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Wladimir Jan Kochanski
Wladimir Jan Kochanski (b. 5 December 1935, d. 24 March 2015) was a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music and enjoyed a long career as a concert pianist. Throughout his career, the Texas-born virtuoso retained a loyal following. Other pianists admired his musicianship, while several studied with him privately and/or attended his summer master-classes in Southern California. In an effort to tear down barriers which can exist between classical performers and their audiences, Kochanski's concerts mixed humorous stories with classical music selections. Kochanski advertised himself as a "classical music entertainer".
==Career notes==
During his six years at Juilliard, Kochanski studied with Eduard Steuermann (1892-1964), and briefly with Rosina Lhevinne (1880-1976) who was also Van Cliburn’s teacher at the time.〔(Mason & Hamblin - eNews: ''Kochanski records favorite classics for PianoDisc'' )〕 Shortly before completing studies at Juilliard, Kochanski was stricken with chronic internal bleeding which caused the pianist to be hospitalized for three years. With a financial inheritance from Dr. Della Pennington (the doctor who helped restore his health), Kochanski formed the Della Moser Pennington Foundation (a non-profit corporation founded solely for the purpose of giving financial aid to gifted young musicians), which was subsequently dissolved. Kochanski did not begin to construct a concert career until he was approaching forty-years old. The guiding reference in shaping his professional persona and name was the legendary Polish pianist, Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941). Kochanski initially embarked upon a career using his birth-name, Robert Harvey. His first album: "Robert Harvey Plays Your Favorite Piano Classics" and a handbook for students: "The Magic Key to Keyboard Success," were produced under his given name. Although not of Polish ancestry, his sympathetic identification with Poland inspired Harvey to change his name in the 1970s. Thus, the pianist reintroduced himself as Wladimir Jan Kochanski with his autobiography, "The People's Pianist." Throughout the remainder of his concert/ recording career, the pianist was known as Kochanski. He also converted to Mormonism, the religion of his manager, and thereafter played extensively for Mormon audiences.〔(Mother Earth News, September/October 1981, Newsworthies: Briefs on Frank Serpico, Wladimir Jan Kochanski, Robert Nara. )〕
On numerous occasions, Kochanski played for notables, including a private concert for Pope John Paul II,〔(Baldwin Artists )〕 as well as performances on right-wing television shows The 700 Club, Hour Magazine, Good Morning America and Voice of America.〔(Wladimir Jan Kochanski )〕 His autobiography, ''The People's Pianist'', was published in 1981 by Crown Summit Books.〔(The People's Pianist, by Wladimir Jan Kochanski )〕〔(The People's Pianist, by Wladimir Jan Kochanski )〕 Besides his music, he gained publicity by drawing attention to the welfare of needy Poles within Poland, for which he has received the Order of Polonia Restituta.〔(NOTES ON PEOPLE; A Personal Touch in Helping Needy Poles by LESLIE BENNETTS AND DOROTHY J. GAITER (NYT) )〕
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