Suzanne Joly

Suzanne Joly was a French composer and pianist born in Oran.
A child prodigy, she performed in Algeria and France before studying piano under Lazare-Lévy and Antoinette Véluard, and composition under Olivier Messiaen and Jean Roger-Ducasse 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 Sérénade; Fantaisie concertante for piano and orchestra Rupestre pour orchestre ''Mélodies ; Ode à la Jeune Fille ; String quartet; Thème, Variations et Allegro Fugato'' for solo piano etc.
Died in Paris in 2012, she was buried at Cimetière parisien de Bagneux.
A large portion of her archives is housed at the Centre International Albert Roussel.