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Maria Wiłkomirska

Maria Wiłkomirska was born in Moscow, Wiłkomirska was the daughter of violinist Alfred Wiłkomirski; her half-sister Wanda was a violinist, her half-brother Józef was a conductor, and her brother Kazimierz was a cellist. From 1913 until 1917 she studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Nadezhda Briusova and Boleslav Yavorsky; in 1920 she moved to Warsaw where she became a pupil of Józef Turczyński. She held positions as an instructor in Kalisz, Gdańsk, and Łódź, and in 1951 began teaching at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.

Maria Wiłkomirska

Maria Wiłkomirska

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Name
Maria Wiłkomirska
Born
3 April 1904
Birthplace
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died
19 June 1995
Place of death
Warsaw, Poland
Occupation
Pianist, teacher
Nationality
Poland · Russian Empire
Fields
music
Honours
Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta · Silver Cross of Merit
Languages
Polish

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Maria Wiłkomirska was born in Moscow, Wiłkomirska was the daughter of violinist Alfred Wiłkomirski; her half-sister Wanda was a violinist, her half-brother Józef was a conductor, and her brother Kazimierz was a cellist. From 1913 until 1917 she studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Nadezhda Briusova and Boleslav Yavorsky; in 1920 she moved to Warsaw where she became a pupil of Józef Turczyński. She held positions as an instructor in Kalisz, Gdańsk, and Łódź, and in 1951 began teaching at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.

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