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Thelma van Breemen

Thelma van Breemen was a classical pianist.

Person

  • Thelma van Breemen
  • Born on: Dec. 9, 1922
  • Born in: Rotterdam, Nederland

Thelma van Breemen was a classical pianist.[1] On 5 December 1943 she debuted in the small auditorium of the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, playing works composed by Bach, Mozart, Chopin and Debussy, among others.[2] NRC noted that "with her first performance in Amsterdam, yesterday afternoon in the small hall of the Concertgebouw, the young pianist Thelma van Breemen gave very strong impressions of great musical talent."[3]

In 14 March 1944 she played there again.[4] Bep Voskuijl attended this concert.[5]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Anne refers to her as: Telma something-or-other. Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 15 March 1944, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, , London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019. ISBN 978-1-4729-6491-5.
  2. ^ "Thelma van Breemen. Piano-debuut in de kleine zaal", De Telegraaf, 6 december 1943.
  3. ^ NRC, 6 december 1943.
  4. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, inv. nr. 2140: Logboek van zaalverhuur.
  5. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 15 March 1944, in: The Collected Works.