Carola Grindea

Carola Rabinovici was born on 29 January 1914 in the Romanian city of Piatra Neamț in the province of Western Moldavia. She was of Jewish descent, and had one sister, Anna (1908–1984). She earned a diploma in piano and won first prize for her achievements. There, she attracted the attention of Miron Grindea, the literary journalist. The two became romantically involved and were married in 1936 and had a daughter. ==Career==

Grindea was holidaying in Europe before the outbreak of the Second World War and she and her husband arrived in the English port town of Dover on 2 September 1939. She had the phone number of Myra Hess, the pianist, and the latter invited the couple to her house in Golders Green, London, where they learnt of the declaration of war. Grindea also studied piano with Hess's teacher Tobias Matthay from 1941 to 1943, Halfway through her tenure at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, The objective of EPTA is to improve teaching of piano through the holding of conferences, master classes, recitals and workshops for those musicians who were traditionally isolated. In 1980, she established the International Society for Study of Tension in Performance (ISSTP) after she expressed concerns over the increasing number of musicians who suffered from too much anxiety and tension that caused injuries while in performance. The following year, Grindea published a book of interviews with musical performers, titled Great Pianists and Pedagogues. She died on 10 July 2009. Her husband predeceased her and she was survived by her daughter. ==References==