Padercwski

Padercwski, IGNACE JAN, Polish pianist, was born in Podolia (Russian Poland), 6th November 1860, and began to play as an infant of three. He studied at Warsaw, becoming professor in the Conservatoire there in 1878. In 1884 he taught in the Strasburg Conservatoire, but thereafter became a virtuoso, making his debut at Vienna in 1887, and appearing with phenomenal success at Paris in 1889, at London in 1890, and in America in 1891. He has composed largely for the piano, for the voice, and for piano and orchestra; and is idolised by his admirers of both sexes.