Patron of the Musical Society: Henryk Wieniawski

Born 10 July 1835 in Lublin, died 31 March 1880 in Moscow, buried 7 April in Warsaw. Polish violin player and composer. Son of a surgeon – a man of vast interests in the humanities – and a pianist, daughter of a Warsaw physician and sister of an outstanding pianist, Edward Wolff.


Wieniawski's Vibes - a series of film lectures

Welcome to the premiere of a new episode 10 of a series of film lectures about Henryk Wieniawski. This time professor dr hab. Alina Mądry and professor Wojciech Kasprzak, for years head of Internal Disease Department at the Wielkopolska Provincial Pulmonary (...)
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Henryk Wieniawski Superstar - follow the footsteps of the master of violin

Stay home and take part in a virtual (!) journey following the footsteps of the most outstanding Polish violinist in history who had performed extensively throughout his life. Twice a week we will present our selection of the most interesting cities he had (...)
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'Le Supreme Adieu' for 100th Anniversary of the Titanic's Disaster

A poster of a drawing entitled "Le Supreme Adieu" from an illustrated magazine by the French artist Rene Achille Rousseau-Decelle, which is held in the archives of the Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society in Poznan, depicts a young woman dressed in black throwing (...)
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From old recordings...

One of the exhibits in the collection of Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society is an Edison celluloid phonograph cylinder donated by Ewa and Jeremiusz Glensk. It contains a recording of Henryk Wieniawski’s “Legende” Op. 17 made in the early years of the 20th century (...)
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New Henryk Wieniawski photo in our collection!

On 27th of November 2010 XXXI Book and Graphic Art Auction, organised by Auction House 'Lamus', was held in Warsaw. Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society managed to buy an original photography of Henryk Wieniawski which was taken in the sixties of the nineteenth century.
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The greatest collection of first editions

As we already reported, Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society in Poznań has enriched its library with several first editions of Henryk Wieniawski’s works (...)
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