Suzanne Joly

Suzanne Joly (16 March 1914 – 2012) was a French composer and pianist born in Oran.
A child prodigy, she performed in Algeria and France before becoming the student for the piano of Lazare-Lévy and Antoinette Véluard, for writing of Olivier Messiaen and Jean Roger-Ducasse at the Conservatoire de Paris. Her real name was 'Suzanne Obadia', wife of painter Louis Joly, she wrote a musical work covering all genres: "Petite Suite" for orchestra (1942) "Sérénade"; "Fantaisie concertante" for piano and orchestra (1944–1948) "Rupestre pour orchestre" (1968) "Mélodies" (Paul Verlaine, Andrée Brunin...); "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 Cimetière parisien de Bagneux.
A large part of her archives is housed at the Centre International Albert Roussel.