André Hekking

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1900 Studio Serenis, Bordeaux

André Hekking (born July 20, 1866 in Bordeaux , † December 14, 1925 in Paris ) was a French cellist of Dutch origin.

Life

André Hekking came from a well-known family of musicians, which also included cellists Anton Hekking and Gérard Hekking (cousins).

On a trip to America, where his brother had found an engagement for a few years, he played a cello concerto by Anton Rubinstein at a charity concert in Carnegie Hall on May 17, 1896 . In 1909 he settled in Paris as a music teacher and in 1919 became a professor at the Conservatoire de Paris . There Pierre Fournier became one of his students.

Camille Saint-Saëns dedicated the composition “Prière” for violoncello and organ, op. 158, to him in 1919. Charles Tournemire dedicated the sonata for violoncello and piano, op. 5 to him.

It is unclear whether he or Gérard participated in the premiere of Gabriel Fauré's string quartet in E minor, op. 121 at the Société Nationale de Musique in Paris on June 12, 1925. With Pablo Casals , Joseph Salmon and Diran Alexanian he gave the world premiere of the cello quartet op. 95 (1909) by Emánuel Moór , who in 1910 also dedicated a "Suite for violin and cello" op. 109 to him and George Enescu .

Hekking has played since 1874 on a cello made by the Italian violin maker Domenico Montagnana in 1721 . His daughter Jeanne married from Mirecourt originating violin maker Marcel Vatelot, his grandson is the luthier Étienne Vatelot, among other things, for Tabea Zimmermann , a viola built.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ NYT, May 17, 1896
  2. ↑ arkivmusic
  3. ↑ Klassika.info
  4. ↑ Dilettante Music information page ( Memento from August 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  5. ↑ Works for Cello ( Memento from December 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ Cozio ( Memento from December 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ NYT December 3, 2005
  8. ↑ Other artists who own an instrument made by the Hekking grandson: Ginette Neveu , Isaac Stern , Yehudi Menuhin , Anne-Sophie Mutter , Boris Belkin Maurice Gendron , Yo-Yo Ma and Mstislav Rostropovitch . See French Wikipedia fr: Étienne Vatelot
personal data
SURNAME Hekking, André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French cellist
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Bordeaux
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1925
Place of death Paris