Famous People with Name Valda

Valda Aveling            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Valda Aveling: was an Australian pianist, harpsichordist and clavichordist. Her repertoire was very wide, including composers as diverse as William Byrd, Jan Sweelinck, Rachmaninoff and Bartok.Valda Aveling was born in Sydney, the youngest of four girls and a boy, and showed great talent at an early age. At 16 she received teaching and performing diplomas from the NSW Conservatorium of Music, then left for Britain to study harpsichord and clavichord with Violet Woodhouse. She returned in 1938 to make her piano debut under Malcolm Sargent, at the Sydney Town Hall. In one concert in Manila, she played Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Beethoven's Emperor Concerto. She later came to dislike Beethoven's music, saying there was "nothing light in it".

Valda Rosemary Osborn            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Valda Rosemary Osborn: is a British figure skater. She represented Great Britain at the 1952 Winter Olympics where she placed 11th.