Eugenia Argiewicz

Argiewicz performed in major European cities in her youth.^[8] She moved to the United States in the 1910s. She was a soloist with the Seattle Symphony,^[9] In 1917 she accompanied British cellist May Mukle when she performed in Sacramento,^[10] and in the 1924–1925 season she played violin in the San Francisco Symphony.^[2][11][12] "Mme. Bem is intense and emotional," commented one Los Angeles reviewer in 1918, "but plays with a musicianly manner and her style is fresh and invigorating."^[13]

Argiewicz and her husband led the Stanislas Bem Little Orchestra,^[8] which performed at San Francisco's Whitcomb Hotel;^[1] they were among the first musicians to perform on KFRC radio when it began broadcasting in 1924, from the roof of the same hotel.^[9] They also played in a chamber trio with pianist Vladimir Shavitch,^[14] until she was replaced in 1918.^[15] She also played ragtime music.^[16]

Eugenia Argiewicz married cellist Stanisław Bem in 1915, in San Francisco. They had a daughter, Vanda (1920-2008), who became a concert pianist and music educator.^[17] Eugenia Argiewicz Bem was widowed in 1956,^[18] and died in 1969, in San Francisco, aged 82 years.^[1] Her granddaughter Gail Colman married San Francisco-based Spanish graphic artist Victor Moscoso.^[19] Eugenia Bem's great-grandson Justin "Justo" Moscoso ran for a seat in Congress in 2000, as the Green Party candidate.^[20]