Flavie Van den Hende

Flavie Van den Hende
A middle-aged white woman wearing a gown, seated, holding a cello.
Flavie Van den Hende, from a 1908 publication.
BornFebruary 25, 1865
Renaix (Ronse), Belgium
DiedJuly 9, 1925
Yonkers
NationalityBelgian
OccupationCellist

Flavie Van den Hende (February 25, 1865 – July 9, 1925) was a Belgian cellist.

Early life

Van den Hende was born in Renaix, Belgium,[1] and studied music in Brussels at the Royal Conservatory, under Joseph Servais.[2][3]

Career

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]

Personal life

Van den Hende died in 1925, aged 60 years, at her home in Yonkers.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hoffmann, Freia (2013). "Hende, Flavie van den". Sophie Drinker Institut (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  2. ^ a b "Mme. Flavie Van den Hende" The New York Times (October 21, 1925): 21.
  3. ^ Bruxelles, Conservatoire royal de musique de (1884). Annuaire du Convervatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles (in French). Convervatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles. p. 93.
  4. ^ "Untitled news item". The Brooklyn Citizen. June 8, 1890. p. 7. Retrieved December 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Professional Notes". The Looker-On: 750. May 1896.
  6. ^ "Mme. Van den Hende's Engagements". Musical Courier. 40: 25. February 7, 1900.
  7. ^ "Concert Soloists for 1901-1902". The Violinist: 14. September 1, 1901.
  8. ^ "Opera and Concert". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 20, 1896. p. 14. Retrieved December 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "The New-York Ladies' Trio". The New York Times. October 23, 1895. p. 5. Retrieved December 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Organized a Quartette". The Tribune. June 27, 1901. p. 5. Retrieved December 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Mme. Van den Hende's Tour". Musical Courier. 40: 14. May 23, 1900.
  12. ^ "Flavie van den Hende's Tour and Notices". Musical Courier: 30. April 1, 1908.
  13. ^ "Flavie Van den Hende's Popularity" Musical Courier (May 27, 1908): 27.