The grave of Maria Wiłkomirska at Powązki Cemetery

Maria Wiłkomirska (3 April 1904 - 19 June 1995) was a Polish pianist.

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. Wiłkomirska formed a piano trio with Wanda and Kazimierz and toured in Europe and Asia.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Nicolas Slonimsky (1988). The Concise Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Schirmer Books. p. 1361. ISBN 978-0-02-872411-9.
  2. ↑ "Maria Wiłkomirska". Discogs. Retrieved Mar 9, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Maria Wiłkomirska | Życie i twórczość | Artysta". Culture.pl. Retrieved Mar 9, 2021.


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