Phia Berghout

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Phia Berghout at a concert on January 10, 1964

Sophia Rosa "Phia" Berghout (born December 14, 1909 in Rotterdam , † March 22, 1993 in Doorn ) was a world-famous Dutch harpist .

Life and musical career

In December 1909, Sophia Rosa Berghout, called "Phia", was born in Rotterdam as the only daughter of the composer, conductor and music teacher Johannes Cornelius Berghout and his wife Anthonia Sophia Verbiest. Her two older brothers Theo and Henk also chose professions from the field of music: Theo Berghout (1906–1959) became a violinist, while Henk Berghout (1908–1973) worked as a cellist and choir director.

Phia Berghout began taking piano lessons from her father at the age of five and began playing the violin a year later. At fifteen she took harp lessons from the well-known harpist Rosa Spier (1891–1967), whose best-known student she is. Berghout finished her studies at the Conservatory in Amsterdam , which she partly financed through appearances in the Fritz Hirsch Operetta founded by Fritz Hirsch , with orchestral and solo degrees.

From 1933 on she was a member of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra , where she succeeded Rosa Spiers in the position of principal harpist from 1945 to 1960. Shortly after the end of World War II , she also took Spier's harp class at the Amsterdam Conservatory.

Phia Berghout with Kees Deenik (baritone) on October 12, 1951

In 1960 she founded the eponymous honor of the recently deceased chief conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra , Eduard van Beinum - Foundation . In the following years Berghout headed the music center on the Queekhoven estate near Breukelen , which had been bought by the Van Beinum Foundation in 1963. There she initiated and organized the International Harpweeks (international harp weeks) together with Maria Korchinska to give harp players from all over the world the opportunity to meet colleagues and exchange ideas. In the early 1980s the number of participants rose to almost 300, and these encounters ultimately resulted in the World Harp Congress .

From 1974 Berghout concentrated her teaching on the conservatory in Maastricht , which was increasingly attended by foreign students.

Berghout was one of the most famous harpists of her time. During her exceptionally successful solo career, she inspired the works of the composers Henk Badings , Hans Henkemans, Lex van Delden, Jurriaan Andriessen , Hendrik Andriessen and Marius Flothuis and recorded all the main works of the harp repertoire. For many years she played in a duo with flautist Hubert Barwahser and was a member of numerous ensembles. She was a juror at international harp competitions.

Phia Berghout died in the spring of 1993 at the age of 83 in Doorn (Utrechtse Heuvelrug municipality).

Personal

In 1934 Berghout married the pianist Johannes den Hertog (1904–1982); however, the marriage was divorced in 1946.

Honors

In the southern Dutch municipality of Oegstgeest , a suburb of Leiden , the path "Phia Berghoutlaan" was named after her.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ World Harp Congress: Phia Berghout and Maria Korchinska. In: worldharpcongress.com. Retrieved April 15, 2018 .
  2. ^ Leo Samama: Nederlandse muziek in de 20-ste eeuw. Amsterdam University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-9-053-56862-0 , p. 282 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  3. ^ J. van der Klis: Een tuitje in de aardkorst. Uitgeverij Kok, 2007, ISBN 978-9-043-51322-7 , p. 45 ( limited preview in Google book search).
personal data
SURNAME Berghout, Phia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berghout, Sophia Rosa (full name); the Hertog-Berghout, Phia (married name); Berkhout, Phia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch harpist
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotterdam
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1993
Place of death Doorn, Utrechtse Heuvelrug