Halinka Tarczynska-Fiddian

Halinka Tarczynska-Fiddian (1923-2019) was an Australian soprano opera singer and educator.

Life and career Halinka de Tarczynska was the only daughter of Polish-Australian violinist Stanislaw Victor de Tarczynski and Jadwiga (née Kilbach). Born in Melbourne, she was taught piano by her mother from age four, and at eleven was performing with the Victorian Symphony Orchestra and sining in Italian, French and German for the ABC. She also spoke and sang in Polish and English.

She studied with Edward Goll, and sang with the National Opera, J. C. Williamson productions, as well as made recordings for Columbia.

During the 1950s, she moved to London and performed for BBC radio and television, After five years overseas, she returned to Australia. She married Paull Fiddian in 1963, who worked at the University of Melbourne's Conservatorium of Music. In her later career, Tarczynska-Fiddian taught singing from her home.