Karol Mikuli

Karol Mikuli

Portrait of Karol Mikuli
Background information
Born (1819-10-20)20 October 1819
Czernowitz, Austrian Empire
Origin Polish
Died 21 May 1897(1897-05-21) (aged 77)
Lviv, Austrian Poland
Occupation(s) pianist, composer, conductor and teacher

Karol Mikuli, often seen as Charles Mikuli (Armenian: Կարոլ Միկուլի or Կարոլ Պստիկյան; 20 October 1819 – 21 May 1897) was a Polish pianist, composer, conductor and teacher. His students included Moriz Rosenthal, Raoul Koczalski, Aleksander Michałowski, Jaroslaw Zieliński and Kornelia Parnas.

Biographical notes

Mikuli (aka Bsdikian)[1] was born in Czerniowce, then part of the Austrian Empire (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine) to a Polish-Armenian family. He studied under Frédéric Chopin for piano (later becoming his teaching assistant) and Anton Reicha for composition. He toured widely as a concert pianist, becoming Director of the Lviv Conservatory in 1858. He founded his own school there in 1888.[2] He died in Lemberg, then part of Austrian Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine) and is buried in the courtyard of the Armenian church in Lviv.

Editions

See: List of music students by teacher: K to M#Karol Mikuli. He is most well known as an editor of works by Chopin. Dover Publications currently publishes reprints of his 1879 editions of Chopin's piano music, originally published by F. Kistner (Leipzig). His goal, as stated in the foreword of the edition, was to provide more reliable editions. He used several verified sources, most of which were written or corrected by Chopin himself. His editions of Chopin's works were first published in America in 1895.

Mikuli also took detailed notes of Chopin's comments made in lessons and interviewed witnesses of Chopin's performances. For many years he was regarded as the primary authority on Chopin and his remarks about Chopin's playing were often quoted by biographers.

Musical works

Orchestral
Chamber music
Piano
Vocal
Choral

Recordings

References

  1. ↑ «Կրթության ասպարեզ» հասարակական կազմակերպություն - Հայը և հայկականը - Շոպենի ասիստենտը եղել է հայազգի Կարլ Միկուլինը (Պստիկյան):
  2. ↑ Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed, 1954
  3. ↑ Chopin, Frédéric. Mikuli, Carl (Editor). Complete Ballades, Impromptus and Sonatas Dover Publications (1 September 1981) ISBN 0-486-24164-5
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