Miłosz Magin

Miłosz Magin (6 July 19294 March 1999) was a Polish composer and pianist. Biography Born in Łódź, Poland, Miłosz Magin showed considerable musical abilities from early childhood. He was a student of piano with Margerita Trombini-Kazuro and composition with both Kazimierz Sikorski and Jan Maklakiewicz; the latter he considered his spiritual father. Magin also studied violin, cello and ballet. In 1957, he completed his piano, compositional and conducting studies, graduating from the Warsaw Higher School of Music with distinction. Miłosz Magin won prizes in several top international competitions: the V International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (honorable mention), the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris and the Vianna da Motta Competition in Lisbon. He left his native country together with his wife Idalia Magin and stayed in Portugal, Germany, and England until finally settling in Paris in 1960. Magin’s career as an international soloist was suddenly interrupted in 1963 after his left wrist was broken in a car accident. However, he eventually regained his playing abilities, and in 1968 started recording the complete works of Chopin for Decca, which is now regar