IGNATIUS, ANJA (, Tampere–), violinist, highly regarded as a chamber musician and as an interpreter of Sibelius's Violin Concerto.
Anja Ignatius began violin studies at the age of five and at the age of fifteen gave her first concert, which included the Bruch G Minor Concerto and the Vitali Chaconne. Besides her studies in Finland with Axel Versterlind, Ilmari Weneskoski, and Gennaro Romano, she studied at the Paris Conservatory and in Prague. In 1928,...