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Renowned Pianist Awarded
Janina Fialkowska, with husband Harry Oesterle, at Governor General's Performing Arts Awards gala . (Photo by GioVanni)
Montreal-born pianist Janina Fialkowska, shown here with husband Harry Oesterle, received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards at the National Arts Centre on May 5.
Fialkowska, who started playing piano when she was four, had just released her latest recording, “Chopin Recital 2,” the week before. The internationally renowned musician is seen as one of the best interpreters of Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt.
Fialkowska’s career has spanned over 35 years of solo recital tours and guest appearances with the world’s finest orchestras and conductors. A rare form of cancer that required surgery affected her right arm in 2002, but by 2004 she was able to get back to playing the music of her favourite classical composers.
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