#Polish composer series

The divine breath plays upon his soul and makes not only music but poetry-indeed all art live again.”- Heinrich Neuhaus, Polish pianist, and composer 4) Czeslaw Talarczyk “Szymanowski is a writer whose inspiration seems to come from high above. His work is both highly original as well as a combination of many well-known compositional techniques. In his older years, he became increasingly interested in the music of India and incorporated some of its elements into his style which increased his popularity. He composed 15 symphonies including No 4 entitled “Symphonie Concertante,” four concertos, four operas, and more than 90 songs. Karol Szymanowski wrote both orchestral and chamber compositions but it was for the orchestra where he excelled. “Paderewski is blessed with a most creative imagination, and has the power of investing all that he writes with deep seriousness.”- The Strad “He is an artist who belongs to all nations.” – New York Herald Tribune. Even as he grew older he was able to continue making new music and became one of the first composers of his time to use jazz influences in his piano works. Throughout his life writing became increasingly important especially after 1900 when his musical style changed to a more romantic style. His first composition was 10 years old when he wrote a polonaise for his sisters’ dancing class. Paderewski was born in 1876 in Warsaw where he learned to play the piano from his mother. He writes no useless notes.” – Karl Maria von Weber 2) Ignacy Paderewski “Chopin is everything that a composer can be. 9, No.2Ĭhopin wrote 21 nocturnes for solo piano between 18, but Op. The vast majority of Chopin’s music was composed for solo piano, but he did compose some piano concertos, songs, and chamber music.Ĭhopin’s most well-known pieces include: Nocturne in E flat, Op. He several hundred pieces before his death at age 39, but only about 230 pieces survived. Although he was not recognized for his contributions to the musical world during his lifetime, today his works are universally appreciated. During his life, he wrote works for piano, vocal works like romance and mazurka, as well as orchestral compositions. His music skillfully combined the innovation of Romanticism with traditional classical elegance.

He is considered one of the greatest pianists and composers of all time. Some of these include Fryderyk Chopin and Ignacy Paderewski who is said to be “one of the twentieth century’s most distinguished pianists.” 1) Frédéric Chopinįryderyk Chopin (also Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin) was born in 1810 in Poland, hence his nickname “The Polish Mozart”. Many famous Polish composers have been recognized as some of the most influential in history. We would like to kindly ask you to donate to this cause:Īny help is greatly appreciated, and together we can make sure that the piano is given to the people of Edinburgh, and can be used for recitals again.Polish composers are important to the world of classical music.

#Polish composer series

Josie has then set up ‘The Friends of Felix Yaniewicz’ and is trying to gather funds through a crowdfunding campaign to purchase the piano and deliver it to Edinburgh to be placed in the Polish Ex-Combatants’ House on Drummond Place following with an exhibition about Yaniewicz in the Georgian House museum, and a series of concerts in his memory planned for the second half of 2022. The piano has been restored to prime condition and is ready to be played again. Please pencil the date in and more details will follow.Ībout a year ago, Josie came across an advert from an auction for a square piano bearing the label Yaniewicz and Green.

You will be able to hear more about Yaniewicz’s fascinating story during a talk by Josie Dixon (Yaniewicz’s great-great-great-great-granddaughter!) on Wednesday 7th of April at 7pm.

However, due to the unsettled political situation he was then forced to live in exile and in 1815 he arrived in Edinburgh where he lived till the end of his life. He spent his early career years playing at the Polish Chapel Royal (for the king himself Stanislaw August Poniatowski!), then Vienna. We are delighted to announce that the Scottish Polish Cultural Association has partnered with the Friends of Felix Yaniewicz to save Yaniewicz’s piano and bring it to Edinburgh…įelix Yaniewicz (1762-1848) was a Polish-Lithuanian musician and composer born in Vilnus.