Juliusz Zarębski
The picture of Juliusz Zarębski, Kisliczny, V. L. Fotografie, ca. 1870/ public domain; source: Biblioteka Narodowa (Polona)
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CHAMBER WORKSPIANO WORKS
(28 February or 3 March 1854 – 13 September 1885) pianist and composer, born in Żytomierz (now Zhytomyr in Ukraine), died in Żytomierz. Zarębski's mother was his first piano teacher, and he gave concerts in the salons of Żytomierz from the age of ten. Having completed his gymnasium education with honours in 1870, he left for Vienna to study composition under Franz Krenn and piano under Josef Dachs at the Conservatory of the Society of Friends of Music. He graduated two years later, with two gold medals, even though the curriculum assumed a six-year education. In 1873 he went to St Petersburg and having studied for three years, he passed an exam and obtained a "free artist" diploma. In 1874 he left for Rome and stayed there until 1875, studying the piano under Franz Liszt, his long-time friend-to-be. Liszt would look after Zarębski, appearing with him in concerts and using his contacts to support the publishing of Zarębski's works. Source: www.culture.pl, Małgorzata Kosińska, Polish Music Information Center, Polish Composers’ Union, October 2006. |