Vladimir Puchalsky

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Vladimir Puchalsky

Wladimir (Wlodzimierz, Volodimir) Vyacheslavovich (Wazlawowitsch) Puchalski ( Russian Владимир Вячеславович Пухальский ; born March 21 . Jul / 2. April  1848 . Greg in Minsk ; † 23. February 1933 in Kiev ) was a Polish - Russian - Ukrainian pianist , Composer and music teacher .

Life

As a child, Puchalski played the violin and piano . When Stanisław Moniuszko came to Minsk, he listened to the boy and praised him. Puchalski studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Theodor Leschetizky's piano class and also music theory and composition with Julius Johannsen and Nikolai Saremba . In 1874 he finished his studies and then taught there.

In 1876 Puchalski went to Kiev and taught at the Kiev Academy of Music. In 1877 he became a member of the management of the Kiev Music Society with responsibility for the programs of symphony and chamber music evenings (until 1888). In 1909 he became an honorary member of the Kiev Department of the Imperial Russian Music Society (IRMO) . In 1913 the Kiev Conservatory was split off with Puchalski as its first director. Puchalski's hymn to music was performed at the opening ceremony. He then directed the piano class.

Vladimir Puchalski's grave in the Lukjanivska Cemetery in Kiev

Puchalski performed as a pianist for more than 30 years. He composed in 1883 a D minor - Piano Concerto , which he played very often, most recently in Rostov-on-Don under Gliere . He created the opera Waleria , romances , etudes and other pieces for piano. His students included Vladimir Horowitz and his sister Regina Horowitz , Leonid Nikolajew , Julius Isserlis , Anna Danilowna Artobolewskaja , Boleslaw Jaworskyj and Arnold Alschwang . Puchalski is considered to be the founder of the Kiev Pianist School.

Web links

Commons : Wladimir Puchalski  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Grzegorz Żmuda: Puchalski Włodzimierz . In: Polski Słownik Biograficzny . tape 29 , p. 320-321 .
  2. ↑ Ю. В. Келдыш: Музыкальная энциклопедия . Советская энциклопедия, Moscow 1973.
  3. ^ Rudolf Maria Breithaupt : The natural piano technique . CF Kahnt successor, Leipzig, p. 741 .
  4. ^ Hugo Riemann : Musik-Lexikon : Second volume . S. 881 .
  5. ↑ Зильберман Ю., Смилянская Ю .: Киевская симфония Владимира Горовица . Kiev 2002.
  6. ^ Natalia Guralnik: The Pedagogy of Representatives of the Ukrainian Piano School: Intergenerational Dialogue . In: Annales UMCS, Artes . tape 8 , no. 8 , 2010, p. 145-166 , doi : 10.2478 / v10075-011-0015-x .
personal data
SURNAME Puchalsky, Vladimir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Пухальский, Владимир (Russian); Puchalski, Włodzimierz; Puchalsky, Volodimir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish-Russian-Ukrainian pianist, composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Minsk
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1933
Place of death Kiev