Henriette Voigt

Henriette Voigt (24 November 1808 - 15 October 1839) was a German pianist.

Born Henriette Kunze in Leipzig, Voigt was a pupil of Ludwig Berger.

She was the wife of merchant Karl Voigt, at whose house many of the most important musicians of the day gathered.

[1] As a pianist she would sometimes play four-handed piano with Felix Mendelssohn.

With Karl she was the mother of two daughters, whose godfathers were Mendelssohn and Schumann.

Pastel portrait