Richard Hageman

Biography

Richard Hageman was a Dutch-born American conductor, pianist, and composer born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, in 1881. He began performing as a child prodigy at age six and went on to study at conservatories in Amsterdam and Brussels. In the early 1900s, he accompanied renowned singers such as Yvette Guilbert and Rosina van Dyke before eventually settling in the United States and becoming an American citizen in 1925.