Maria Wiłkomirska

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{{short description|Polish pianist}}

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Maria Wiłkomirska (3 April 1904 - 19 June 1995) was a Polish pianist.

Born in Moscow, Wiłkomirska was the daughter of violinist Alfred Wiłkomirski; her half-sister Wanda was a violinist, her half-brother Józef was a conductor, and her brother Kazimierz was a cellist. From 1913 until 1917 she studied at the Moscow Conservatory under {{ill|Nadezhda Briusova|ru|Брюсова, Надежда Яковлевна}} and Boleslav Yavorsky; in 1920 she moved to Warsaw where she became a pupil of Józef Turczyński. She held positions as an instructor in Kalisz, Gdańsk, and Łódź, and in 1951 began teaching at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. Wiłkomirska formed a piano trio with Wanda and Kazimierz and toured in Europe and Asia.{{cite book|author=Nicolas Slonimsky|title=The Concise Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Og6AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1007|year=1988|publisher=Schirmer Books|isbn=978-0-02-872411-9|pages=1361}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3865439-Maria-Wiłkomirska|title=Maria Wiłkomirska|website=Discogs|accessdate=Mar 9, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://culture.pl/pl/tworca/maria-wilkomirska|title=Maria Wiłkomirska | Życie i twórczość | Artysta|website=Culture.pl|accessdate=Mar 9, 2021}}File:Wiłkomirscy rodzinny grób.jpg]]