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Barbara Stella Hesse-Bukowska (8 February 1930 – 9 December 2013) was a Polish pianist. Her family had a long-standing musical history, as her father was a violinist and conductor, her mother was a pianist and teacher, and her grandfather was a piano tuner. Her mother was her first teacher. Her subsequent teachers included Czesław Aniołkiewicz and, at the Warsaw Conservatory, Maria Glińska-Wąsowska.
Biography of Barbara Hesse-Bukowska
at The Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw.
Biography of Barbara Hesse-Bukowska
at the Culture.pl 1930 births 2013 deaths Polish classical pianists Polish women pianists Polish music educators Piano pedagogues Recipients of the Order of the Banner of Work Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition prize-winners Prize-winners of the International Chopin Piano Competition Musicians from Łódź 20th-century classical pianists Women classical pianists 20th-century Polish women 20th-century women pianists {{classical-pianist-stub
Barbara Stella Hesse-Bukowska (8 February 1930 – 9 December 2013) was a Polish pianist. Her family had a long-standing musical history, as her father was a violinist and conductor, her mother was a pianist and teacher, and her grandfather was a piano tuner. Her mother was her first teacher. Her subsequent teachers included Czesław Aniołkiewicz and, at the Warsaw Conservatory, Maria Glińska-Wąsowska.
Education and achievements
Hesse-Bukowska was born inŁódź
Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of cant ...
. She graduated from Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
's State Higher School of Music in June 1949. In the same year, she took part in the first postwar edition of the IV International Chopin Piano Competition
The IV International Chopin Piano Competition ( pl, IV Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 15 September to 15 October 1949 in Warsaw. The first competition after World War II, it was held in connection with ...
, and won 2nd prize. Five years later, she went to Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
, where she continued studies with Arthur Rubinstein. She subsequently undertook an intercontinental concert career, which she combined with teaching at Wroclaw's Higher School of Music. In 1972, Hesse-Bukowska became a professor at the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy.
Her honours and awards included the ''Złoty Krzyż Zasługi'' ( Cross of Merit; 1955) and the ''Order Sztandaru Pracy'' ( Order of the Banner of Work) 2nd class (1959) and 1st class (1984). Outside of Poland, in 1962, she was awarded the Harriet Cohen Foundation's Piano Medal.
References
External links
Biography of Barbara Hesse-Bukowska
at The Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw.
Biography of Barbara Hesse-Bukowska
at the Culture.pl 1930 births 2013 deaths Polish classical pianists Polish women pianists Polish music educators Piano pedagogues Recipients of the Order of the Banner of Work Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition prize-winners Prize-winners of the International Chopin Piano Competition Musicians from Łódź 20th-century classical pianists Women classical pianists 20th-century Polish women 20th-century women pianists {{classical-pianist-stub