Barbara Hesse-Bukowska

Her subsequent teachers included Czesław Aniołkiewicz and, at the Warsaw Conservatory, Maria Glińska-Wąsowska.

Barbara Hesse-Bukowska studied at Academy of Music in Łódź. Training under Czesław Aniołkiewicz and Arthur Rubinstein is recorded. Marek Dyżewski is recorded as having studied under Barbara Hesse-Bukowska. The recorded working language is Polish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Chopin University of Music and Wrocław Academy of Music. Distinctions recorded are Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland, Work Flag Order, 2nd class, Work Flag Order, 1st class and Gold Cross of Merit.

Hesse-Bukowska was born in Łódź. She graduated from Warsaw'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, and won 2nd prize. Five years later, she went to Paris, where she continued studies with Arthur Rubinstein. She subsequently undertook an intercontinental concert career, which she combined with teaching at Wrocław'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 Labour) 2nd class (1959) and 1st class (1984). Outside of Poland, in 1962, she was awarded the Harriet Cohen Foundation's Piano Medal.

• Biography of Barbara Hesse-Bukowska at The Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw • Biography of Barbara Hesse-Bukowska at the Culture.pl