Barbara Hesse-Bukowska
ABOUT BARBARA HESSE-BUKOWSKA
Polish pianist who successfully juggled a busy intercontinental performing career with a widely respected teaching career.
She won second prize at the 1949 International Chopin Piano Competition.
She became a professor at the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in 1973.
Her family was incredibly musical: her father played the violin and was a conductor; her mother was a pianist and pedagogue; and her grandfather tuned pianos.
Her piano technique was refined while studying with Arthur Rubinstein .
