Jan Drozdowski

{{short description|Polish pianist}}

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}}Jan Drozdowski (1857–1918) was a Polish pianist and music teacher.{{cite web|url=https://viaf.org/viaf/102111378/|title=Drozdowski, Jan 1857-1918|website=Viaf.org|access-date=Feb 5, 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/viaf-102111378/|title=Drozdowski, Jan (1857-1918)|website=Worldcat.org|access-date=Feb 5, 2020}}

Drozdowski was born {{Birth date|1857|02|02|df=y}} in Kraków. He was the son of Stanisław Magdzicki, who took part in the Kraków uprising and founded one of the first piano factories in Poland under the name Jan Drozdowski in Kraków. Jan received a thorough musical education. From 1876 to 1880 he studied piano with Josef Dachs and music theory with Anton Bruckner at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. After returning to Poland, he continued his studies with Aleksander Michałowski. From 1 December 1889 he led the piano class at the Academy of Music in Kraków until his death on {{Death date|1918|01|21|df=y}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.psm.nysa.com.pl/artykul_04_boguslawakos.htm|title=Jan Drozdowski|language=pl|access-date=Feb 5, 2020}}

Adolf Chybiński was one of his students.

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