Suzette Forgues Halasz (14 April 1918 – 8 December 2004)[1] was a Canadian cellist and music educator.
She held the post of principal cellist of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 1942 to 1946 and worked in the same capacity at the New York City Opera for many years.
She began studying the cello seriously at the age of 10 with Gustave Labelle and at age 11 gave her first public recitals at the Theatre des Petits Enfants and at the Ball de League de la Jeunesse Feminine in Montreal.
She went on to earn a diploma in cello performance from the Académie de musique du Québec in 1940 where she was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Dubois.
[3] In 1945, she met conductor Laszlo Halasz, founder of the New York City Opera, while he was on a performance tour in Canada.