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Ignacy Jan Paderewski (Polish: [iɡˈnatsɨ ˈjan padɛˈrɛfskʲi] ⓘ; 18 November [O.S. 6 November] 1860 – 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist, composer and statesman who was a spokesman for Polish independence.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (born Nov. 6, 1860, Kuryłówka, Podolia province in Russian Poland—died June 29, 1941, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was a Polish pianist, composer, and statesman, who was prime minister of Poland in 1919.
Apr 20, 2018 · Born in Kuryłówka (now Kurilivka, Ukraine), Ignacy Jan Paderewski was a virtuoso pianist, a notable composer, a remarkably successful politician and an exceptionally generous philanthropist.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski przyszedł na świat w 1860 roku w Kuryłówce na Podolu, w rodzinie pieczętującej się herbem Jelita [4]. Matka, Poliksena z domu Nowicka, córka Zygmunta, filomaty i przyjaciela Adama Mickiewicza, zmarła kilka miesięcy po jego narodzinach (pochowano ją w rodzinnej Kuryłówce).
Pianist, composer, patriot, humanitarian, and politician, Ignacy Jan Paderewski left a distinctive legacy despite his ordinary, indeed humble, origins. He had an unusually difficult youth, of which he wrote in his memoirs, “I know as well as most the despair that can beset the human heart.”
Pianist, composer, activist, polyglot, orator, politician, statesman, humanitarian, businessman, patron of art and architecture, wine-grower, film actor, icon: Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) led a remarkable life.
May 29, 2018 · Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (1860–1941) Polish pianist, composer and statesman. He wrote a piano concerto (1888) and a symphony (1907), and his opera Manru was first produced in Dresden in 1901. He became prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of the newly created Polish state in 1919.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941) is one of the most important figures in Polish history. His multifaceted activities as a composer, pianist, politician, statesman, and generous philanthropist distinguished him as one of the greatest personalities of the cultural and political scenes in Poland, and indeed the world, during the first half of ...
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941), a virtuoso pianist, composer, politician (Prime Minister of independent Poland after World War I), humanitarian and orator, was universally acclaimed as a "Modern Immortal" by his contemporaries.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski proved to be the sensation of Carnegie Hall’s first year. He made his debut with the New York Symphony Orchestra under Walter Damrosch on November 17, 1891, and his tangle of flaming hair, his passionate gesticulations, and his innate charisma incited the type of riots that would later be reserved only for pop and movie ...
