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  • A Cellist’s Resistance: the bravery of Frieda Belinfante

    A Cellist’s Resistance: the bravery of Frieda Belinfante

    The year is 1940. World War II has just begun. The talented Dutch cello player Frieda Belinfante has to give up the fame she has recently obtained as the first female orchestra director in her country… Frieda Belinfante was born in Amsterdam, 1904. Her father Aaron Belinfante was a concert piano player who introduced his…