Birthday profile

Romola Costantino

Romola Costantino, Australian pianist and critic (died 1988)

Born
September 14, 1930
Age in 2026
96
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1930

About Romola Costantino

Romola Helen Louise Costantino, Mrs Enyi, was an Australian pianist, accompanist and teacher, who also worked as a music, film and theatre critic. Costantino gave the first solo piano recital in the Sydney Opera House (10 April 1973 to an invited audience). Other recordings include Ravel's La valse, and pieces by Debussy and Fauré., as well as a Telemann trio sonata for the (long-defunct) AWA record label in which she played the clavichord.

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The world when Romola Costantino was born

Romola Costantino was born in 1930. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1930

  • #1 song"Georgia on My Mind" – Hoagy Carmichael
  • Top movieAll Quiet on the Western Front
  • Best-selling bookCimarron – Edna Ferber

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBobby Jones wins the Grand Slam of golf
  • Top headlineFirst FIFA World Cup held in Uruguay
  • Technology milestonePlanet Pluto discovered
  • Defining fadMiniature golf craze
  • Notable inventionScotch tape
  • World population2.07 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderHerbert Hoover
  • Sports championPhiladelphia Athletics (World Series)
  • U.S. population123.2M

1930 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Romola Costantino's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19302026
Gas$0.20$3.45/gal
Average home$6,000$435,000
Average income$3,500$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population123.2M341 million

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