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Dutch harpist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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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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