PIOTR JANOWSKI
Piotr Janowski Municipal Park in Grudziądz
On 19 September 2015, the revitalized Municipal Park in General Józef Haller Street in Grudziądz gained a new patron and was officially re-opened as the Piotr Janowski Municipal Park. The commemorative plaque was unveiled by the wife of the renowned violinist Joanna Maklakiewicz and Leszek Orłowski, director of the Read more…
ALBUMS WHAT WE DO
The Saga Of The Maklakiewicz Family. Songs by brothers Franciszek, Jan and Tadeusz Maklakiewicz
THE NEW ALBUM IS NOW! “The House Saga. Songs by brothers Franciszek, Jan and Tadeusz Maklakiewicz ” Performers: Olga Pasiecznik, Monika Świostek, Krzysztof Szumański, Joanna Maklakiewicz. The Piotr Janowski Foundation. Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund, obtained from subsidies established in games Read more…
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Edward Wolff, a composer recalled. An interview with pianist Joanna Maklakiewicz about her most recent album
Edward Wolff’s music is nowadays almost forgotten. It does not appear in concert programmes and it exists only in the minds of a few performers and devoted music lovers. The composer was born in the early-19th century in Warsaw. He studied composition under Józef Elsner, who was also Fryderyk Chopin’s Read more…
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Interview with Piotr Janowski – Polskie Radio II
…Available only in Polish Available only in Polish
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Piotr Janowski about himself
A short description of my own career and studies upon Henryk Wieniawski’s compositions. The first piece by Henryk Wieniawski which I encountered in my youth (I was then 8 or maybe 9 years old and I was starting to play violin) was Chanson polonaise op12. No 2. I remember how Read more…
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Biography of Piotr Janowski
Distinguished Polish violinist, born February 5th, 1951 in Grudziądz, died December 6th, 2008 in London. Endowed with outstanding musical skills, he was arousing a sensation since his childhood. At the age of eight he started regular violin classes. At 16, in 1967 he became the first Polish laureate of the Read more…
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About the Foundation
The Piotr Janowski Foundation was established in 2010 in order to promote and protect the legacy of its renowned patron. It is a tribute and an expression of admiration for the extraordinary talent and personality of the artist, a great violinist whose remarkable career was sadly interrupted by his sudden Read more…
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Around “The Legend”: Piotr Janowski, the violin “legend of the legends”
Review by Marcin Łukaszewski – “Ruch Muzyczny”, June 2014 In 2013, the Polish phonographic market gained a valuable three-CD album (nominated for the 2014 Fryderyk Award of the Polish Phonographic Academy), including archive recordings of brilliant violinist Piotr Janowski (1951-2008), published by the classical music recording company Musica Sacra Edition Read more…
