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died. 25 October 1995 in Kraków) - Polish pianist, teacher, professor and rector of the State Higher School of Music in Krakow .
He was educated at the Conservatory of Music in Cracow Society under the guidance of Joseph Sliwinski and Victor Łabuńskiego , received a diploma in 1928 . Then continued his studies in Krakow and Berlin with Egon Petri , as his assistant, while commuting to Lviv , where he worked as a teacher at the music school Sabina Kasparek. In the years 1 931 - one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three was a professor of Cracow Conservatory, and later to the outbreak of World War II gave private lessons in Krakow, Lvov and Bielsko . During the war he was initially in Lviv, where in 1941 he was an associate professor of the Conservatory , then in Krakow. Hiding from the Gestapo , he was a secret teaching , he gave secret concerts. Immediately after the war, he was among the co-founders of the State Higher School of Music in Cracow (since 1979 the Academy of Music). He was at the school a number of functions, including Dean of the Instrumental Department (1945-1949, 1954-1955), Head of the Piano Department (1963-1978), Vice-Rector (1963-1966, 1975-1978), president (1966-1968). In 1958 received the title of professor. After retiring in 1978 he continued to teach. He was also a teacher in Helsinki , where in the years 1962-1981 conducted piano master classes, and in Weimar . His students included such Wladyslaw Kedra , Marek Drewnowski , Janusz Lower , Janina Baster , Finn T. Mikkilä (two Chopin Competition juror) and Andrzej Zielinski (founder of Skaldowie). In the years 1926 - 1 968 worked in the Polish Radio . He was a jury member of many international piano competitions, including the five Chopin Competition (1949-1970), competition in Bydgoszcz and Lodz , and from such foreign Competition. Robert Schumann in Berlin, Prague Spring, competitions in Bolzano , Seregni and Munich (five times). Was active in the Association of Polish Artists and Musicians and the Association. Frederic Chopin (long-term Board and Vice-Chairman of the Scientific Council). In 1950 the state has been awarded first degree (the team), he was awarded, among others Officer and Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta Polish , Order of the Banner of Labour and the class title of Distinguished Teacher of the PRL. He also received three awards of the Minister of Culture and Art (1964, 1968, 1986). He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in the interwar years as a conductor. Performing works by contemporary Polish composers (such as Witold Lutoslawski , and Artur Malawski - first made his Symphonic Etudes ), as well as the classics - Johann Sebastian Bach , Ludwig van Beethoven , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Johannes Brahms , performed and recorded such of Eugenia Umińska , Boleslaw Woytowicz , John Ekier , Zbigniew Drzewiecki . He is also editing - prepared to spend in the Polish Music Publishers more than 150 items (some jointly with Zbigniew Drzewiecki and Adam Rieger ), including selection of songs (with S. Hoffmanowa). References [ edit ]
Encyclopedia of Music PWM. Part biography , Volume IV: HJ (edited by Elizabeth Dziębowskiej ), Polish Music Publishers, Cracow 1993
Mechanics of Oscar Pistorius' Running Blades
Oscar Pistorius is a South African sprint runner with double below the knee amputations who competes in both able-bodied and T44 amputee athletics events. He is the T44 world record holder for the 200m and 400m events. Pistorius' elgibility to run in international able-bodied events is sanctioned by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Pistorius began running in 2004 after a rugby knee injury led to rehabilitation at the University of Pretoria's High Performance Centre[1] with coach Ampie Louw.[2] His first racing blades were fitted by South African prosthetist Francois Vanderwatt. Because he was unable to find suitable running blades in Pretoria, Vanderwatt ordered some to be made by a local engineer. These quickly broke, and Vanderwatt referred Pistorius to American prosthetist and Paralympic sprinter Brian Frasure to be fitted for carbon-fiber blades by Icelandic company Össur.[3]
Pistorius participation in able-bodied international sprinting competitions in 2007 raised questions about his use of running blades, and the IAAF amended their rules to ban the use of "any technical device that incorporates springs, wheels or any other element that provides a user with an advantage over another athlete not using such a device". After initial studies, Pistorius was ruled inelgible for competitions under these IAAF rules.[4] After further research was presented, the Court of Arbitration (CAS) ruled that his running prostheses were not shown to provide a net competitive advantage over biological legs.[5] In 2012 Pistorius qualified for and competed in both the 2012 Olympic Games and the 2012 Paralympic Games using his running blades, becoming the first amputee sprinter to run in the Olympic Games.