Sophia Rosa Berghout (14 December 1909 - 22 March 1993) was a Dutch harpist. [1] [2] Her obituary in The Independent called her "arguably the most influential harpist this century". [1]
Sophia Rosa Berghout (14 December 1909 - 22 March 1993) was a Dutch harpist. [1] [2] Her obituary in The Independent called her "arguably the most influential harpist this century". [1]
She was born in Rotterdam on 14 December 1909 and started playing the harp when she was 15 years old.[ citation needed ] She studied the harp at the Amsterdam Conservatoire with Rosa Spier . [2] She played in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, as second harp 1933-1945 and principal harp 1945–1960, as well as having a successful solo career. [3] She taught at the Amsterdam Conservatoire and then, from 1974, at the Maastricht Conservatoire. [3]
Together with Maria Korchinska (1895-1979) she established the International Harpweeks held at Queekhoven near Amsterdam in the 1960s; these developed into the World Harp Congress. [3]
Berghout married Johannes den Hertog, pianist and assistant conductor of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw: they divorced after a short time. [2] She died in Doorn on 22 March 1993, aged 83. [1]
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