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Chopin University Of Music
The Chopin University of Music ( pl, Uniwersytet Muzyczny Fryderyka Chopina, UMFC) is a musical conservatorium and academy located in central Warsaw, Poland. It is the oldest and largest music school in Poland, and one of the largest in Europe. at the International Chopin Information Center History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karol Szymanowski
Karol Maciej Szymanowski (; 6 October 188229 March 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. He was a member of the modernist Young Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century. Szymanowski's early works show the influence of the late Romantic German school as well as the early works of Alexander Scriabin, as exemplified by his Étude Op. 4 No. 3 and his first two symphonies. Later, he developed an impressionistic and partially atonal style, represented by such works as the Third Symphony and his Violin Concerto No. 1. His third period was influenced by the folk music of the Polish Górale people, including the ballet ''Harnasie'', the Fourth Symphony, and his sets of Mazurkas for piano. ''King Roger,'' composed between 1918 and 1924, remains Szymanowski's most popular opera. His other significant works include ''Hagith'', Symphony No. 2, ''The Love Songs of Hafiz'', and '' Stabat Mater''. Szymanowski was awarded the highest national honors, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński
Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński (25 July 1869 – 18 April 1928) was a Polish composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher. Works Orchestral works * Piano Concerto in e minor (1892-4) * Piano Concerto in c minor (1898) * Symphony in c minor Stage Works * "Protesilas i Laodamia" (1902, libretto by S. Wyspiański) (Tragedy) Chamber music * Violin Sonata in G Major (1907), * Piano Trio in g minor (probably written 1892-4) * Dumka for Violin and Piano * Canon for Violin, Cello and Piano (1890) Piano works * Trois Morceaux Caracteristiques Op. 5, for solo piano * Morceau fantastique (Phantasiestück) * Etude in D major, Op. 8 * Nocturne in A major * Prelude in C major * Fugue in C-sharp minor * Variations sur un theme populaire polonais * Quasi mazurka sur le theme W.M.S. * Valse a la Chopin * La Fileuse de l'opera "Maria" * Canons (1890) Recordings Both piano concertos were recorded in the past on Olympia and on Muza, and in 2007 on Hyperion. The Violin Sonata in G major, the Dumka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanisław Barcewicz
Stanisław Barcewicz (16 April 18581 September 1929) was a noted Polish violinist, conductor and teacher. Although his repertoire included almost all of the classical and romantic violin literature, he was valued primarily for his interpretations of works by Henryk Wieniawski and Felix Mendelssohn. He also premiered works by his teacher Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, including the Polish premiere of the Violin Concerto in D. He played on a Guadagnini violin. Biography Stanisław Barcewicz was born in Warsaw in 1858, and first studied violin at the Institute of Music there under Apollinaire de Kontski (Apolinary Kątski) and Władysław Gorski. At the age of 11 he publicly performed Beriot's Violin Concerto No. 7 in G major. He then studied at the Moscow Conservatory, where his teachers were Ferdinand Laub, Jan Hřímalý and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. He graduated in 1876 with a Gold Medal. On 20 or 21 September 1878, as part of the 1878 Paris World Exhibition, he performed at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Młynarski
Emil Szymon Młynarski (; 18 July 18705 April 1935) was a Polish conductor, violinist, composer, and pedagogue. Life Młynarski was born in Kibarty (Kybartai), Russian Empire, now in Lithuania. He studied violin with Leopold Auer and composition with Anatoly Lyadov and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He was the founding conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and subsequently served as principal conductor of the Scottish Orchestra in Glasgow from 1910 to 1916. He conducted the premiere of Karol Szymanowski's opera ''King Roger''. He composed, among other things, a symphony dedicated to his homeland (Symphony in F major, Op. 14, ''Polonia''), and two violin concertos (1897, 1917). The latter concerto, in D major, Op. 16, has been recorded by Konstanty Kulka and Nigel Kennedy. Emil Młynarski died in Warsaw at age 64. His daughter Wanda married Wiktor Łabuński. His daughter Aniela (Nela, Nelly) married Mieczysław Munz and later Arthur Rubinstein. He is the grandfather of J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustaw Roguski
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Aleksander Zarzycki
Aleksander Zarzycki (26 February 1834 in Lwów (Lemberg), Austria-Hungary (now Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ..., Ukraine) – 1 November 1895 in Warsaw) was a Polish pianist, composer and conductor (music), conductor. Author of piano and violin compositions, mazurkas, polonaise (dance), polonaises, krakowiaks, and songs. In 1871 he co-founded and became the first director of the Warsaw Music Society (''Warszawskie Towarzystwo Muzyczne''). In the years 1879–1888 director of the Warsaw Music Institute (''Insytut Muzyczny w Warszawie''). Selected works ;Orchestral * ''Suite polonaise'' (Suita polska), Op. 37 :# À la polonaise (Tempo di polacca) :# À la mazourka :# Intermezzo cantabile :# À la cracovienne ;Concertante * ''Grande polonaise'' for piano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apollinaire De Kontski
Apollinaire de Kontski (2 July 182429 June 1879) was a Polish violinist, teacher, and composer. He was born in Warsaw (some sources say incorrectly Kraków) as Apolinary Kątski, the youngest of five musical siblings who all used the name ''de Kontski'' professionally, and the only one who was not a pianist.Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed, 1954, Vol. IV, p. 821 Their father tried to have them all recognised as "wunderkinder". He studied with his elder brother Charles de Kontski and appeared in public at the age of four, playing a concerto by Pierre Rode. He appeared in St Petersburg, France, Germany and England, making an extraordinary impression. He was praised by the likes of Hector Berlioz and Giacomo Meyerbeer. De Kontski was befriended by Niccolò Paganini in Paris, had some lessons with him, and it was said that he was even bequeathed Paganini's violins and manuscripts. This last claim appears to be without foundation, however, Paganini did give hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwik Osiński
Ludwik Osiński (24 August 1775, Kock - 27 November 1838, Warsaw) was a Polish literary critic, historian, literary theorist, translator, poet, playwright and speaker, who also served as a minister in the government of Congress Poland. Biography He received his primary education in Piarist schools; probably in Łomża, although some sources say Radom. In 1794, he participated in the Kościuszko Uprising; serving in a militia unit led by on the front at Narew. From 1801 to 1807, he and the educator, , operated a boarding house for young men in Warsaw; teaching Polish literature and language. During this time, he was an active member of the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning and, from 1804 to 1814, he served as its Secretary. In 1805, he traveled to Italy and France as a tutor to the future General, Roman Sołtyk. Three years later, he married Rozalię Bogusławski; a daughter of the actor, Wojciech Bogusławski. During the brief existence of the Duchy of Warsaw, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Białystok
Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Białystok is located in the Białystok Uplands of the Podlachian Plain on the banks of the Biała River, by road northeast of Warsaw. It has historically attracted migrants from elsewhere in Poland and beyond, particularly from Central and Eastern Europe. This is facilitated by the nearby border with Belarus also being the eastern border of the European Union, as well as the Schengen Area. The city and its adjacent municipalities constitute Metropolitan Białystok. The city has a warm summer continental climate, characterized by warm summers and long frosty winters. Forests are an important part of Białystok's character and occupy around (18% of the administrative area of the city) which places it as the fifth-most forested city in Poland. The first settlers arrived in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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