Victoria Kamhi (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Victoria Kamhi de Rodrigo (1905 Istanbul, Turkey - July 21, 1997) was a Turkish pianist of Sephardic Jewish heritage, and the wife of the Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo. Kamhi studied under Lalewicz, Levy and Vines. She met Rodrigo in 1929, and they were married on January 19, 1933. They lived in France and Germany before returning to Spain in 1939. Kamhi left her career as a pianist. She was a notable assistant of the blind composer and wrote the biographical work De la mano de Joaquin Rodrigo: Historia de nuestra vida. It has since been translated into English as Hand in hand with Joaquin Rodrigo: My life at the Maestro's side.