Teodelinda Terán Hicks
Ecuadorean cellist
Teodelinda Terán Hicks (March 1, 1889 – June 11, 1959) was an Ecuadorian cellist.
Early life
Teodelinda Terán was born in Quito, Ecuador, the daughter of General Emilio María Terán and Hortensia Vaca. She attended the National Conservatory of Music in Quito, as did two of her brothers Augusto, a flutist, and Enrique, a violinist and later a novelist. When her father became Minister Plenipotentiary of Ecuador in Great Britain, she and her brothers continued their musical studies in London. She also played and taught piano. Her father was assassinated in 1911.
Career
Terán, her brothers, a Spanish violinist and two English musicians began performing as the London Sextett in Quito in 1909. In 1919 she moved to San Francisco, California, where she played cello for artists and diplomats at the Presidio. She was a member of the San Francisco Musical Club, and taught cello and piano in the 1920s. After she married, she was founder and hostess of "El Club de los Bandoleros", a Spanish language society in San Francisco.
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