Miłosz Magin, pianist and composer, born on 6th July 1929 in Łódź, died on 4th March 1999 in Bora Bora (French Polynesia). After a brief period of study in Łódź, he continued his education in the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw, studying piano with Margerita Trombini-Kazuro (degree in 1953) and composition with Jan Adam Maklakiewicz and Kazimierz Sikorski (degree in 1957). In 1955 he received an honorable mention in the 5th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition. In 1957 he was awarded in two competitions: the Marguerite Long and Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris (6th prize) and the José Vianna da Motta Competition in Lisbon (3rd prize). In 1957-59 he lived in London, and in 1960 he became resident in Paris, where in 1963-73 he taught a piano class in the Sergey Rakhmaninov Conservatory, and in 1975-80 – at the International Musical University.
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. He gave concerts in many countries of the world. In 1992 he also recorded – a CD featuring his own Concerto No. 3 for piano, string orchestra and percussion, with Łódź Phiharmonic Orchestra conducted by Wojciech Czepiel (Polskie Nagrania). He taught piano master classes in Łódź Music Academy, and in 1992 and 1997 he sat on the jury of the International Karol Szymanowski Competition in Łódź.
With the help of his wife Idalia, also a pianist, in 1985, Miłosz Magin established in Paris the International Miłosz Magin Piano Competition, organised every second year, whose obligatory programme includes compositions by French and Polish composers, incl. Frederic Chopin, Karol Szymanowski, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Juliusz Zarębski, and by Magin himself.
Magin died on 4 March 1999 of a heart attack while touring with concerts in Tahiti. He was buried next to Chopin's tomb at the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, France.
The image before the music is from M. M., and we would like to thank him for his kind permission to reproduce his painting.
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