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Anton Hekking (1856-1935): Dutch cellist and teacher.

At 17 he became principal cellist of the Utrecht Symphony Orchestra. He then played in the Pavlovsky Orchestra in Russia.

In 1873-1878 he studied at the Paris Conservatoire, with Leon and Pierre Jacquard CHEVILLARD. Won a Premier Prix in 1878, then toured with the Russian pianist Anna Yesipova (1851-1914) in Russia. From 1880 he was principal cellist of the Bilsesche Kapelle in Berlin (with Benjamin Bilse (1816-1902) conductor and violinist Franz Kneisel). A conflict with Bilse led to 54 musicians of the orchestra founding the Kapelle Frühere Bilsesche in 1882, shortly thereafter renamed the Berlin Philharmonic . Anton Hekking made a tour of Europe in 1882 and of America in 1888 with the Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe.

1884-1888: first cellist Berliner Philharmoniker . It is rumored that he pulled practical jokes, which caused tension in the orchestra.

1889-1891: first cellist Boston Symphony Orchestra (conductor Arthur Nikisch); in this period also the cellist of the Kneisel Quartet

1895-1898: first cellist New York Philharmonic Orchestra

1898: teacher at Stern Conservatory , Berlin

1902-1907: Hekking Trio, with Artur Schnabel , piano and Alfred Wittenberg, violin

1907-1909: Hekking Trio with Clarence Adler, piano and Alfred Wittenberg, violin
Anton Hekking was a brother of the cellist André Hekking (1866-1925), who taught at the Paris Conservatory, and cousin of the cellist Gérard Hekking (1879-1942). His father was the cellist Robert Gerard Hekking (1820-1875).