Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Polish musician
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Place of Birth: Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
About Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń
- Katarzyna Popowa-Zydron (Bulgarian: ????????? ??????) (born 30 April 1948 in Sofia) is a Polish pianist of Bulgarian descent. She studied at the Poznan Music Academy, then graduated with honours from the State High School of Music (Academy of Music) in Gdansk, in Professor Zbigniew Sliwinski's class, in 1973.
- She completed her postgraduate studies in the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna, in Professor Alexander Jenner's class. She was a prizewinner of the Polish Competitions: 4th Polish Festival of Young Musicians, 2nd Polish Competition of Piano Music; entered the semifinals of the 9th International Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw, Piano Competition in Terni, Italy, 1975; and the ARD Piano Competition in Munich in 1978. Popowa-Zydron gave concerts in Polish philharmonic halls as well as in Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, Bulgaria, Austria and Japan. She was employed as a Visiting Professor at Kitakyushu Music Academy in Fukuoka Prefecture. She was member of the jury of the 16th International Chopin Piano Competition and Head of Jury of the 17th Competition in 2015. She obtained an honourable mention at the 1975 Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition.
- Rafal Blechacz's teacher, Popowa-Zydron is best known for her work as a pedagogue.
- She was also a participant in the 17th International Chopin Piano Competition.
- Lukasz Krupinski is one of her pupils.
- She has been decorated by the Medal of the Commission of National Education (2004), Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis (2005) and the Order of Polonia Restituta's Officer's Cross (2005). She is a professor of piano at the Academy of Music in Gdansk and in Bydgoszcz.
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