Artist Info: Witold Malcuzynski

Witold Małcużyński (August 10, 1914 near Warsaw - July 17, 1977 Majorca) was a Polish pianist who specialized in Chopin. Brother of Karol Małcużyński, politician and journalist.

He began playing the piano at the age of 10 and eventually studied at the Warsaw Conservatory.

Originally he intended to study law but switched to music, studying under a pupil of Busoni. In 1936, he received an invitation to study under Ignacy Paderewski, former prime minister of Poland and one of the great Romantic pianists of the "Golden Age". [read more...]