Lidia Grychtołówna Explained

Lidia Grychtołówna (born 1928 in Rybnik) is a Polish pianist.

In 1955 she was awarded the V International Chopin Piano Competition's seventh prize,[1] and one year later she shared the third prize of the inaugural edition of the Robert Schumann Competition with Mikhail Voskresensky.[2] She subsequently performed throughout the world, and held a professorship at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. She served as a juror at the Chopin Competition's X, XI and XIII editions.[3]

Grychtołówna has been decorated the Gold Medal of the City of Milan.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.konkursy.miedzynarodowe.chopin.pl/redirect.php?DOC=d_ifoo99 The International Fryderyk Chopin in Warsaw, Edition 1955 - Laureates
  2. http://www.schumannzwickau.de/en/rsw_piano_singers_winner.asp Former Winners at The Robert Schumann Competition
  3. http://www.ddg.art.pl/chopin/jury.html Jury of The XIII International Chopin Piano Competition, Warsaw 1995