Flavie Van den Hende | |
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![]() Flavie Van den Hende, from a 1908 publication. | |
Born | February 25, 1865 Renaix (Ronse), Belgium |
Died | July 9, 1925 |
Nationality | Belgian |
Occupation | Cellist |
Flavie Van den Hende (February 25, 1865 – July 9, 1925) was a Belgian cellist.
Van den Hende was born in Renaix, Belgium, [1] and studied music in Brussels at the Royal Conservatory, under Joseph Servais. [2] [3]
Van den Hende played professionally in several European cities before she moved to the United States in 1890, [4] and to New York in 1892. By 1896, an American magazine declared that "Madam Flavie Van den Hende has had a singularly successful season. Her charming personality has made her a welcome guest at most of the fashionable musicales of the season." [5]
Van den Hende was a guest soloist with the New York Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Metropolitan Opera. [6] [7] She was a member of the New York Ladies' Trio with violinist Dora Valesca Becker and various pianists between 1895 and 1900, [8] [9] and with Rossi Gisch and Hilda Newman after 1900. [1] In 1901 she joined a quartet. [10]
Van den Hende toured in the central and southern United States in 1900. [11] She toured in the South again in 1908. [12] [13] In 1922, she was a member of the Verdi Club Trio with Rosalie Heller Klein and Mozelle Bennett. [1]
Van den Hende died in 1925, aged 60 years, at her home in Yonkers. [2]
Flavie Van den Hende | |
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![]() Flavie Van den Hende, from a 1908 publication. | |
Born | February 25, 1865 Renaix (Ronse), Belgium |
Died | July 9, 1925 |
Nationality | Belgian |
Occupation | Cellist |
Flavie Van den Hende (February 25, 1865 – July 9, 1925) was a Belgian cellist.
Van den Hende was born in Renaix, Belgium, [1] and studied music in Brussels at the Royal Conservatory, under Joseph Servais. [2] [3]
Van den Hende played professionally in several European cities before she moved to the United States in 1890, [4] and to New York in 1892. By 1896, an American magazine declared that "Madam Flavie Van den Hende has had a singularly successful season. Her charming personality has made her a welcome guest at most of the fashionable musicales of the season." [5]
Van den Hende was a guest soloist with the New York Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Metropolitan Opera. [6] [7] She was a member of the New York Ladies' Trio with violinist Dora Valesca Becker and various pianists between 1895 and 1900, [8] [9] and with Rossi Gisch and Hilda Newman after 1900. [1] In 1901 she joined a quartet. [10]
Van den Hende toured in the central and southern United States in 1900. [11] She toured in the South again in 1908. [12] [13] In 1922, she was a member of the Verdi Club Trio with Rosalie Heller Klein and Mozelle Bennett. [1]
Van den Hende died in 1925, aged 60 years, at her home in Yonkers. [2]