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http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=12-Feb-2016&lang=ru&s=11400
12-Feb-2016
by Rob Howard
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 The Accordions Worldwide News for February 8th 2002 announced forthcoming 70th birthday celebrations for Professor Lech Puchnowski, doyen of Polish accordionists and educators. The accordion movement in Poland today owes much of its foundations to Lech Puchnowski. He passed away in Warsaw on October 15th 2014, and such was the respect, Lech Puchnowski was the first accordionist to have ever been honored by a government with a State Funeral.70th Birthday Celebrations – Poland Contributed by Dean Jurek Professor Lech Puchnowski, creator of the Polish Accordion Movement, President of the Polish Accordionists' Association, Vice President of the National Council of the University Level Education in the Arts, Head of the Accordion Chair of the Fr. Chopin Academy of Music will celebrate his 70th birthday on March 3rd. The Senate and the President of the Fr. Chopin Academy of Music, Professor Ryszard Zimak will open a special ceremony in the concert hall, which will include performances by accordion professors and students. This event will be held to express their great esteem to Professor Puchnowski for his services to the development of the concert accordion and to the musical education of the young generation all over Poland. During his pedagogical career, Professor Puchnowski has filled the chair of many responsible positions including Head of the accordion department in the Central Pedagogical Institute for the Education in the Arts (1960 - 1965), Head of teachers' training department of the Fr. Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw (1974 - 1981), Vice President of the Fr. Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw (1981 - 1984) and Head of the chair of accordion at the same Academy (1979 - 2002). During many years of his fruitful scientific and research work he wrote 91 items such as music manuals, books, music arrangements, dissertations, and scientific information, 43 articles in national and foreign magazines, 59 reviews and opinions on artistic and scientific works of other authors, 69 reports and elaborations for the music industry, 22 prefaces to the books of other authors, 30 syllabi for music schools of the different grades, 36 reports delivered on 36 seminars, scientific sessions and symposiums, and has supervised 63 master theses. |