About Victorine Farrenc
Lived 1826 – 1859 (aged 32). Victorine Farrenc was a French pianist and composer.
Victorine Louise Farrenc (23 February 1826 – 3 January 1859) was a French pianist and composer of the Romantic period.
Life and career Victorine Louise Farrenc was born in Paris, France on 23 February 1826.
In 1843, Farrenc enrolled in the Conservatoire de Paris for piano, and won the premier prix in 1844. She performed Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, the "Emperor" in the 1845 Brussels-Paris concerts, where her mother's Symphony No. 1 premiered. Her stage appearances lessened in 1847 after a serious illness; by 1849 she had ceased performing. She died on 3 January 1859 in Paris.
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French pianist and composer
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Victorine Farrenc was born on 23 February 1826 in former 11th arrondissement of Paris.
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Victorine Farrenc died on 3 January 1859 in Versailles.
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Victorine Farrenc was a pianist and composer.
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Victorine Farrenc was French.
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