Elza Kolodin - Topic

Elza Kolodin is a pianist from Poland. She studied in Kraków, Warsaw and Paris.
She has gained much acclaim from the international press,
who have described her "rapturous playing" as being distinguished by "brilliant virtuosity" and a very "personal mixture of electrifying energy and profound poetry".
Elza Kolodin began her pianistic career at the Special School for Music in Kraków under Zofia Zagajewska. After being granted a scholarship from the Chopin Society, she continued her studies at the Music Academy in Warsaw under Ryszard Bakst and Zbigniew Drzewiecki.
After her emigration, the Foundation Albert Roussel enabled her to complete her studies at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris in the class of Thierry de Brunhoff a master pupil of Alfred Cortot.
She graduated with the highest distinction, the "Licence de concert a l'unanimite du jury".