Proms Program - 10 Sep 1963
(courtesy Rob Wilton)



Concert Review, Feb. 1962
(courtesy G. P. Straschek)



Roman Markowicz, Contributor (Polski Radio Recordings)



"The performer was a pianist, a dark foreigner with a beard. He played Bartok, which I believe is probably not the sort of thing for neophyte concert-goers. He played as if his very being depended on the music. The music was alive and I could feel it. I have never before or since felt that way about any music. I knew it was special."

Ruth Marler (André memory)



Krzysztof Chorzelski -
Contributor (André music)



"I remember André played the [Stravinsky] Petrushka Suite, and afterwards he asked me, 'Did you notice that I added two more movements?' He had transcribed the additional movements by his own hand and added them to the suite. I remember that he played beautifully and with rare color and imagination."

Peter Gimpel
[son of pianist Jakob Gimpel]
(Andre Recollection)


David Pountney - Contributor
(blog, recollections, more)

Contributions to the André Tchaikowsky Website
Since this website is nothing more than a collection of André-related items, recollections of those who knew him or saw him in concert, and impressions and ideas about André, we ask that you contribute your impressions and allow us to borrow (or keep if you wish for the permanent André Tchaikowsky Archive) any André-related items such as programs, recordings, tapes, photographs, videos and all manner of André materials.

The column on the left shows a few examples of contributed items, which we really appreciate, and individual contributions to this website are listed below In Appreciation.

Gusztav Fenyo, Pianist - Music from André Danté recordings
Dr. Simon Wassermann, Professor - Images from André Danté recordings
Michael Menaugh, Actor and Pianist - Valuable Additional Recollections
Judy Arnold, English music manager - Valuable Additional Recollections
Piotr Goldstein, Professor - My person in Warsaw, valuable assistance
Anita Halina Janowska, writer - André Tchaikowsky recordings and photos
Scott Leather, "The Pianist" - Valuable A-to-Z Pianists reference book
Roman Markowicz, Pianist and Journalist - André Polskie Radio Recordings
G. P. Straschek, Filmmaker and Film Historian - 1962 André Concert Review
Piotr Maculewicz, University of Warsaw - Arranged home for André Archive
Monika Strugala, Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina - Valuable Contact
Magdalena Belotti-Hill, Translation Services, Polish-to-English
David Kloepper, Patron of the Arts, Sante Fe, NM - Polski Radio Alerts
Norma Fisher, Pianist, London Masterclasses - My person in London
Lewis Mitchell, Weinberger Music Publishers - Concert alerts, Poland
Sean Gray, Weinberger Music Publishers - My person at Weinbergers
Joanna Bokszczanin, The Fryderyk Chopin Institute - Concert alerts, Poland
Jonathan Summers, Musicologist/Author - Details regarding André bio
Tony Rees, BBC Broadcast Alerts, programs that include André
Andrzej Kosowski, Festiwal Muzyki Polskiej - Recording of "The Sonnets"
Colin Stone, Pianist - Error checking on André website and website links
Howard Kaplan, songwriter, musician - Error checking on André website
Daniel Browell, Pianist - Provided valuable recording of The Inventions
David Owen Norris, Pianist - Granted permission for André BBC program
Janet Hilton, Clarinetist - Permission for photographs
Joseph Moore, Provided valuable CD recording of The Inventions
Krystyna Cygielska, Kalisz Philharmonic Orchestra - Kalisz Concert Review
Marcin Nalecz-Niesiolowski, Opera i Filharmonia Podlaska - Concert CDs
Peter Gimpel, Publisher, Red Heifer Press - André Recollections
Piotr Paszkowski, André's Cousin - Valuable Additional Recollections
Rose Hankey, Sounds Underground - MP3 Files of "The Inventions"
Dorota Szwarcman, Journalist, Polityka - Music Blog featuring André
Maciej Grzybowski, Pianist - Endless cooperation and website advisor
Hanna Milewska, Journalist, Hi-Fi i Muzyka - André magazine article
Adam Klocek, Composer, Cellist, Conductor - Comments, André's Opus 4
Rob Wilton, Memorabilia Collector - PROMS Music Program
Maria Zeugswetter, RB Artists - Update, André 1976 concert schedule
Mieczyslaw Kominek, Polish Music Information Centre - André Archive help
Julian Hogg, Curator, Writer, Editor - André website correction
Joseph Li, Pianist - André mp3 corrections on the website
Gerard McBurney, Creative Director, CSO - André recollections
Ruth Marler, Artist in Fabrics - André recollections
Tatiana Webster, Patron of the arts - André recollections
Monique Duphil, pianist, educator - André recollections
Tom Robinson, UK broadcaster and songwriter - André Recollections
Stefan Rütter, German Music Reviewer/Writer - André website suggestion
Stephen Bennett, clarinetist, www.claamfest.org - André Recollections
David Lord, pianist, composer, producer - Andre recollections and photos
Tom Deacon, Record Producer - Comments on Andre's recordings
Elizabeth Wilson, writer and musician - Andre recollections
Debbie Waite, TV journalist - Wrote about Andre's skull story
David Bollard, pianist and teacher - Further Andre recollections
Cecilia Leung, assist. editor International Piano - Published article on Andre
Chloe Cutts, editor International Piano - Published article on Andre
Emma Campbell, BBC Oxford - Arranged radio interview about Andre's skull
Haydn Dickenson, pianist - Plays music ded. to Andre by P. Feuchtwanger
Jaime Nabeta, Novello Theatre - Details on Andre "Hamlet" poster
Stephanie West, TV journalist for ITN - Created TV spot about Andre's skull
Frédéric Gaussin, French Musicologist - Details on Andre's Paris years 1948+
Georges Cardol, Amitiés de Belgique - Prokofiev 3 recording from 1956
Jürgen Blume-Werry, German Architect - House plans designed for André
Lewis Mitchell, Josef Weinberger Publisher - Updates on AT compositions
Christine Jezior, Polish/German Filmmaker - Creating an AT documentary
Nick Morse, London Arts and Crafts Designer - Finchden recollections
Pascale Aebischer, Author and Educator - Analysis of using skull in Hamlet
Edouard Reichenbach, musicalogist - French translations and research
Gabriela Glapska, Polish pianist - Inventions recording and Thesis on AT
Jose Ángel Chica, Educator/Clarinetist - Comments on clarinet compositions
Krzysztof Zbijowski, clarinetist - Valuable comments on AT Clarinet Sonata
Malgorzata Czech, Journalist - Excellent magazine article about AT
Mathias Lehn, Musicologist - Expert on Shakespeare plays made into operas
Ruud Rozemeijer, Webmaster for John Barry - YouTube links about AT skull
Björn Östlund, Teacher - Lead on an AT video from 1960s in Sweden
Christian Demoustiez, Orchestre National de Belgique - 1958 AT review
Hélène Leto, Orchestre National de Belgique - 1958 AT review
Jan Henrik Amberg, Music Collector - Correction early piano concerto date
Ciarán Ó Duibhín, Raidió Fáilte - Valuable André radio recording from 1960s
Larry Huffman, webmaster http://www.stokowski.org, info on F. Reiner LPs
Jürgen Blume-Werry, architect - Unusual André concert program from 1977
Martin Anderson, Toccata Classics - André-related CDs and books
Michael Waiblinger, music lover - André recollections
Mark Charles, flim maker - New André discoveries
Aleksander Laskowski, Mickiewicz Institute - André events/programs info
Ludwik Dobrzynski, photography curator - Valuable André photographs
Sean Gray, Weinberger Publisher - Provided André archival materials
Alena Aniskiewicz, UM Graduate Student - Polish-English translations
Dr. Anastasia Belina-Johnson, Leeds University - Author of new biography
Elisabeth Giselbrecht, Bregenz Festival - André events/programs information
Daniel Knapp, Bregenz Festival - André events/programs information
Piotr Maculewicz, University of Warsaw - Andrzej Czajkowski support
Magdalena Borowiec, University of Warsaw - Andrzej Czajkowski support
Michal Klubinski, Polish Radio,Programs about Andrzej Czajkowski
Gerald Kingsley, Weinberger Publishing (retired) - André recollections
Nico de Villiers, Leeds University - Details/photos for "Sonata" and "Sonnets
Jakob Fichert, Leeds University - Details and photographs for "Inventions"
Diny Tecker, Amsterdam Arts - Valuable correspondence with André
Stephen Greenbank, MusicWeb - Articles and reviews of André CDs/book
Benjamin Ivry, Journalist and Writer - Articles/reviews around new biography
Cezary Owerkowicz, Kuwait Chamber Philharmonia - André Article & photo
Ruben Greenberg, Clarinetist - Observations on André's Clarinet Sonata
Julian Paprocki, Clarinetist - Observations on André's Clarinet Sonata
Johan Bejerholm, World Studios - Superior vinyl-to-mp3 transfers of music
Michal Wesolowski, Malmö Academy of Music - Shared André recording
Agnieszka Reszka, Jewish Historical Institute - Details André early years
Camilla Jessel Panufnik, photographer frps - Provided André photographs
Frederic Cohn, Opera News - Interesting publication about André's opera
John O'Brien, Maru a Pula School (retired) - André opera recollections
Krzysztof Chorzelski, Belcea Quartet - Music from early André viola work
David Pountney, Welsh National Opera - André opera blogs, and on and ON
John Pope, writer - Greatly improved various audio recordings on the website