BBC Radio 3 Broadcast "A Study in Contrast" from July 10, 1992, narrated by pianist David Owen Norris (courtesy of the BBC): study_in_contrast.mp3

Mark Rylance as Hamlet
Click here for the complete story of André Skull Bequest

Moj Diabel Stroz
(My Guardian Devil) (1988)

Moj Diabel Stroz
(My Guardian Devil) (1996)

Dowody Na Istnienie
(Proofs of Existence) (1996)

The Woman from Hamburg and other True Stories (2006)

XII Koncert Europejski
Olsztyn, Poland (2006)
Program Notes (in Polish)

Festival of Theatrical Music
Andrzej Czajkowski Essay (2008)
(in English) (in Polish)

Hi-Fi Magazine Article (2008)
Click here for pdf file (in Polish)

Miscellaneous
This page lists various miscellaneous items related to the life of André Tchaikowsky, including concerts dedicated to André's compositions, magazine articles, books, and so forth. Each item is listed below and in the left panel.

BBC Radio Broadcast
BBC Radio 3 Broadcast "A Study in Contrast" from July 10, 1992, narrated by pianist David Owen Norris (courtesy of the BBC): study_in_contrast.mp3.

Complete Skull Story
When André left his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), there was a worldwide commotion. Click Here for the complete story.

Moj Diabel Stroz (My Guardian Devil)
After leaving Poland for good in 1956, André began a life-long correspondence with his good friend, Anita Halina Janowska who put together a book of letters titled Moj Diabel Stroz (My Guardian Devil). These amusing letters transverse wide-ranging feelings and sensibilities, and can alternately be silly, serious, even devastating. First published in 1988 under Anita Halina Janowska's pen name, Halina Sander, a newer printing in 1996 shows the real author's name. (In Polish)

Dowody Na Istnienie (Proofs of Existence)
Books by Polish author Hanna Krall, such as Dowody Na Istnienie (Proofs of Existence), center on the lives and fates of ordinary people, with the Holocaust often as a backdrop. The chapter "Hamlet" concerns André Tchaikowsky (Andrzej Czajkowski), his struggle, his survival, and his skull donation. (In Polish)

The Woman from Hamburg and other True Stories
The English version of author Hanna Krall's book Dowody Na Istnienie (Proofs of Existence) is The Woman from Hamburg and other True Stories. As in the Polish version, the "Hamlet" story tells of Andrzej Czajkowski (André Tchaikowsky), his struggle, his survival, and his skull donation. (In English)

Of this book, Publishers Weekly writes:

The grim and the surreal portentously collide in Krall's 12 genre-bending pieces, all shadowed by the brutal facts of the Holocaust. In "Hamlet," Andrzej Czajkowski, a Polish piano impresario and composer who survived WWII as a child hiding in wardrobes, bequeaths his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company. ...These investigations are stitched with information culled from diverse sources: interviews, an encyclopedia, state archives, diary entries, photographs and letters. Krall's prose is compressed, unadorned and journalistic. Braiding history with imagination, she produces necessary accounts that incisively unveil and interrogate the ruptured historical legacy of Jews after WWII.

This book is available from several online sources including Amazon.com.

Geniusz Zapomniany? [Genius forgotten?]
From the XII Koncert Europejski in Olsztyn, Poland, Sala Koncertowa Filharmonii Warminsko-Mazurskiej, a concert on March 24, 2006, featuring the compositions of Andrzej Czajkowski. Performers are:

Urszula Kryger - Mezzo Soprano
Krzysztof Zbijowski - Clarinet
Marcin Suszycki - Violin
Karol Marianowski - Cello
Maciej Grzybowski - Piano

... and compositions:

Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (Grzybowski and Zbijowski)
The Inventions (Grzybowski)
Seven Sonnets of Shakespeare (Grzybowski and Kryger)
Trio Notturno ( (Grzybowski, Suszycki, and Marianowski)

Click here for PDF program notes (in Polish). Click here for PDF about Maciej Grzybowski.

Festival of Theatrical Music
From the Warsaw, Poland Festival concert of May 19, 2008, featuring an all-Czajkowski program, with performers:

Urszula Kryger - Mezzo Soprano
Krzysztof Zbijowski - Clarinet
Marcin Suszycki - Violin
Karol Marianowski - Cello
Maciej Grzybowski - Piano

... and compositions:

Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (Grzybowski and Zbijowski)
The Inventions (Grzybowski)
Seven Sonnets of Shakespeare (Grzybowski and Kryger)
Trio Notturno ( (Grzybowski, Suszycki, and Marianowski)

...and an essay on Andrzej Czajkowski written by pianist Maciej Grzybowski available as PDF file in English or in Polish. Click here for PDF about Maciej Grzybowski.

Hi-Fi i Muzyka Magazine
The September 2008 issue of the Polish magazine, Hi-Fi i Muzyka, featuring an excellent article about Andrzej Czajkowski, written by Hanna Milewska. Click Here to read this article as a PDF file (in Polish).