Szumowska, Antoinette (1868–1938)
Szumowska, Antoinette (1868–1938)
Polish pianist. Born in Lublin, Poland, on February 22, 1868; died in Rumson, New Jersey, on August 18, 1938; married Joseph Adamowski (a cellist), in 1896.
Antoinette Szumowska began her formal piano studies at the Warsaw Conservatory with the noted teacher Aleksander Michailowski (1851–1938). She then continued her education with Ignace Jan Paderewski in Paris from 1890 through 1895, making her Paris debut in 1891. In 1892, George Bernard Shaw reviewed one of her London recitals, noting that she played "beautifully and intelligently." In 1895, she settled in the United States, where the bulk of her career was spent as the pianist of the Adamowski Trio (whose cellist she married), a group that garnered an enviable reputation for excellence in chamber music. She also taught privately and at the New England Conservatory; the Puerto Rican pianist Jesus Maria Sanroma (1902–1984) was among her most accomplished students.
John Haag , Athens, Georgia