Maude Mary Puddy

Maude Mary Puddy (27 Maris 1883 – 1 Agusta 1974) ƙwararren mai buga piano ne kuma mai koyar da kiɗa a ƙasar Ostiraliya.

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Puddy a Brompton, Kudancin Australia a ranar 27 ga Maris 1883.  Ita ce 'yar ta uku ta Jane (née Coombe) da Albert Puddy.

Ta yi karatu a Currie Street Model School  sannan kuma a Advanced School for Girls a Grote Street, Adelaide. Tun tana 'yar shekara takwas mahaifinta ya koya mata piano. A shekara ta 1893, tana gasa da 'yan mata masu shekaru 15, ta lashe baje kolin makarantar jama'a na shekara-shekara don piano. Ta yi kide-kide na jama'a a watan Agustan shekara ta 1894 kuma an yaba da ita saboda dabararta da kuma "style na wasa". Ta sake lashe baje kolin makarantar jama'a don piano a shekara ta 1894. Ta fara darussan tare da Gotthold Reimann a Kwalejin Kiɗa ta Adelaide a 1895 kuma ta ci gaba a ƙarƙashin karatun sa lokacin da kwalejin ta haɗu da Elder Conservatorium of Music a Jami'ar Adelaide. A cikin 1898 Puddy ya sami ambaton na musamman daga masu jarrabawa da ke kimanta masu fafatawa don tallafin Elder pianoforte. A shekara mai zuwa ta lashe wannan tallafin karatu na shekaru uku. A shekara ta 1900 an ba ta difloma ta farko na abokiyar kiɗa  kuma a shekara ta 1905 ta kammala karatu tare da digiri na kiɗa.

 Ayyuka 
A cikin 1905, Puddy ta bar Adelaide zuwa Vienna, ta hanyar Melbourne da London, tare da 'yar'uwarta, Rosa. A can ta yi karatu tare da Theodor Leschetizky, ta ba da kide-kide kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin malamin dalibi. Leschetizky ya ce game da ita, "sanannen baiwarta ya taimaka mata ba kawai ta yi aiki a matsayin fitaccen ɗan wasan piano na jama'a ba, har ma da koyarwa tare da gagarumin nasara".[1] Ya ci gaba da girmama ta hanyar keɓe Valse Prelude (op. 49, no. 2) a gare ta.[2][3]

Puddy da Rosa sun koma London a 1913 kuma sun zauna a can a lokacin yakin duniya na farko. Baya ga koyarwa da yin sana'a, Puddy ya yi wa Australiya da sauran sojoji nishaɗi a sansanoni kuma yana warkewa a asibitoci.

A cikin 1919, Jami'ar Adelaide ta nada ta don cika matsayin Reimann a matsayin locum tenens. Ta fara aikin a watan Janairun 1920 ta kasance a Elder Conservatorium har sai da ta yi ritaya a shekarar 1949.

Ta bi Benno Moiseiwitsch, tana wasa da ɓangaren kiɗa na Tchaikowsky na 1st Piano Concerto zuwa solo a wani kide kide a Adelaide a 1923 wanda aka sadu da shi da "guguwar tabawa".

Daga 1928, ta yi aiki a rediyo 5CL a matsayin soloist, accompanist kuma a matsayin memba na Elder Trio (Charles Schilsky da Harold Parsons). 

Puddy ya mutu a ranar 1 ga watan Agusta 1974 kuma an binne shi a Kabari na Dudley Park.

 Kyauta 
Shekaru biyar bayan da ta yi ritaya, an kaddamar da tallafin karatu don a ba da kyautar ga ɗaliban piano a Elder Conservatorium."Maude Puddy Prize for Piano". University of Adelaide. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 1974
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1883