Clotilde Kleeberg
French pianist (b. 27 June 1866 [N.S.] in Paris.; d. 7 February 1909 [N.S.] in Brussels), also known after her marriage as Clotilde Kleeberg-Samuel [1].
Clotilde was born in Paris as the daughter of Martin Kleeberg and his wife, German-Jewish immigrants from Mainz. She became a student at the Paris Conservatory, where she gained first prize for piano at the age of 12. She made her debut in Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto at one of Jules Pasdeloup's concerts in 1878, and, according to some sources, went on a concert tour of Denmark, Russia, Austria, and the Netherlands in 1881. She gave her first solo recital in London in 1883. Hans Richter introduced her to the Viennese public, and she appeared with great success in London and Berlin, distinguishing herself, in particular, by her interpretation of Schumann's works.
She was elected to the Académie Française in 1894, and soon afterwards married the Belgian sculptor Charles Samuel. She retired from the concert stage in 1906.
Correspondence with Tchaikovsky
Two letters from Tchaikovsky to Clotilde Kleeberg have survived, dating from 1886 and 1891, and have been translated into English on this website:
- Letter 2967b – 7/19 June 1886, from Paris
- Letter 4362a – 30 March/11 April 1891, from Rouen
External Links
Bibliography
- Ich bin wahnsinnig Müde. Zwei bisher unbekannte Briefe P. I. Čajkovskijs (1993)
- Bisher unbekannte Briefe und musikalische Arbeiten Čajkovskijs (1994)
- Drei bisher unbekannte Briefe Čajkovskijs von 1887, 1891 und 1893, sowie sechs weitere Briefe vom 20. August 1893 (1995)
Notes and References
- ↑ In some sources her forename is spelled "Clothilde". We have adopted the spelling used by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
