Tadeusz Wroński

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Tadeusz Wroński (born April 1, 1915 in Warsaw , † January 15, 2000 in Warsaw ) was a Polish violinist and music teacher .

Wroński played the violin from the age of seven and studied from 1930 to 1939 at the Warsaw Conservatory (today Fryderyk Chopin University for Music ) with Józef Jarzębski . The Second World War interrupted his musical career, but in 1945 he was again active as a co-founder and first concertmaster of the Baltic Philharmonic in Sopot . From 1947 to 1949 he studied with André Gertler at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels on a scholarship ; he graduated with honors.

From 1949 he taught at the Higher State Music School in Warsaw, whose rector he was from 1973 to 1975 after its conversion to the State University of Music (today Fryderyk Chopin University of Music). At the same time he expanded his artistic activity by giving concerts in Europe and Asia, performing as a soloist with Polish and foreign orchestras and in a duo with Władysław Szpilman , later with a string quartet he founded and finally with the Kwintet Warszawski . From 1965 to 1986 he also taught at the Indiana University Bloomington Music School . In addition, he gave summer workshops and master classes, wrote several violin tutorials (including Zagadnienia gry skrzypcowej , 4 volumes, 1957–1970; Zdolni i niezdolni. O grze i antygrze na skrypach , 1979; Techniki gry skrzypcowej , 1994) and participated in numerous violin competitions With. In 1990 he founded the Tadeusz Wroński Competition for solo violin , which has been held internationally since 1997.

Wroński co-founded the Stowarzyszenie Polskich Artystow Muzykow (Association of Polish Music Artists), which he headed from 1962 to 1965, and the Association of Polish Violin Makers. He has received numerous awards for his artistic and educational achievements, including the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and the Honors of Polish Culture . The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music awarded him an honorary doctorate.

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personal data
SURNAME Wroński, Tadeusz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish violinist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 2000
Place of death Warsaw