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Ellen Ballon (I1412)

Given Names: Ellen
Surname: Ballon

Gender: Female

Birth: 6 October 1898 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Death: 21 December 1969 Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Birth	6 October 1898 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Marriage	18 June 1958 (Age 59) Theodore Lafleur Bullock - New York NY Address: Temple Emanu-El Format: jpeg Image Dimensions: 750 x 1038
Death	21 December 1969 (Age 71) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Biographical Sketch	Note: Ellen Ballon was born on October 6, 1898 in Montreal of Jewish Lithuanian immigrant parents. She started taking piano lessons at an early age, beginning her studies at the Conservatorium at McGill under Clara Lichtenstein, a former student of Liszt , in March 1904. She gave her first concert appearance at the age of five. In 1906 she moved to New York to study piano with Rafael Joseffy and harmony with Rubin Goldmark. She performed for Sir Wilfred and Lady Laurier in New York ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎(1909)‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎ and made her New York debut in 1910. In 1914, she moved to Switzerland to study with Josef Hofmann but, due to conditions of the war, returned to New York in 1916. She performed as a concert pianist throughout these years, and became a pupil of Wilhelm Backhaus in 1925. Ellen Ballon toured Europe in 1927, and upon her return to Canada, established a scholarship in music at McGill University. She toured Canada in 1928, and in 1934 returned to England to live. Her career suffered a fallback in 1938 when she broke her right ankle getting out of a taxicab. Two years later her leg had sufficiently healed to resume her concert performances, so she recommenced her career and moved to New York City. In 1942, both of Ellen Ballon's parents died, and she began to actively participate in war efforts. Longtime friend and admirer of the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, she performed many of his works and commissioned his Concerto No. 1, giving the premiere ‎‎‎‎‎(1946)‎‎‎‎‎ in Rio de Janeiro under the composer's direction. She also gave the US premiere ‎‎‎‎‎(Dallas SO under Antal Dorati)‎‎‎‎‎ and the Canadian premiere ‎‎‎‎‎(CBC Montreal studio performance by the CSM under Désiré Defauw)‎‎‎‎‎ in 1947, repeating the work in 1951 with the CSM and in 1953 with the TSO. Ellen Ballon was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Music by McGill University in 1954. She married Colonel Theodore LaFleur Bullock of Quebec in 1958 and died in Montreal on December 21, 1969. Further in the the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada URL Further on Naxos Label URL Ellen Ballon/Ernest Ansermet Chopin Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor - Part 1/4 URL The Story of the "Three Bares" at the McGill University campus, the fountain that started as a brainchild of Ellen Ballon. URL Montreal, 1908 Format: jpg Image Dimensions: 303 x 380 1939 Format: jpg Image Dimensions: 538 x 678 1942-1943 season Format: jpg Image Dimensions: 571 x 743 Ellen Ballon dies Format: jpg Image Dimensions: 451 x 1992
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