Gertruda Konatkowska
Gertruda Konatkowska (born June 23, 1895 in Berlin , † October 29, 1966 in Poznan ) was a Polish pianist and co-founder and professor at the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Music Academy in Poznan .
Life
Konatkowska was born into a Polish family and grew up in Berlin. She first studied in the years 1910-1913 at the Berlin Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory with Moritz Mayer-Mahr . 1914–1917 she continued her studies at the Royal Academy of Music with Richard Rössler . From 1917 she appeared as a soloist and chamber musician. In 1920 she moved to Poznan and began teaching at the newly established State Music Academy. From 1934 she appeared frequently on Polish radio.
In 1958 she became a professor, from 1961 until her retirement (1966) she took over the chair of piano at the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Music Academy in Poznan. In 1964 she performed publicly as a pianist and in 1965 she recorded several piano works. Her students included the choir conductor Stefan Stuligrosz and music critic Jerzy Waldorff .
Awards and honors
- Polish Cross of Merit in Gold (1952)
- Order of Polonia Restituta (1957)
- There is Gertruda Konatkowska Street in the Podolany district of Poznań.
Web links
- Mariusz Formanowicz: Wywód rodowy prof. Gertrudy Konatkowskiej. (PDF, Polish CV)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Konatkowska Gertruda. In: Encyklopedia PWN (Music Encyclopedia of PWN). Polish Science Publishers (PWN), accessed November 21, 2016 (Polish).
- ↑ Konatkowska, Gertruda . In: Elzbieta Dziebowska (Ed.): Encyklopedia Muzyczna PWM (Musikenzyklopädie des PWM) . tape 5 : KLŁ . Polish Music Publishing House (PWN), Krakow 1997, ISBN 83-224-3303-4 , p. 157 .
- ↑ Tadeusz Świtała: Mottyniana. Pianistka poznańska - Gertruda Konatkowska . In: Janusz Dembski, et al. (Ed.): Kronika Miasta Poznania . No. 3 . Prezydium Rady Narodowej Miasta Poznania (Poznan City Council), Poznań 1966, p. 96-125 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Konatkowska, Gertruda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish pianist, co-founder and professor of the State University of Music in Poznań |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1966 |
| Place of death | Poznań / Poznan |