The Leschetizky Society of Japan

 

Background:

The Leschetizky Society is a unique music society in Japan, and is a strictly non-profit making organization.

The Society was founded in 1991, with the aim of helping young musicians to further develop their talent, gain performing experience and provide an environment for stimulation of musical imagination. 

The name of the society is a tribute to Theodor Leschetizky, the renowned teacher of some of the greatest pianists such as Padarewski, Friedman, Schnabel and Moisewitsch. 

The logo of the Society is a monogram of Theodor Leschetizky's initials set within a laurel wreath.

Theodor Leschetizky

 

Click HERE to see Theodor Leschetizky's Teaching Methods.

 

 

 

Mieczyslaw Horszowski - our founding patron

Our founding patron was Mieczyslaw Horszowski, one of the most remarkable students of Leschetizky. He has given us great inspiration and encouragement.

This is how Allan Evans writes about Mieczyslaw Horszowski:

"The art of Horszowski goes beyond mere pianism and to the heights of musicianship. The more one hears of his great art, the more one realizes the unlimited possibilities of interpretation. His approach resembles that of a painter who masks the intricacies of perspective and structure by bold brushstrokes and an immense sense of style, tending to favor chiaroscuro. His mother had lessons from Chopin's assistant Mikuli and gave the young Horszowski his first training. One of Leschetizky's favored students, he was frequently granted private lessons. Leschetizky, who fortold Schnabel's destiny as a great Schubertian at a time when the Sonatas were not played, said "Mozart is in Horszowski's soul."

© Allan Evans, 1996

 

Renowned musicians, in alphabetical order, who held Masterclasses at Leschetizky Society of Japan;
 
Kalman Berkes Guest Professor at Musashino Academia Musicae

Boris Berman Yale University

Janos CegledyProfessor at Toho College of Music, and Musashino Academia Musicae

Julia GanevGuest Professor, Musashino Academia Musicae

Konstantin GanevGuest Professor, Musashino Academia Musicae

Mieko HarimotoTokyo Ongaku Daigaku (Ondai), Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku (Geidai)

Norio Kusakabe President, Gakuyu Piano Ongaku Kenkyukai

Alexei Nasedkin Guest Professor, Musashino Academia Musicae, Moscow Conservatory

Alexander Semetsky Vice-Rector, Moscow Conservatory

Bela Siki Washington University, Seattle

Laszlo Simon Staatl. Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin

Einar Steen-Nokleberg Staatl. Hochschule die Musik, Hanover

Jerzy Sulikowski Guest Professor, Musashino Academia Musicae

Zsolt Tibay Guest Professor, Musashino Academia Musicae, andTokyo Geijutsu Daigaku (Geidai)

Erzsebet Tusa Guest Professor, Musashino Academia Musicae

Georg Vasarhelyi Guest Professor, Musashino Academia Musicae

 

 

                   Mieczyslaw Horszowski with his wife, Mrs. Bice Horszowski Costa.