Candeille, Amélie - Julie 07/31/1767 - 02/04/1834

Amélie Julie Emilie Candeille was born on July 31, 1767 inb Paris, France. The child received singing lessons from her father, the opera composer Pierre-Joseph Candeille (1740-1806). She received piano lessons from Nicolas Séjan (1745 - 1819) and Nicolas-Joseph Hüllmandel (1756-1823).
Already at the age of 13, she performed in public as a composer, harpist, pianist and singer. One year later she became a chamber singer at the ''Royal Opera'' in Paris.
Successful concerts followed as a pianist.
She performed her piano concert in 1784 and in 1786 her symphony ''Concertante'' was premiered. She also worked as an actress at the ''Comédie Française'' and at ''Theâtre du Palais-Royal''.

Around 1794 Emilie Candeille married the military physician Louis-Nicholas Delaroche. She also performed successful concerts in Belgium and Holland. In 1798 after her divorcing her first husband, she married the carriage builder Jean Simons whom she had met in Brussels, Belgium. This marriage led to divorce as well.
Emilie Candeille returned to Paris where she earned her livelihood with piano lessons. She also composed and was active as a writer. For a short period she fled as an opponent of Napoleon's to London and in 1816 returned to Paris.

In 1822 she married for a third time to the painter Hilaire-Henri Périé and relocated with him to Nîmes, France. After suffering a stroke in 1831 and then death of her husband in 1833 she returned to Paris in 1834 where she died on February 4, 1834.