Stanislas Niedzielski
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Stanislas Niedzielski was a Polish pianist, noted for his playing of Chopin
. His given name is also seen as Stanislaw or Stanislaus.
He was born in Warsaw
, Poland
in 1905 and studied with Józef Śliwiński
and Henryk Opieński in Poland, and with Ignacy Jan Paderewski
in Switzerland
. He gave his first concert in London in 1925. He played Cyril Scott
's Piano Concerto No. 1 in March 1928, with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
under Sir Dan Godfrey
(the source refers to him as a "teenager", but he appears to have been about 23).
On 18 January 1930, in Madrid
, he gave the first performance of Joaquín Turina
's Contes d'Espagne, Set II, Op. 47.
He toured to many countries, including frequent performances in South Africa
, Australia
and New Zealand
.
For a performance at Birmingham Town Hall around 1950 he brought his own piano in a box trailer towed behind his car.
He settled in Paris
, dying there in 1975 of a tropical disease contracted during an African tour.
Niedzielski is not well known today, but he had a commanding technique as shown in his own paraphrase on Johann Strauss II
's A Thousand and One Nights Waltz, Op. 346, recorded in London in 1930.
His recordings are now rare (some have been reissued on CD in recent years):
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
. His given name is also seen as Stanislaw or Stanislaus.
He was born in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
in 1905 and studied with Józef Śliwiński
Józef Śliwiński
Józef Śliwiński was a Polish classical pianist, one of the outstanding interpreters of the poetic and romantic repertoire, especially Chopin and Schumann. He was taught by Theodor Leschetizky and Anton Rubinstein. For many years he was professor of piano at the Riga Conservatory...
and Henryk Opieński in Poland, and with Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski GBE was a Polish pianist, composer, diplomat, politician, and the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.-Biography:...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. He gave his first concert in London in 1925. He played Cyril Scott
Cyril Scott
Cyril Meir Scott was an English composer, writer, and poet.-Biography:Scott was born in Oxton, England to a shipper and scholar of Greek and Hebrew, and Mary Scott , an amateur pianist. He showed a talent for music from an early age and was sent to the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, Germany to...
's Piano Concerto No. 1 in March 1928, with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is an English orchestra. Originally based in Bournemouth, the BSO moved its offices to the adjacent town of Poole in 1979....
under Sir Dan Godfrey
Dan Godfrey
Sir Dan Godfrey was a British music conductor and member of a musical dynasty that included his father Dan Godfrey...
(the source refers to him as a "teenager", but he appears to have been about 23).
On 18 January 1930, in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, he gave the first performance of Joaquín Turina
Joaquín Turina
Joaquín Turina was a Spanish composer of classical music.-Biography:Turina was born in Seville but his origins were in northern Italy . He studied in Seville as well as in Madrid...
's Contes d'Espagne, Set II, Op. 47.
He toured to many countries, including frequent performances in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
.
For a performance at Birmingham Town Hall around 1950 he brought his own piano in a box trailer towed behind his car.
He settled in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, dying there in 1975 of a tropical disease contracted during an African tour.
Niedzielski is not well known today, but he had a commanding technique as shown in his own paraphrase on Johann Strauss II
Johann Strauss II
Johann Strauss II , also known as Johann Baptist Strauss or Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, or the Son , was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas...
's A Thousand and One Nights Waltz, Op. 346, recorded in London in 1930.
His recordings are now rare (some have been reissued on CD in recent years):
- Chopin: Ballade, Scherzo, Polonaise, Impromptu, mazurkas
- Chopin: Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor; nine études
- Chopin: Mazurkas (selection; 1931)
- LisztFranz LisztFranz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
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: Piano Sonata No. 11 in APiano Sonata No. 11 (Mozart)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K 331 is a sonata in three movements:#Andante grazioso — a theme with six variations#Menuetto — a minuet and trio#Alla Turca: Allegretto in A minor and major.... - Ludomir RóżyckiLudomir RozyckiLudomir Różycki was a Polish composer and conductor. He was, with Mieczysław Karłowicz, Karol Szymanowski and Grzegorz Fitelberg, a member of the group of composers known as Young Poland, the intention of which was to invigorate the musical culture of their generation in their mother country.He...
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: Symphonic Studies, Op. 13 - Johann Strauss II arr. Niedzielski: A Thousand and One Nights, Op. 346
- pieces by Claude DebussyClaude DebussyClaude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
, Federico MompouFederico MompouFrederic Mompou i Dencausse was a Catalan Spanish composer and pianist. He is best known for his solo piano music and his songs.-Life:...
and others.