Alma Moodie Part I by Breandáin O'Shea

Alma Moodie was born in 1898 in Mount Morgan, a small town in rural Australia, but started her violin lessons in nearby Rockhampton. She moved to Europe early last century and eventually became a student of the legendary Carl Flesch, who referred to her as his favourite student.
The violinist collaborated with renowned composers, among them Stravinsky, Pfitzner and Reger, and cultivated friendships with aristocracy, philanthropists and artists including German poet Rainer Maria Rilke.
Guests include musicologist and historian Kay Dreyfus, musicians Diana Weekes, who translated Moodie’s letters, and violinist Goetz Richter, Associate Professor at the University of Sydney’s Conservatorium of Music. And historian Michael Haas author of “Forbidden Music”, a study of the Jewish composers and musicians banned by the Third Reich.