Jerzy Żurawlew (December 25, 1886 – October 3, 1980) was a Polish pianist, conductor, teacher, and founder of the International Chopin Piano Competition.

Life

Żurawlew was born at Rostov-on-Don in Russia in 1886. He studied with Aleksander Michałowski at the Warsaw Conservatory until 1913, and taught there himself from 1923. In 1916 he founded a music school in Minsk (now Belarus), and in 1920 one in Białystok.

He was the founder of the International Chopin Piano Competition, at Warsaw in 1927.[1] His lifelong friend, Henryk Rewkiewicz - businessman, music lover and board member of The Warsaw Music Society - offered his personal financial guarantees to help get the Competition off the ground.[2]

Żurawlew died in Warsaw in 1980, aged 93.

References

  1. ↑ J. Methuen-Campbell 1981, Plate facing p. 67, &pp. 73, 113, 223.
  2. ↑ "Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina, Henryk Rewkiewicz". chopin.nifc.pl. Retrieved 2021-10-07.

Warsaw Chopin Competition website

Sources

  • J. Methuen-Campbell, Chopin Playing From The Composer To The Present Day (Gollancz, London 1981).
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