoslavian diplomat, Vidoslav Andjelkovitch, in July 1921. [25] [26] [27] She married fellow musician Gregori (Grisha) Tcherniak in 1934. [28] She married a third time, to musician George Ernest Cathie. In 1941 she died at the age of 45, at a nursing home in Worthing. [29]
Eileen Andjelkovitch (18 March 1896 – 15 October 1941), LRAM, born Eileen Constance Smith, was a British violinist, music educator, and musical director.
Eileen Russell Worby was usually described as Scottish, [1] [2] [3] but Eileen Constance Smith was born in Ireland, the daughter of Frank and Annie Smith; the Smiths lived in Buckinghamshire by 1901. [4] She was adopted by widowed Scottish-born music teacher Anna Alexander Russell Worby, and was living in London by 1911. [5] Successful examination by the Royal Academy of Music granted her a license to teach violin in 1923. [6] [7] [8]
As a young woman, Eileen Russell Worby played violin at theatres, [9] and was musical director at the Broadway Gardens Kinema in Walham Green in London. [10]
Andjelkovitch was a concert violinist. [1] She gave a concert at London's Aeolian Hall in 1927, [11] and accompanied Welsh baritone Owen Bryngwyn at the same venue in another concert that year. [12] She also made several recordings in the 1920s. [13] "She has an exceptionally rich tone and a great deal of temperament," wrote one reviewer in 1925. [14]
She performed on BBC Radio broadcasts in the 1920s [15] [16] and 1930s. [17] [18] [19] On the London stage, she was musical director of the shows Jane and Genius (1934), The Mask and the Face (1934) [20] and Within the Gates (1934). [21] In 1936, she conducted the King's Theatre Orchestra at a benefit concert in Hammersmith. [22]
Andjelkovitch was also known as a music educator. She was principal of the Fulham Central College of Music in 1927, [23] and in 1932 and 1933, [24] she principal of the Modern School of Music on Fulham Road in London. [6]
Russell married a Yugoslavian diplomat, Vidoslav Andjelkovitch, in July 1921. [25] [26] [27] She married fellow musician Gregori (Grisha) Tcherniak in 1934. [28] She married a third time, to musician George Ernest Cathie. In 1941 she died at the age of 45, at a nursing home in Worthing. [29]