- Witold Małcużyński
Witold Małcużyński (
August 10 ,1914 nearWarsaw -July 17 ,1977 Majorca ) was a Polish pianist who specialized in Chopin. Brother ofKarol Małcużyński , politician and journalist.He began playing the piano at the age of 10 an eventually studied at the Warsaw Conservatory.
Originally he intended to study law but switched to music, studying under a pupil of Busoni. n 1936, he received an invitation to study under
Ignacy Paderewski , former prime minister of Poland and one of the great Romantic pianists of the "Golden Age". Małcużyński's playing was marked by great passion and poetry. In 1937 he met his future wife, Colette Gaveau, French pianist.When
World War II began he was inFrance . He joinedPolish Army there and together with the artistic-propaganda section visited Polish military camps. After the capitulation of France he together with his wife escaped toPortugal , where he surprisingly met Grzegorz Fitelberg, well-known conductor. Fitelberg offered him a tournée in South America. Małcużyński went toArgentina in October 1940. In April 1942 he relocated to theUnited States . Essential to his American career was famous violinistYehudi Menuhin , who initially helped him with organizational issues. After the war he moved toSwitzerland where he lived.He died in 1977 and was buried in the
Powązki Cemetery ,Warsaw ,Poland .References
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External links
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