Karol Mikuli [SEP] date of death
Karol Mikuli
Karol Mikuli, often seen as Charles Mikuli ( or Կարոլ Պստիկյան; 22 October 1821 – 21 May 1897) was a Polish pianist, composer, conductor and teacher. His students included Moriz Rosenthal, Raoul Koczalski, Aleksander Michałowski, Jaroslaw Zieliński and Kornelia Parnas.
Biographical notes.
Mikuli (aka "Bsdikian") was born on October 22, 1821, in Czerniowce, then part of the Austrian Empire (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine) to a Moldavian-Armenian family. He studied under Frédéric Chopin
, and Chopin later dedicated his Ballade No. 2 in F major to Schumann. Elements of Chopin's music can be traced in many of Liszt's later works. Liszt later transcribed for piano six of Chopin's Polish songs. A less fraught friendship was with Alkan, with whom he discussed elements of folk music, and who was deeply affected by Chopin's death.
Two of Chopin's long-standing pupils, Karol Mikuli (1821–1897) and Georges Mathias, were themselves piano teachers and passed on details of his