Lidia Grychtolowna

Lidia Grychtołówna (born in Rybnik, 1928) is a Polish pianist. In 1955 she was awarded the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition's 7th prize,[1] and one year later she shared the 3rd prize of the inaugural edition of the Robert Schumann Competition with Mikhail Voskresensky.[2] She subsequently performed throughout the world, and held a professorship at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. She served as a juror at the Chopin Competition's X, XI and XIII editions.[3] Grychtołówna has been decorated the Gold Medal of the City of Milan.