Zbigniew Drzewiecki

Zbigniew Drzewiecki

1890 (Warsaw) — 1971 (Warsaw)

Zbigniew Drzewiecki was a Polish pianist and music educator, born in Warsaw on April 8, 1890. He studied in Warsaw with Włodzimierz Oberfelt and Feliks Konopasek, and also studied violin and music theory with Ignacy Pilecki. From 1909 to 1914, he continued his studies with Paul de Conne in Vienna, Heinrich Janoth in Brno, and Maria Prentner in Vienna.

Drzewiecki began teaching at the Warsaw Institute of Music in 1916 and served as its director in 1929–1930 and 1931–1932. He helped organize the Krakow Higher School of Music. In 1955, he returned to Warsaw and taught as a professor at the Warsaw Conservatory until 1961. His students included Bolesław Kón, Halina Czerny-Stefańska, Adam Harasiewicz, Enrique Bátiz, Wacław Kisielewski, and Tomasz Sikorski.

Drzewiecki was among the founders of the International Chopin Piano Competition. He served on the jury at its first competition in 1927 and at the next two competitions, and chaired the jury from 1949 to 1965. He died in Warsaw on April 11, 1971.

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