Władysława Markiewiczówna, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Władysława Markiewiczówna

Polish pianist, composer and teacher

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1900

Place of Birth: Bochnia, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 17-May-1982

Profession: pianist, music pedagogue

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Wladyslawa Markiewiczówna (5 February 1900 in Bochnia – 17 May 1982 in Katowice) was a Polish pianist and renowned educator. She studied in the Conservatory of the Musical Society in Kraków (nowadays Academy of Music in Kraków) in the piano class of Severin Eisenberger as well as in theory of music class of Zdzislaw Jachimecki.
1922-27 she studied in Berlin (composition with Hugo Leichtentritt and piano with Brunon Eisner). From 1929 she taught at the University of Music in Katowice, since 1958 as a Professor.
From 1963 to 1968 she was Head of the Piano Department.
Her students include Tadeusz Zmudzinski, Kazimierz Kord, Andrzej Jasinski and Wojciech Kilar.