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Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová
Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová (19 November 1899 in Lviv – 25 September 1975 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak concert pianist and piano teacher, a professor at the Prague Academy of Arts. Her students included Ivan Moravec. Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová was the mother of pianist Pavel Štěpán. Biography Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová belongs to notable representatives of the Czechoslovak piano school. To the public she is known as appreciated and popular teacher who prepared many marvellous interpreters during her life. Her amazing concert career is omitted nowadays even though Ilona Štěpánová ranked herself among the best European artists of her time. She was born as the only daughter in a family of excellent piano teachers Vilém Kurz and his wife Růžena. She was taught to play piano by her parents from a very young age. Her concert career started in Lviv, Ukraine at the age of ten with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart's "Coronation concert in D major" conducted by Oskar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deska IS1
Marek Leszek Deska (born August 24, 1985) is a Polish-Canadian professional baseball player who began his baseball career in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and as of 2007, is playing in the Dutch Major League (Honkbal Hoofdklasse) for Mediamonks RCH. Upon his first start, which was against Instant Holland Almere '90 on May 20, 2007, Deska became the first player in history to play in the highest Dutch league with a Polish passport. Deska is a right-handed pitcher and started his professional baseball career with the Toronto Maple Leafs (semi-pro baseball), Toronto Maple Leafs of the Intercounty Major Baseball League. In 2006, as a rookie in the Intercounty Major Baseball League, Deska acted as a reliever for the Toronto Maple Leafs (semi-pro baseball), Toronto Maple Leafs and posted a 1–2 record with a 3.12 ERA while tallying 19 strikeouts in 17.1 innings of work. Deska pitched in his first Dutch Major League (Honkbal Hoofdklasse) season in 2007 for RCH Mediamonks who made their fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
