Wanda Chmielowska
Wanda Chmielowska (born October 2, 1891 in Saint Petersburg , † January 19, 1980 in Tychy ) was a Polish pianist and music teacher.
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Chmielowska received her first piano lessons from her father Stanisław Szlezyngier , who ran a piano school in Saint Petersburg. She studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with Anna Jesipowa and then taught at her father's piano school.
In 1918 she moved to Warsaw, where she gave lessons and completed her training with Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński . She also gave concerts as a chamber musician and with the Warsaw Philharmonic. From 1925 she taught at the Stefan Marian Stoinski Music Institute and from 1929 at the State Conservatory of Music in Katowice .
During the Second World War, Chmielowska lived as a piano teacher in Warsaw, after which she was professor of piano until 1970, and from 1947–48 also prorector at the Katowice State Music Academy. Her students included u. a. Witold Szalonek , Lidia Grychtołówna , Maria Kubien-Uszokowa , Klara Langer-Danecka , Józef Sekura and Józef Stompel .
Chmielowska published writings on questions of piano lessons and composed a collection of piano pieces for beginners himself. In 1954 she was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order Polonia Restituta .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chmielowska, Wanda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish pianist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1980 |
| Place of death | Tychy |