František Maxián (9 November 1907 – 18 January 1971) was a Czech pianist and music educator. ''(Another pianist of the same name was born in 1950. He graduated from the

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in 1975 as a pupil of Valentina Kamenikova, and in 1978 took part in the Young Performers' Cycle of the

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Life and performing career

František Maxián was born in

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. He studied at the local Conservatory as a student of Roman Vesely, then continued his studies at the

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with

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. After graduating, he worked as a pianist in Czech Radio. Later he returned to piano studies, and his solo performances began to attract attention. He began to perform internationally, and was elected Vice-Chairman of the Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1949. Maxián performed a repertoire including both classical and contemporary composers. He died in 1971 and is buried not far from his teacher Vilém Kurz at

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, the

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in Prague.

Career as an educator

From 1927 to 1928, Maxián was active as a music school teacher in

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, and in 1939 became a professor at the Prague Conservatory. In 1946 he became a professor at the

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. Notable students include

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, Antonin Kubalek, E. Glancová and

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References

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