Portrait of Miłosz Magin by Marcin Władyka based on a photograph by Andrzej Zborski, from the collection of the Polish Composers' Union / POLMIC.PL - Polish Music Information Center.

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Miłosz Magin

(06 July 1929 ? 04 March 1999) pianist and composer, born in Łódź, died in Bora Bora (French Polynesia). After a brief period of study in Łódź, he continued his education in the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw, studying piano with Margerita Trombini-Kazuro (degree in 1953) and composition with Jan Adam Maklakiewicz and Kazimierz Sikorski (degree in 1957). In 1955 he received an honourable mention in the 5th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition. In 1957 he was awarded in two competitions: the MargueriteLong and Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris (6th prize) and the José Vianna da Motta Competition in Lisbon (3rd prize). In 1957-59 he lived in London, and in 1960 he became resident in Paris, wherein 1963-73 he taught a piano class in the SergeyRakhmaninovConservatory, and in 1975-80 ? at the International Musical University. He gave concerts in many countries of the world, also repeatedly ? in Poland. He recordedChopin?scompleteworks on the Decca label, and in 1992 ? a CD featuring his own Concerto No. 3 for piano, string orchestra and percussion, with Łódź PhilharmonicOrchestraconducted by Wojciech Czepiel (Polskie Nagrania). He taught piano master classes in Łódź Music Academy, and in 1992 and 1997 he sat on the jury of the International Karol Szymanowski Competition in Łódź.

In 1985, Miłosz Magin established in Paris the International Miłosz Magin Piano Competition, organised every second year, whose obligatory programme includes compositions by French and Polish composers, incl. Frederic Chopin, Karol Szymanowski, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Juliusz Zarębski, and by Maginhimself.

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Chamber works

  • Andante for violin and piano, 1963 *

  • Carnaval des poupées for piano four hands, 1990 * Buy

    Details:
    1. Ouverture du bal, 2. Clown, 3. Pre?sentations des princesses, 4. Invitation a? la valse, 5. Soldats de plomb, 6. Les aveux, 7. Les marionnettes, 8. Pierrot dansant, 9. Chagrin d'amour, 10. Danse finale

  • Danses polonaises for violin and piano, 1994 *

  • Divertimento for two pianos, 1984 *

  • Petites danses polonaises for piano four hands, 1987

  • String Quartet, 1957

  • Tango for piano four-hands, 1997

Piano works

  • Five Preludes, 1963 *

  • Images d?enfantes, 1952 Buy

    Details:
    1. La vieille pendule, 2. La fileuse, 3. La grotte de glace, 4. Les petits monstres, 5. Le chinois en porcelaine, 6. Arlequin, 7. Berceuse

  • Images de Pologne, 1982 *

  • Les jouets enchantés, 1996 Buy

    Details:
    1. Les automates, 2. La valse des nounours, 3. Le défilé des nains, 4. La boîte ? musique, 5. La poupée de porcelaine, 6. La cheval ? bascule, 7. Le clown triste, 8. La toupie

  • Miniatures polonaises, 1982 *

  • Petite suite polonaise, 1974 *

  • Rondes enfantines, 1987 * Buy

    Details:
    1. La corde a? sauter, 2. La poupe?e perdue, 3. Le mane?ge, 4. Les vilains garc?ons, 5. Promenade, 6. Mon joyeux poney, 7. Chagrin d'enfant, 8. Colin-maillard

  • Soirée dansante (Autour de la danse), 1995 *

  • Sonata No. 1, 1968 Buy

  • Sonata No. 2, 1981 *

  • Sonata No. 3, 1990 *

  • Sonata No. 4, 1997 *

  • Sonatine, 1982 *

  • Tango, 1997 *

  • Three charateristic dances (Scherzo, Polka, Dance of the Witches), juvenilia, 1948*

  • Toccata, Chorale and Fugue, 1955 *

  • Triptyque polonais, 1967 *

Works for piano and orchestra

  • Piano Concerto No. 2 for piano, strings and timpani *