Background
JOYCE, Eileen was born in Zeehan, Tasmania. Daughter of Joseph and Alice Joyce.
JOYCE, Eileen was born in Zeehan, Tasmania. Daughter of Joseph and Alice Joyce.
Loreto Convent, Perth, Leipzig Conservatoire, studied in Germany under Teichmuller and Schnabel.
during Second World War played in assen. with London Philharmonic Orchestra; concerts with all principle orchestras in United Kingdom, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Conservatoire and National Orchestras, France, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Netherlands, La Scala Orchestra, Italy, Philadelphia Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, New York and Royal Philharmonic Society; concert tours, Australia 1948, S. Africa 1950, Scandinavia and Netherlands 1951, S. America, Scandinavia and Finland 1952, Yugoslavia 1953, New Zealand 1958, USSR 1961, India 1962; contributed to sound tracks of films, including The Seventh Veil and Brief Encounter; appeared in films, including Wherever She Goes (autobiographical); gramophone recordings include first recording of John Ireland’s Pianoforte Concerto; Honorary D.Mus. (Cambridge) 1971, (University of Western Australia) 1979, (Melbourne) 1982. Died 25 March 1991.] Numerous concert tours, radio performances and gramophone.