Zbigniew Drzewiecki (; 8 April 189011 April 1971) was a

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who was for most of his life a teacher of pianists. He was especially associated with the interpretation of

Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leadin ...

's works. His pupils include several famous pianists of the 20th century, and his influence was therefore very pervasive. Drzewiecki was born in

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. He commenced study under his father, and then, at Warsaw, under Oberfeldt and Pilecki. After he had matriculated he went (from 1909 to 1914) to

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, to the atelier of

Theodor Leschetizky Theodor Leschetizky (sometimes spelled Leschetitzky, pl, Teodor Leszetycki; 22 June 1830 – 14 November 1915 was an Austrian-Polish pianist, professor, and composer born in Landshut in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, then a crown land of ...

, where he studied with Marie Prentner, the master's assistant. He gave many recitals in Polish towns, and also in Vienna,

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and

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. In 1916 he became professor of advanced pianoforte classes at the

Warsaw Conservatory 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.

, and continued to teach there until his death in 1971. He assisted in establishing the

International Chopin Piano Competition The International Chopin Piano Competition ( pl, Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina), often referred to as the Chopin Competition, is a piano competition held in Warsaw, Poland. It was initiated in 1927 and has been held ev ...

, and served upon their juries from the first occasion, 1927, until 1971. After the

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, and especially after the death of

Józef Turczyński Jozéf Turczyński (18841953) was a Polish pianist, pedagogue and musicologist who exercised a powerful influence over the development of piano teaching and performance, especially in the works of Frédéric Chopin, during the first half of the 20th ...

(1884–1953), he was considered the greatest Polish piano teacher.

Students

The following is an incomplete list of pianists who studied with Drzewiecki: *

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* Eva Osińska *

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* Marta Sosińska *

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Sources

*A. Eaglefield-Hull, ''Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians'' (Dent, London 1924). *J. Methuen-Campbell, ''Chopin Playing from the Composer to the Present Day'' (Gollancz, London 1981). 1890 births 1971 deaths Polish classical pianists Male classical pianists Piano pedagogues Musicians from Warsaw People from Warsaw Governorate Chopin University of Music faculty Academics of the Academy of Music in Kraków 20th-century classical pianists 20th-century male musicians Recipients of the State Award Badge (Poland) {{Poland-musician-stub