28/06/1888, Budapest, Austria-Hungary Empire – 11/12/1956, Zürich, Switzerland
Hungarian violinist who was considered one of the leading virtuoso of her generation. She subsequently studied under Jenő Hubay. Béla Bartók and Othmar Schoeck, who were both in love with her, wrote violin concertos for her. She moved to Zürich after she had married Swiss composer Walter Schulthess. where she gave concerts, founded the Collegium Musicum Zürich in 1941 with Schulthess and Sacher, and taught at the Zürich Conservatory from 1934 to 1953.
