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Simpson was an enormous personality and well known in the Sydney music scene. As the [[Sydney Morning Herald]] wrote in 2008, "Simpson was birdlike, glamorous and self-deprecating but a prize fighter in the cause of music. She was not afraid to throw her tiny weight around and there are many, mostly men, who underestimated her at their peril. She knew only one way—the right way—and not just on stage. Things had to be as perfect as practice and impeccable taste could make them".<ref>{{cite web|title=Lois Simpson Obituary|date=31 December 2008 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/a-tiny-prize-fighter-in-the-cause-of-music/2008/12/30/1230399205559.html|accessdate=8 March 2016}}</ref> |
Simpson was an enormous personality and well known in the Sydney music scene. As the [[Sydney Morning Herald]] wrote in 2008, "Simpson was birdlike, glamorous and self-deprecating but a prize fighter in the cause of music. She was not afraid to throw her tiny weight around and there are many, mostly men, who underestimated her at their peril. She knew only one way—the right way—and not just on stage. Things had to be as perfect as practice and impeccable taste could make them".<ref>{{cite web|title=Lois Simpson Obituary|date=31 December 2008 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/a-tiny-prize-fighter-in-the-cause-of-music/2008/12/30/1230399205559.html|accessdate=8 March 2016}}</ref> |
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Simpson was married successively to two prominent Australian musicians; [[Robert Pikler]] in 1947,<ref>{{cite book|title=Relationship with Robert Pickler|chapter=Pikler, Robert (1909–1984) |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |chapter-url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/pikler-robert-15463|accessdate=8 March 2016}}</ref> with whom in January that year she performed publicly for the first time with Musica Viva Players in the Brahms Festival series;<ref>{{Cite journal |date=15 January 1947 |title=Women's letter |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-576785430 |journal=The Bulletin |volume=68 |issue=3492 |pages=21 |via=Trove}}</ref> and then [[John Painter (cellist)|John Painter]] in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lois Simpson Obituary|date=31 December 2008 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/a-tiny-prize-fighter-in-the-cause-of-music/2008/12/30/1230399205559.html|accessdate=8 March 2016}}</ref> Simpson's students included well known Australian cellists [[Nathan Waks]], [[Julian Thompson (musician)|Julian Thompson]], [[Susan Blake]] and [[Timothy Nankervis]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lois Simpson|url=http://www.cellist.nl/database/showcellist.asp?id=2408 |publisher=Cellist-database |accessdate=8 March 2016}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 06:33, 16 January 2023
Lois Simpson | |
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 Athol Shmith (1944) Lois Simpson | |
| Born | Lois Alleyne Simpson 1927 |
| Died | 2008 (aged 80–81) |
| Occupation | Cellist |
| Years active | 1940–1995 |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Pikler (1947) John Painter (1962–2008, her death) |
Lois Alleyne Simpson AO[1] (1927–2008) was an internationally renowned Australian cellist, respected teacher and chamber musician at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and ANU School of Music. In 1940, aged 13, Simpson became the youngest female musician ever in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO). At the age of 17 Simpson left the SSO to play with the Colgate-Palmolive Orchestra but rejoined the SSO in 1953 where she remained for more than 30 years, leading the cello section for much of that time. In the late 1940s Simpson was a member of the Musica Viva Players and was a founding member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra in the 1970s. In 1985, Simpson moved to Canberra, Australia where she organised the chamber music program at the ANU School of Music for ten years.
On 9 June 2003, Simpson was made an Officer in the Order of Australia "For service to music as an internationally acclaimed cellist, teacher and chamber musician".
Simpson was an enormous personality and well known in the Sydney music scene. As the Sydney Morning Herald wrote in 2008, "Simpson was birdlike, glamorous and self-deprecating but a prize fighter in the cause of music. She was not afraid to throw her tiny weight around and there are many, mostly men, who underestimated her at their peril. She knew only one way—the right way—and not just on stage. Things had to be as perfect as practice and impeccable taste could make them".[2]
Simpson was married successively to two prominent Australian musicians; Robert Pikler in 1947,[3] with whom in January that year she performed publicly for the first time with Musica Viva Players in the Brahms Festival series;[4] and then John Painter in 1962.[5] Simpson's students included well known Australian cellists Nathan Waks, Julian Thompson, Susan Blake and Timothy Nankervis.[6]
References
- ^ "It's an Honour". Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "Lois Simpson Obituary". 31 December 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "Pikler, Robert (1909–1984)". Relationship with Robert Pickler. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "Women's letter". The Bulletin. 68 (3492): 21. 15 January 1947 – via Trove.
- ^ "Lois Simpson Obituary". 31 December 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "Lois Simpson". Cellist-database. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
External links
- Australian classical cellists
- 1927 births
- 2008 deaths
- Officers of the Order of Australia
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music faculty
- 20th-century classical musicians
- 20th-century Australian musicians
- Australian women musicians
- Women cellists
- 20th-century women musicians
- Women music educators
- 20th-century Australian women
- 20th-century cellists