Halina Krzyżanowska
Polish French
Female
Born 1867, Died 1937
Halina Krzyżanowska was born in Paris, in a large musical family, which originally came from Poland and was a part of the impoverished Polish nobility. Halina held by birth the title of a countess and was also a distant relative of Chopin, who died 11 years before her birth.
At the age of 13, Halina won first prize in the singing competition at the Paris Conservatoire, where she studied piano with Félix Le Couppey and Antoine François Marmontel and composition with Ernest Guiraud. She went on to enjoy a successful career performing throughout Europe eventually settling in northern France as professor of piano at the Rennes Conservatory.
Halina composed mainly piano character pieces and piano sonatas, chamber music including a sonata for cello, violin and even a one-act opera.
At the age of 13, Halina won first prize in the singing competition at the Paris Conservatoire, where she studied piano with Félix Le Couppey and Antoine François Marmontel and composition with Ernest Guiraud. She went on to enjoy a successful career performing throughout Europe eventually settling in northern France as professor of piano at the Rennes Conservatory.
Halina composed mainly piano character pieces and piano sonatas, chamber music including a sonata for cello, violin and even a one-act opera.