Rosa Maria Kucharski i Gonzàlez

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Rosa Maria Kucharski i Gonzàlez (born October 30, 1929 in Barcelona , † January 5, 2006 in Madrid ) was a Catalan classical pianist, music teacher and musicologist. A graduate of the Acadèmia Marshall in Barcelona , Kucharski was a member of the Catalan School of Pianists . Kucharski was a piano teacher for the Spanish royal family.

life and work

Rosa Maria Kucharski started playing the piano when she was six years old in a Catalan family with Polish roots (Polish father, Catalan mother). She made her debut in Barcelona when she was eleven. She studied harmony with Domingo Mas i Serracat and composition with Xavier Montsalvatge . After graduating from the Marshall Academy with Mercè Roldós in Barcelona, ​​she expanded her piano skills in 1946 with Tomás Andrade de Silva and Teresa Alonso Parada in Madrid, and a little later with Lazare Lévy in Paris and in 1949/1950 with Walter Gieseking in Saarbrücken. She also completed chamber music courses with Pau Casals and George Enescu .

Especially in the 1940s and 1950s she gave performances as a concert musician in numerous cities in Spain. As a soloist she played with the best orchestras in the world. In 1951 she received the Pedro Masaveu Prize . She was the first female pianist to take part in the Chopin Festival in Valldemossa , Mallorca. In 1958 she was selected as one of the world's best fifteen pianists for the Beethoven course given by Wilhelm Kempff in Positano (Italy).

From 1962, Kucharski was initially professor of piano at the Cordoba Conservatory. In 1976 she moved to Madrid to the Escuela Superior de Canto . Here she used international teaching techniques and pianist interpretation. In the 1960s she took over duties at the Cercle Català de Madrid . She worked in the didactic commission of the Ministry of Education and Science. In 1980 she published a music textbook for school. She founded the Society for Musical Education of the Spanish State ( Sociedad para la Educación Musical del Estado Españo ) and was at times head of this institution herself. This institution was the Spanish branch of the International Society for Music Education . In 1986 she founded the IMI ( Intercambio Musical Internacional ) program, an international exchange program for music students.

Her numerous students included the pianist and composer Josep Maria Mestres i Quadreny , the two sisters Vela i Lopez of the Catalan piano duo Duo Vela and the Infanta Cristina of Spain . She published musicological books and articles as well as textbooks for music and piano lessons. In 1982 she launched the Infanta Cristina piano competition , which served to discover new musical talents.

Her brother Eduard Kucharski was a professional basketball player and coach.

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  1. ↑ The article is based on the article of the same name on the Catalan language Wikipedia.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Real Academia de la Historia. Rosa María Kucharski González.
  3. ↑ a b Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música. Rosa Maria Kucharski i Gonzàlez
  4. ↑ a b section after: Catalan Wikipedia, Rosa Maria Kucharski i Gonzàlez.

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personal data
SURNAME Kucharski i Gonzàlez, Rosa Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catalan classical pianist, music teacher and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 2006
Place of death Madrid