Halina Czerny-Stefańska

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Name = Halina Czerny-Stefańska


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Poland
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Krakow, Poland
Instrument = Piano
Genre = Classical Music
Occupation = Pianist
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Halina Czerny-Stefańska (December 31, 1922 - July 1, 2001) was a renowned Polish pianist who studied piano under her father, Stanislaw Szwarcenberg-Czerny, as well as with the noted pedagogue and Chopin specialist Jozef Turczynski, Zbigniew Drzewiecki, and Alfred Cortot at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris. She was a First Prize winner at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1949 and shared this prize with another noted pianist, Bella Davidovich. Ms. Czerny-Stefanska made many recordings and was especially known for her performances of Chopin pieces including the Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor.

Ms. Czerny-Stefanska was a Juror in many piano competitions including the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, the Tchaikovsky International Competition, and the Marguerite Long - Jacques Thibaud Competition. She was also a Juror at the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition for many years.

Her daughter, with husband Ludwik Stefanski (1917-1982) is Elzbieta Stefanska-Lukowicz (b. 1943), a renowned harpsichordist and professor at the Academy of Music in Krakow, Poland.

Ms. Czerny-Stefanska died in Krakow on July 1, 2001.

References

* http://www.ddg.art.pl/chopin/jury/czerny.html
* http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010706/ai_n14415075