Thérèse Wartel

Atala Thérèse Annette Wartel, née Adrien (2 July 1814 – 6 November 1865), was a French pianist, music educator, composer and critic.

[1] Born in Paris, Thérèse Wartel was the daughter of the opera singer Martin-Joseph Adrien or Andrien (1767–1822) and the Baroness Gabrielle Constance de Philippy de Bucelly d'Estrées (1782–1854).

[3] In 1838, she was the first female soloist ever admitted to the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire.

[4] In 1833, she married the tenor Pierre-François Wartel (1806–1882) [5] and had a son, Émile,[6] who performed for many years at the Théâtre-Lyrique and later established a vocal school of his own.

Selected compositions include: Wartel also published a number of articles and letters on musical subjects, e.g.