Frances Adaskin

Frances Adaskin
Birth name Frances Marr
Born August 23, 1900(1900-08-23)
Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada
Died March 8, 2001(2001-03-08) (aged 100)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Instruments Piano

Frances Marr Adaskin, CM (August 23, 1900 – March 8, 2001) was a Canadian pianist.

Born in Ridgetown, Ontario, the daughter of Del and Eunice Marr, she began playing the piano at an early age.

In 1976, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[1]

In 1926, she married Harry Adaskin, a violinist, academic, and radio broadcaster.

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