Starr, Mark

Amanda Maier was a major violin soloist in Scandanavia and Germany in the 1870s, performing concertos with important symphony orchestras -- such as the Gewandhaus in Leipzig and the Royal Swedish Orchestra in Stockholm. Her multi-faceted musical talent emerged at an early age. At 16, she entered the Royal School of Music in Stockholm -- where she studied violin, organ, piano, cello, composition, harmony, music history and aesthetics. In 1872, she receive from the school the academic title of Music Director, the first woman to be so honored. In 1880, she married the pianist and composer Julius