Jan Hoffman
Jan Hoffman (born June 11, 1906 in Krakow ; † October 25, 1995 there ) was a Polish pianist and music teacher.
Life
Hoffman studied piano at the Kraków Academy of Music with Jan Śliwiński and Wiktor Łabuński and, after graduating in 1928, with Egon Petri in Kraków and Berlin. From 1931 to 1933 he taught at the Kraków Conservatory, and he also gave private lessons in Kraków, Lemberg and Bielsko. During the Second World War he was a professor at the Lviv Conservatory.
After 1945 he reorganized the Kraków Music Academy with Zbigniew Drzewiecki , of which he was rector from 1966 to 1969. His students included Władysław Kędra , Janina Baster-Sors , Janusz Dolny , Marek Drewnowski and Adam Wodnicki . He has been a juror at the International Chopin Competition and other piano competitions several times . The focus of his repertoire as a pianist was the work of Johann Sebastian Bach , whose concertos for two, three and four pianos he performed with Zbigniew Drzewiecki, Bolesław Woytowicz and Jan Ekier . He also played compositions by contemporary Polish composers such as Witold Lutosławski , Michał Spisak , Antoni Szałowski and Artur Malawski . For his work, Hoffman was awarded the First Prize of the Polish Ministry of Culture three times (1964, 1968 and 1986) and in 1980 with the Officer's Cross and the Commander-in-Chief of the Order of Polonia Restituta .
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| SURNAME | Hoffman, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish pianist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krakow |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1995 |
| Place of death | Krakow |