Lidia Grychtołówna

Lidia Grychtołówna (born in Rybnik, 1928) is a Polish pianist.

In 1955 she was awarded the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition's 7th prize, and one year later she shared the 3rd prize of the inaugural edition of the Robert Schumann Competition with Mikhail Voskresensky. She subsequently performed throughout the world, and held a proffesorship at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. She served as a juror at the Chopin Competition's X, XI and XII editions.

Grychtołówna has been decorated the Gold Medal of the City of Milan.

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