Romola Costantino

Romola Helen Louise Costantino, Mrs Enyi,

and teacher, who also worked as a music, film and theatre critic.

Biography

Costantino was the daughter of Napoleone Costantino (1889–1982), an Italian civil servant in Australia, and his Wales-born wife, Rosamond Lindner (1898-1963).^[4] She studied at the NSW Conservatorium of Music under Alexander Sverjensky.^[5]

She gave many broadcasts and recitals for the ABC, most notably as an accompanist for musicians such as Ruggiero Ricci^[6] and Henryk Szeryng (on his 4th and last Australian tour in 1984).^[7]

Costantino gave the first solo piano recital in the

.

She was a member of the inaugural committee of the Accompanists' Guild of South Australia in 1983,[9] and was President of the Guild from 1984 to 1986.^[10]

She recorded

trio sonata for the (long-defunct) AWA record label in which she played the clavichord.

She was a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney.^[14] She was also a music critic for the Sydney Morning Herald.^[15] and a film and theatre critic for the Sun-Herald.^{[16][17][18][19]}

Personal life

In 1971, Romola Costantino married George Enyi, an artist and sculptor,^[4] and sometimes used her married name Romola Enyi.^[1]

She was musical consultant for the film Between Wars (1974).^[20]

Honours

In the New Year's Day Honours of 1978, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her services to the arts.^[21]

Death

Romola Costantino died in 1988 in

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