Suzanne Joly (16 March 1914 – 2012) was a French composer and pianist born in

Oran Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its population and commercial, industrial, and cultural ...

. A

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, she performed in Algeria and France before studying piano under Lazare-Lévy and Antoinette Véluard, and composition under

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and

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at the Conservatoire de Paris. Her real name was 'Suzanne Obadia', wife of painter Louis Joly, she wrote musical works covering all genres: ''Petite Suite'' for orchestra (1942) ''Sérénade''; ''Fantaisie concertante'' for piano and orchestra (1944–1948) ''Rupestre pour orchestre'' (1968)YouTube
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,...); ''Ode à la Jeune Fille'' (1968); ''String quartet''; ''Thème, Variations et Allegro Fugato'' for solo piano (1956) etc. Died in Paris in 2012, she was buried at

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. A large portion of her archives is housed at the Centre International Albert Roussel.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Joly, Suzanne Conservatoire de Paris alumni Academic staff of the Schola Cantorum de Paris 20th-century French women classical pianists 20th-century French classical pianists French women classical composers 1914 births 2012 deaths People from Oran French music educators French women music educators French classical composers Pieds-noirs Emigrants from French Algeria to France