Germaine Thyssens-Valentin, Dutch-French pianist (born 1902)

Germaine Thyssens-Valentin

Germaine Thyssens-Valentin was a Dutch-born classical pianist of Franco-Dutch parentage, noted for her performances of French music. She studied under Gabriel Fauré at the Paris Conservatoire, and in the 1950s, after a long absence from performing while she raised a family of…