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© Documentation Waldemar Kamer
Lise Barbier Cristiani (1825-1853) was the first woman to perform on a concert stage with a cello and the first Western musician to travel across Siberia to the Kamchatka Peninsula. Born in Paris, she died in Novocherkassk, in the Caucasus, at the age of 27. Some mysteries of this extraordinary life are now being shed light on thanks to publications in several countries. They are gathered here.
Lise B. Cristiani
Cellist to the King of Denmark, Kamchatka, and other unknown and little-known countries
I've had some rather fine journeys, a bit wild, quite dangerous, very glorious, and rather poor. […] I'll never complain, for I maintain that a true artist must sometimes travel for the body and often for the mind. If this maxim doesn't make one rich, at least it prevents one from being so foolish.
That's still a plus.