FLAMENT Jeanne (F-36)

Belgian singer with high voice. She studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (1888-1891) where she won many prizes. In the meantime, she continued to perform, as, for example, in the Concerts du Conservatoire organized and conducted by François-Auguste Gevaert. She would work on it for about 25 years. Her performances throughout Europe would continue until circa 1920. She performed as a solo singer (recitals), but also in duo form with her older sister and in the "Quator Vocal Anversois" with her sister, her teacher and Carl Berckmans. Like many Belgians, she fled her homeland during the First World War and led an orchestra and choir in the Netherlands, with the proceeds sometimes being donated to charities for her compatriots. In the meantime she also gave singing lessons at the conservatory in Brussels, but she also gave private lessons in Ghent. She thus made a significant contribution to singers for, for example, the Flemish Opera and the Royal Muntschouwburg. The four-yearly singing prize "Prijs Jeanne Flament" established by her in 1954 was continued after her death for special singing qualities within the students of the Belgian conservatories.