Lina Coen

Lina Coen (born Caroline Marie Cohen; September 21, 1878 – April 13, 1952) was a French-American musician of Dutch descent.

11 (Liszt) and the Capriccio Brillant (Mendelssohn), accompanied by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Frans Mannstädt.

Coen was solo-pianist in a concert of the Berlin Philharmoniker conducted by Josef Řebíček, performing the Piano Concerto (Schumann).

[10] In April 1905, Coen and Van Lier gave concerts in Leipzig and Erfurt with the German contralto Grete Hentschel.

[11] Coen also tried her hand at composing: between 1896 and 1906, three of her compositions were published in Paris in the series "Pensée: pour piano".

[14] In 1920, Coen spent nine weeks on tour with Marie Rappold, including Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas.

[15] In addition to serving as Rappold's accompanist on the piano, Coen performed as a soloist, playing Rhapsody No.

Woman invades the orchestra pit not with the idea of making a sartorial display of herself, as is the case in so many instances where the box of the opera house is concerned.

[17] Among the singers who coached with Coen were Marion Telva, Julia Culp, Jeanne Gordon, Carl Jörn, Orville Harrold, Marie Tiffany, Geneviève Vix, Claire Dux and many others.

Article in The New York Times, February 8, 1917, p. 10