Josie Pujol

Josie Pujol (born around 1900) was a Cuban violinist who performed in Cuba, Canada, and the United States as a young woman.

Early life

Josephine "Josie" Pujol played violin from youth. She finished her studies at the Conservatorio Peyrellade in Havana in 1916,^[1] with further studies in New York.^[2] Her sisters Clotilde and Teresa were also musicians.^[3][4]

Career

Josephine Pujol played violin as a church accompanist in Asbury Park, New Jersey, in 1918.^[5] She played violin solos at concerts in Asbury Park in 1919.^[6][7] In 1920 Pujol earned good reviews in Havana^[8] for her recitals with soprano Marguerite Ringo.^[9] The following season, she played a charity benefit concert in Montreal,^[10] with tenor Merlin Davies^[11] and soprano Edith de Lys,^[12] in Burlington, Vermont,^[13] and Glen Ridge, New Jersey.^[14] "The young Cuban violinist has a warm singing tone, the worth of which is enhanced by much technical proficiency and by that blending of emotional force and self-restraint which distinguishes the true artist," commented one reporter in 1920.^[13]

She toured the American South in spring 1921, making her way back to Cuba.