Anton Hekking
Anton Hekking was a Netherlands-born cellist and teacher. Born in The Hague, he served as first cello of the Boston Symphony from 1889 until 1891; he served in the same post for the New York Symphony from 1895 to 1898. From 1898 he taught at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin, in which city he died.
Antonius Joannes Franciscus, named "Anton", was the son of Gerardus Gradus Hekking and Johanna Sofia Van Hove, and the oncle of the cellists André Hekking and Gérard Hekking.
