Vida Jeraj Hribar

Vida Jeraj Hribar (4 May 19026 May 2002) was a Slovenian violinist and music teacher who was named Slovene Woman of the Year in 1992 after publishing a book of her memoirs at the age of 91.
Jeraj was born in [[Vienna]] in 1902. Her father was also a violinist and her mother a poet. The family moved to [[Ljubljana]] in 1919 where she continued her musical studies and later also taught at the Musical Society Conservatorium and became the headmistress of the newly established Ljubljana Music and Balet Secondary School in 1953.
At the age of 91 she published a book of memoirs entitled "Večerna sonata: spomini z Dunaja, Pariza in Ljubljane, 1902-1933" (Evening Sonata: Memoirs of Vienna, Paris and Ljubljana, 1902-1933) for which she was awarded the [[Levstik Award]] in 1993.
She died two days after her 100th birthday.
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[[Category:Slovenian classical violinists]]
[[Category:1902 births]]
[[Category:2002 deaths]]
[[Category:Levstik Award laureates]]
[[Category:University of Ljubljana alumni]]
[[Category:Musicians from Vienna]]
[[Category:20th-century classical violinists]]
[[Category:Women classical violinists]]
[[Category:20th-century women musicians]]