10 Facts About Antoinette Szumowska

Antoinette Szumowska, originally Antonina Szumowska, later Antoinette Szumowska-Adamowska, was a Polish pianist and piano teacher.

Antonina Szumowska was born February 22,1868, in Lublin, Congress Kingdom of Poland.

Antoinette Szumowska was the only female pupil that Paderewski ever had.

Antoinette Szumowska made her debut in Paris in 1891, and in London the following year.

Antoinette Szumowska performed on a tour of Great Britain in 1893.

Antoinette Szumowska gave special concerts and wrote "An Appreciation of Chopin" for The Etude magazine, on the occasion of the Polish composer's centennial in 1910.

Antoinette Szumowska was a member of the Adamowski Trio with her husband and his brother, Timothee Adamowski.

Antoinette Szumowska raised money and went to Warsaw in 1920 to coordinate distribution of food and clothing.

Antoinette Szumowska has lost none of her technical skill," an American magazine noted: "Her runs are rippling and smooth, her trill is hardly to be equalled, and her masterful playing in general was a welcome revelation to the audience.

Antoinette Szumowska was widowed in 1930, and died August 16,1938, in Rumson, New Jersey, at the age of 70.