The VIII Intenational Paderewski Piano Competition is financed by the Bydgoszcz City Hall
The Competition is a member of the Alink - Argerich Foundation since 2004.
The Competition is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions based in Geneva since 2010.
BIOGRAPHY
IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI
(1860 - 1941)
Ignacy
Jan Paderewski was born in 1860 in the village of Kurylowka, Podolia,
Poland. He studied at the Warsaw Musical Institute and with many
Eastern European teachers. He became one of Poland's world renowned
pianists and composers. Although his own compositions are well known,
Paderewski was widely praised for his renditions of Chopin. In addition
to delighting Poland and the world with his music for over 50 years,
Paderewski also became one of Poland's great statesmen. At the
beginning of World War I, Paderewski founded a committee to assist the
people of Poland and established branches in Paris, London and
throughout the United States. Paderewski's efforts, with support from
the American government and American people, helped Poland regain her
freedom after World War I. He was also one of the signers of the Paris
Peace Treaty which was responsible for reestablishing the proper
boundaries between Poland and her neighbors. Paderewski became the
chief framer of the Polish Constitution of 1919 and served as Poland's
delegate to the League of Nations in Geneva. Upon Poland's
Independence, in 1918, Paderewski became its Prime Minister and
Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
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