Victorine Farrenc

Victorine Louise Farrenc (23 February 1826 – 3 January 1859) was a French pianist and composer of the Romantic period.^[1][2]

Victorine Farrenc
Born	Victorine Louise Farrenc (1826-02-23)23 February 1826 Paris, France
Died	3 January 1859(1859-01-03) (aged 32) Paris, France
Occupations	Pianist composer

Life and career

Victorine Louise Farrenc was born in Paris, France on 23 February 1826.^[1] A child prodigy in music, she was the daughter of composer-pianist Louise Farrenc and scholar Aristide Farrenc.^[1][2] In her youth she studied piano with her mother, Louise, and took compositions lessons, composing piano works.^[3]

In 1843, Farrenc enrolled in the Conservatoire de Paris for piano, and won the premier prix in 1844.^[1] She performed Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, the "Emperor" in the 1845 Brussels-Paris concerts, where her mother's Symphony No. 1 premiered.^[1] Her stage appearances lessened in 1847 after a serious illness; by 1849 she had ceased performing.^[3] She died on 3 January 1859 in Paris.^[1]