Who is Katarzyna Popowa-Zydron?
Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń (Bulgarian: Екатерина Попова) (born 30 April 1948 in Sofia) is a Polish pianist of Bulgarian descent. She studied at the Poznań Music Academy, then graduated with honours from the State High School of Music (Academy of Music) in Gdańsk, in Professor Zbigniew Sliwinski's class, in 1973. She completed her postgraduate studies in the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna, in Professor Alexander Jenner's class. She was a prizewinner of the Polish Competitions: 4th Polish Festival of Young Musicians, 2nd Polish Competition of Piano Music; obtained an honorable mention at the IX International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1975, and entered the semifinals of the Piano Competition in Terni, Italy, 1975, and of the ARD Piano Competition in Munich in 1978. Popowa-Zydroń gave concerts in Polish philharmonic halls as well as in Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, Bulgaria, Austria and Japan. She was employed as a visiting profess...