Erdeli, Kseniya Aleksandrovna

Erdeli [Erdyélee], Kseniya (Xenia) Aleksandrovna (2–8/20–1878, Yelizavetgrad [now Kirovograd]; 5–27–1971, M.). Harpist, pedagogue, and comp. Studied the harp with Val'ter-Kyune (Walter-Kühne, 1891–99), then was a member of the Bolshoi Orch. (1899–1907, 1918–38) and taught at the M. Cons. (1905–07, 1918–71), P. Cons. (1913–17), and Gnesin Institute (1944–54). Was the most prominent Russian harpist of the twentieth-century. Grechaninov, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Kyui (Cui), and Widor wrote harp pieces…