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Mieczysław Horszowski was a Polish and American pianist who had one of the longest careers in the history of the performing arts.

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The Polish-born pianist, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, was taught to play the piano by his mother, a student of one of Frédéric Chopin's students, and his main teacher, Theodor Leschetizky, was a protégé of Carl Czerny. Horszowski was playing (and transposing) J.S. Bach inventions at age 5; at 8 he was presented to the public as a prodigy, and at ten he began his formal career. He played for Gabriel Fauré and perhaps Camille Saint-Saëns in 1905 and made his USA debut, at Carnegie Hall, the following year. It was also during 1906 that he met the youthful Pablo Casals and Arturo Toscanini, who became lifelong friends and collaborators. Horszowski was especially noted as a chamber music pianist and became a fixture of Casals' Prades Festival for many years.

Interrupting his high-flying career to pursue a humanities degree at the Sorbonne in Paris from 1911 to 1913, Mieczyslaw Horszowski moved to Milan during the war and remained there until 1939, touring internationally. As World War II broke out he was appearing in Brazil, and instead of returning

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Mieczysław Horszowski (1892-1993) was a Polish-American pianist who had one of the longest careers in the history of the performing arts.

Horszowski was born in Ukraine and was initially taught by his mother. In 1901, he gave a performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in Warsaw and soon after toured Europe and the Americas as a child prodigy. In 1905, the young Horszowski played for Gabriel Fauré and met Camille Saint-Saëns in Nice. In In 1911, Horszowski put his performing career on hold in order to devote himself to literature, philosophy and art history in Paris.

Horszowski, barely five feet tall, had small hands. Thus, he avoided much of the virtuoso repertoire. His performances were known for their natural, unforced quality, balancing intellect and emotion. He was frequently praised for his tonal quality, as was common of pupils of Leschetizky.

Having returned to the concert stage with the encouragement of Pablo Casals, he settled in Milan after the First World War, remaining there until he emigrated to the United States during World War II. Follow

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