Virginia Ferni by Le Lieure

Virginia Ferni-Teja (1837-1926); Italian violinist and soprano. She started her career as a violinist together with her sister Carolina Ferni-Giraldoni (1839-1926). From 1851 the two sisters undertook concert-tours through the northern part of Italy, Switzerland and France. They received further training in Paris and Bruxelles from the most famous violin-teachers of those days. In 1860 Viginia got married and stopped public performances. From 1868 it was necessary for her -for economic reasons- to perform in public again. Often together with her sister Carolina Ferni and both as a violinist and singer. She died in the same year as her sister (1926).