Polish pianist, composer and pedagogue Jan Ekier passed away on August 15, 2014. Below is more information from the external news service of Polish Radio: Prominent Polish pianist and composer Jan Ekier has died in Warsaw, just two weeks before his 101st birthday. Ekier was known primarily for his outstanding interpretations of Chopin’s music and…Continue Reading Jan Ekier Obituary
From the On Polish Music blog by Adrian Thomas: News has just come in of the death of the Polish composer and teacher, Włodzimierz Kotoński. He was 89. Along with Jan Krenz (b.1926) and Bogusław Schaeffer (b.1929), Kotoński was the last major surviving Polish composer born before 1930. He was renowned as a composition teacher…Continue Reading In Memoriam: Włodzimierz Kotoński
The Blue Note Of Sorrow By Marek Żebrowski The music that filled Jan Jarczyk’s heart ever since the day he was born in Kraków in 1947 fell silent on August 3, 2014. Throughout his rich and eventful life, there was a lot of Jan’s music in places around the globe and it resonated deeply with…Continue Reading Obituary: Jan Jarczyk