JANINA FIALKOWSKA

Janina Fialkowska

Pianist

Canadian-born Janina Fialkowska has been recognized world-wide as one of the leading pianists of her generation for her exceptional artistry. She appears regularly as guest soloist with leading orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, the Israel Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota and Philadelphia Orchestras and the symphony orchestras of Pittsburgh, Montreal, Toronto as well as all the major London orchestras - all to unreserved acclaim.

Her recitals in the major music centers of North America and Europe have been equally lauded. Ms. Fialkowska's collaboration with Daniel Lichti includes tours of Schubert, Brahms, Beethoven and Schumann and represent a rare opportunity to hear this gifted artist turn her talents to the intimate, yet equally demanding repertoire of German Lieder. She has won special recognition for concerto premieres by Franz Liszt (Op. Posthumous) Libby Larsen and Sir Andrzej Panufnik (American premiere).

Born in Montreal to a Canadian mother and a Polish father, Janina Fialkowska began piano studies at the age of five. She entered the Ecole de Musique Vincent d'Indy, Montreal and studied privately in Paris. After pursuing advanced studies at New York's Juilliard School of Music, Janina Fialkowska was a top prize winner at the First International Arthur Rubinstein Master Piano Competition in Israel. It was Rubinstein himself who brought the music of Szymanowski to her attention.

In 1992, the CBC produced a sixty-minute television documentary, "The World of Janina Fialkowska," that aired to great acclaim throughout Canada. This program was awarded a Special Jury Prize at the 1992 San Francisco International Film Festival.

Janina Fialkowska's discography includes works by Chopin (RCA), Liszt, Moszkowski, Chopin and Peter Paul Koprowski (CBC SM5000) and Schubert's Schwanengesang, with bass-baritone Daniel Lichti, for Opening Day Recordings (ODR 9302).

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