| Flavie Van den Hende | |
| Birth Date: | February 25, 1865 |
| Birth Place: | Renaix (Ronse), Belgium |
| Death Date: | July 9, 1925 |
| Death Place: | Yonkers |
| Nationality: | Belgian |
| Occupation: | Cellist |
Flavie Van den Hende (February 25, 1865 – July 9, 1925) was a Belgian cellist.
Van den Hende was born in Renaix, Belgium,[1] and studied music in Brussels at the Royal Conservatory, under Joseph Servais.[2] [3]
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. 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.
Van den Hende died in 1925, aged 60 years, at her home in Yonkers.