Regina Smendzianka

Regina Smendzianka studied at Academy of Music in Kraków. training under Henryk Sztompka and Zbigniew Drzewiecki is recorded. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is music, piano performance and music education. Employment is recorded with Chopin University of Music. Distinctions recorded are Medal for Merit to Culture, Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland, Zasłużony Działacz Kultury and Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Regina Smendzianka was born in Toruń, and began her public performances as a child of eight surprising the audience with her mature interpretation of the classical works. In 1949 she was awarded the just resumed IV International Chopin Piano Competition's 11th prize soon after graduating from the State Higher School of Music in Kraków (at present Academy of Music in Kraków) with the highest marks. She was a disciple of Zbigniew Drzewiecki from 1950 to 1955, and subsequently launched an international career. Smendzianka held a professorship at the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw (at present Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw) until 1996, briefly serving as the institution's rector. Among her students are contemporary classical pianists such as: Andrzej Dutkiewicz, Elżbieta Karaś-Krasztel, Maria Korecka, Ewa Kupiec, Elżbieta Tarnawska, Sławomir Dobrzański, Maciej Grzybowski, Nina Drath, Jesús María Figueroa, Rosa María Delsordo, Kazimierz Brzozowski, Moto Harada, Artur Cieślak, Yumi Toyama. Smendzianka was a juror at the 1970, 1980, 1995 and 2000 editions of the Chopin Competition.