Josie Pujol (born around 1900) was a Cuban violinist who performed in Cuba, Canada, and the United States as a young woman.
Early life
Josephine "Josie" Pujol played violin from youth. She finished her studies at the Conservatorio Peyrellade in Havana in 1916,[1] with further studies in New York.[2] Her sisters Clotilde and Teresa were also musicians.[3][4]
Career
Josephine Pujol played violin as a church accompanist in Asbury Park, New Jersey, in 1918.[5] She played violin solos at concerts in Asbury Park in 1919.[6][7] In 1920 Pujol earned good reviews in Havana[8] for her recitals with soprano Marguerite Ringo.[9] The following season, she played a charity benefit concert in Montreal,[10] with tenor Merlin Davies[11] and soprano Edith de Lys,[12] in Burlington, Vermont,[13] and Glen Ridge, New Jersey.[14] "The young Cuban violinist has a warm singing tone, the worth of which is enhanced by much technical proficiency and by that blending of emotional force and self-restraint which distinguishes the true artist," commented one reporter in 1920.[13]
She toured the American South in spring 1921, making her way back to Cuba.[15] In 1922, she was back in New York, playing at the annual benefit for the Blind Men's Improvement Club at Aeolian Hall.[16][17]
