Guilhermina Suggia
Sign in to saveAlso known as Madame Suggia, Guilhermina Augusta Xavier de Medim Suggia Carteado Mena
Portuguese musician
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Europe
- Active from
- 1885-06-27
- Active to
- 1950-07-30
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- Listeners
- 27
- Total plays
- 1,211
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ClassicalVioloncelloportuguesecellocellist
Kown as the queen of the cellists, Guilhermina Suggia was born in Oporto, Portugal on June 27 of 1885. Her father, Augusto Suggia, was a well-known physician and cellist. She lived in a family of the upper class. She was in love with music in general, and the cello in particular from a very young age. Her father was her first teacher. She made her first public appearance as a cellist when she was seven in the city of Matosinhos. She made rapid progress as a cellist <a href="https://www.last.fm
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Place of birth
- Porto
- Place of death
- Porto
- Occupation
- cellist
- Educated at
- University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Pau Casals
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- cello
- Image
- Guilhermina Suggia.jpg
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1885-06-21
- date of death
- 1950-07-30
- Commons category
- Guilhermina Suggia
- name in native language
- Guilhermina Suggia
- cause of death
- cancer
- start of work period
- 1895-00-00
- birth name
- Guilhermina Augusta Xavier de Medin Suggia
- unmarried partner
- Pau Casals
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