Stanisław Szpinalski

Stanisław Szpinalski studied at Chopin University of Music and Moscow Conservatory. The recorded working language is Polish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical music. Employment is recorded with Chopin University of Music. Distinctions recorded are International Chopin Piano Competition, Gold Cross of Merit, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Born and trained in Russia, he would return to his homeland as it was reconstituted. Once he finished his studies in the Warsaw Conservatory (1925), he spent two years in Paris. After that, he returned to Poland to participate in the inaugural I International Chopin Piano Competition.

There, he established himself as one of the leading young Polish pianists of his time, finishing second only to Lev Oborin. Not having been able to win the 1st prize, Szpinalski decided to carry on his training under the guidance of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, not beginning a virtuoso career until 1932; the outbreak of World War II interrupted it. By then he had settled in Vilnius, where he would be appointed the director of the city's Conservatory. One decade later, Szpinalski resumed his career extensively as a performer on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Chopin's death, regaining his status. He later recovered from a bout of rheumatism, but shortly after, died of cancer.

Stanisław Szpinalski is recorded as having received International Chopin Piano Competition, Gold Cross of Merit and Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta.