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Janina Fialkowska
Person · female · Canada · Montreal · born 1951 · recording since 2005
Canadian pianist
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Also known as ジャニーナ・フィアルコフスカ
Timeline
14 events▣ Album 12◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1950s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Concertos (Chamber Version)
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2010s
· Album
Album: Concertos 13 and 14 / Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Variations for Piano on "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman"
Album
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Biography
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Biography
Janina Fialkowska, (born May 7, 1951) is a Canadian classical pianist. A specialist of the Classic and Romantic repertoires, for more than thirty years she has appeared regularly with professional orchestras around the world, often performing the music of Chopin, and also contemporary Polish composers including Lutosławski and Panufnik. In 1990, she gave the world premier performance of the then-recently discovered Franz Liszt Third Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Early life
Fialkowska was born in Montreal, Quebec, to a Canadian mother (Bridget Todd Fialkowski) and a Polish father (Jerzy Fialkowski), an engineer and Polish army officer who emigrated to Canada in 1945. Her mother, of Scottish-Irish and Cree descent, studied piano, in a class setting, with Alfred Cortot at the École Normale de Musique de Paris (1935–1939). Fialkowska is the granddaughter of John Todd, Canada's first professor of parasitology, and great-granddaughter of Edward Clouston, President of the Canadian Bankers Association. She is the cousin of former Canadian cabinet minister David Anderson and cousin of stage and screen actor Christopher Plummer.
Fialkowska began to study piano at the age of four with her mother and in 1960 enrolled in the École Vincent-d'Indy in Montreal. In 1963, at the age of 12, she made her debut as a soloist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and began studying with Yvonne Hubert. She pursued her secondary education at the Montreal girls school The Study, graduating in 1967. The following year, at the age of 17, she simultaneously obtained undergraduate (Baccalauréat) and Maitrise degrees from the Université de Montréal. During this period, she also studied in Paris with virtuoso and teacher Yvonne Lefébure (1966, 1968–1969). In 1969 she was awarded 1st Prize in the CBC National Radio Competition for Young Performers in Canada and travelled occasionally to New York City for private studies with Sasha Gorodnitzki. In 1970, she settled in New York and enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music as a student of Sascha Gorodnitzki, later becoming his teaching assistant from 1979 to 1984.
In 1974, while enrolled in law school in Montreal, Fialkowska participated in the inaugural Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv. Unbeknownst to her, one of the judges gave her a zero in order to help his own student advance. But Rubinstein himself, then 87, was impressed by her playing. When he found out about the zero, he threatened to withdraw his name from the competition unless Fialkowska advanced. Rubinstein became her mentor and launched her international career, hailing her as "a born Chopin interpreter."
Professional career
In 1986, to commemorate the centennial of the death of Franz Liszt, Fialkowska was invited to perform his complete Transcendental Études in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, in London for the BBC, and in Canada for the CBC. In 1990, she was chosen to perform, with the Chicago Symphony, the world premiere of the recently discovered Third Piano Concerto of Franz Liszt.
Fialkowska has also given world premiere performances of piano concertos by American composer Libby Larsen, with the Minnesota Orchestra (1991) and by Canadian composer Marjan Mozetich, with the Kingston Symphony (2000).
In 1992, the Colorado Symphony invited her to perform the North American premiere of the piano concerto by Sir Andrzej Panufnik. Also in 1992, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation produced a television documentary of her life and career, entitled The World of Janina Fialkowska, which was aired across Canada and was awarded a special jury prize at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
In January 2002, on the eve of a European concert tour, Fialkowska's career was interrupted by the discovery of an aggressive cancerous tumour in her upper left arm. Following the removal of the malignant mass in May 2002, she subsequently underwent an innovative surgical procedure designed to reconstruct the arm that had been rendered almost useless by the excision of the tumour. During her eighteen months of convalescence, she gave many concerts in Europe and North America, performing music written especially for the left hand by Ravel (Concerto for the Left Hand) and Prokofiev (Piano Concerto no. 4), which she adapted for performance with the right hand. Both the public and the critics praised her courage and the high calibre of these performances such as with the Houston Symphony Orchestra under Stanislaw Skrowaczewski.
In 2004, Fialkowska returned to the stage as a two-handed pianist, first with a recital in Germany, followed by Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto in Toronto. Since then, she has resumed active touring in Canada, the United States, Europe, and the Far East performing amongst others with the Warsaw Philharmonic, the Montreal Symphony, the Toronto Symphony, the Suk Chamber Orchestra Prague, the Vancouver Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mexico State Orchestra, L'orchestra di Camera Italiana, the Badische Staatskapelle, the Osaka Philharmonic and many others.
In the summer of 2010, Fialkowska hosted a celebration of the works of Chopin at the Festival of the Sound. In 2018, her album Chopin Recital 3
Chopin Recital 3Spotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Polonaise no. 7 in A-flat major, op. 61 "Polonaise-fantaisie"12:102Nocturne no. 3 in B major, op. 9 no. 36:263Nocturne no. 5 in F-sharp major, op. 15 no. 23:464Impromptu no. 3 in G-flat major, op. 514:535Waltz no. 10 in B minor, op. 69 no. 24:276Waltz no. 5 in A-flat major, op. 423:537Scherzo no. 4 in E major, op. 5410:59824 Preludes, op. 28: No. 14 in E-flat minor0:27924 Preludes, op. 28: No. 15 in D-flat major "Raindrop"5:3410Ballade no. 4 in F minor, op. 5210:25 won a Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year.
Fialkowska has also garnered praise for her interpretations of the works of Chopin and Liszt.
Personal life
Fialkowska has been married to German music manager Harry Oesterle since 2001. They have homes in Connecticut and Bavaria. Her autobiography, A Note In Time, was published by Novum.
Piano Six and Piano Plus
Janina Fialkowska was the founder and first artistic director of Piano Six, a not-for-profit educational outreach program dedicated to supporting classical music in small communities throughout Canada. In 1993, Fialkowska convinced five well-known Canadian classical pianists to join with her in a tour of outlying communities that rarely host internationally known musicians. In order to serve as many communities as possible, Fialkowska and the other Piano Six artists agreed to perform for a fraction of their usual fees.
During its decade of operation (1993–2003), this program sent its artists on more than 60 regional tours, reaching over 100,000 Canadians of all ages with live performances, masterclasses and teachers' workshops. In 2004, in order to broaden the scope of its activities, the Piano Six roster was expanded to include Canadian musicians from the fields of strings and voice as well as piano. Under the banner of Piano Plus, the program's associated artists continued to tour until 2010.
Awards and honours
First Prize at the CBC National Radio Competition for Young Performers, 1969.
Third Prize at the First International Arthur Rubinstein Piano Masters Competition, held in Israel, 1974.
Officer of the Order of Canada, 2001
Honorary Doctorate (Music), Acadia University Wolfville (Wolfville, Nova Scotia), 2006
Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Keyboard Artistry, 2007
Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, 2012.
Recording career
Two of Fialkowska's recordings were nominated by the Canadian music industry for a Juno Award: her 1997 CD Fialkowska plays Szymanowski (ODR 9305) and her 1998 recital of virtuoso salon pieces La Jongleuse (CBC MVCD 1114). Her 2001 recording of Liszt's Transcendental Études (ODR 9332) earned the Critics’ Choice award from American Record Guide. She has also recorded the Liszt Sonata for RCA Red Seal and discs of various works by Chopin for Atma Classique.
In 2007, the uncovering of the Joyce Hatto hoax revealed that Hatto's husband William Barrington Coupe had plagiarised recordings from, among other albums, Fialkowska's 1990 CD of works by Franz Liszt.
Orchestral / Concertos
W.A.Mozart: Piano Concertos, nos. 11 and 12 (chamber version). With The Chamber Players of Canada. Atma Classique SACD2 2531. (2007)
Frédéric Chopin: Concertos (chamber version). With The Chamber Players of Canada. Atma Classique SACD2 2291. (2005)
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerti. With the Calgary Philharmonic, cond. Hans Graf. CBC Records, SMCD 5202. (2000)
Paderewski: Piano Concerto; Fantaisie polonaise. Naxos 8.554020. (1999)
Memories of Poland: Chopin, Moszkowski, Koprowski. CBC Records, SMCD 5140. (1995)
Solo albums
Chopin: Book II (sonatas, impromptus) (2001)
Transcendental Liszt: Transcendental Études (complete). Opening Day Recordings, ODR 9332. (2000)
Fialkowska plays Chopin: The Études, opp. 10 & 25. Opening Day Recordings, ODR 9312. (1998)
La Jongleuse: Salon pieces and encores CBC Records, MVCD 1114. (1998)
Fialkowska plays Szymanowski: 4 Études; Variations sur un thème folklorique polonais; Métopes; 2 Mazurkas. Opening Day Recordings, ODR 9305. (1995)
Franz Liszt: Pieces for Piano Solo. CBC Records MVCD 2–1035. (1990)
Presenting Janina Fialkowska: Liszt solo piano works. RCA Red Seal FRL1-0142. (1977)
Janina Fialkowska plays Chopin. RCA Red Seal RL-37071 (1977)
Collaborator
None But the Lonely Heart: Russian Romances. With soprano Joanne Kolomyjec. CBC Records, MVCD 1144. (2001)
Brahms/Schumann: Lieder. With bass-baritone Daniel Lichti. Opening Day Recordings, ODR 9311. (1997)
Schubert: Schwanengesang. With bass-baritone Daniel Lichti. Opening Day Recordings, ODR 9302. (1994)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 12 | 83.4th |
| Studio albums | 12 | 92.8th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 14 | 90.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 12 | 30.2th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (12 release groups · 12 studio albums)
Albums · 12
2005 · studio album
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1Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11: Allegro maestoso20:302Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11: Romance (Larghetto)10:323Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11: Rondo (Vivace)10:034Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor, op. 21: Maestoso14:465Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor, op. 21: Larghetto9:246Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor, op. 21: Allegro vivace8:32Concertos 11 & 12: Chamber Version
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:02:56
1Concerto no. 11 in F major, K. 413/387a: I. Allegro9:242Concerto no. 11 in F major, K. 413/387a: II. Larghetto8:213Concerto no. 11 in F major, K. 413/387a: III. Tempo di Menuetto5:324Concerto no. 12 in A major, K. 414/386a: I. Allegro10:135Concerto no. 12 in A major, K. 414/386a: II. Andante9:116Concerto no. 12 in A major, K. 414/386a: III. Rondeau (Allegretto)6:397Quartet no. 4 in C major, K. 157: I. Allegro5:388Quartet no. 4 in C major, K. 157: II. Andante6:069Quartet no. 4 in C major, K. 157: III. Presto1:522009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:11:16
1Polonaise no. 1 in C-sharp minor, op. 26/1, CT. 1508:082Waltz no. 2 in A-flat major, op. 34/1, CT. 2085:113Waltz no. 12 in F minor, op. 70/2, CT. 2183:574Waltz no. 4 in F major, op. 34/3, CT. 2102:275Waltz no. 7 in C-sharp minor, op. 64/2, CT. 2133:386Barcarolle in F-sharp major, op. 60, CT. 68:517Prelude no. 8 in F-sharp minor, op. 28/8, CT. 1732:048Prelude no. 17 in A-flat major, op. 28/17, CT. 1823:459Nocturne no. 17 in B major, op. 62/1, CT. 1246:5610Mazurka no. 27 in E minor, op. 41/2, CT. 772:3911Mazurka no. 23 in D major, op. 33/2, CT. 732:3712Mazurka no. 36 in A minor, op. 59/1, CT. 864:0713Ballade no. 3 in A-flat major, op. 47, CT. 47:1214Scherzo no. 1 in B minor, op. 20, CT. 1979:442010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 36 tracks · 2:18:31
Disc 11Etude op. 10, no. 1 in C major1:572Etude op. 10, no. 2 in A minor1:263Etude op. 10, no. 3 in E major4:514Etude op. 10, no. 4 in C-sharp minor2:055Etude op. 10, no. 5 in G-flat major1:476Etude op. 10, no. 6 in E-flat minor4:457Etude op. 10, no. 7 in C major1:338Etude op. 10, no. 8 in F major2:229Etude op. 10, no. 9 in F minor2:4410Etude op. 10, no. 10 in A-flat major2:2011Etude op. 10, no. 11 in E-flat major2:5912Etude op. 10, no. 12 in C minor2:5113Etude op. 25, no. 1 in A-flat major3:2514Etude op. 25, no. 2 in F minor1:4415Etude op. 25, no. 3 in F major1:4916Etude op. 25, no. 4 in A minor1:3717Etude op. 25, no. 5 in E minor3:2318Etude op. 25, no. 6 in G-sharp minor2:0419Etude op. 25, no. 7 in C-sharp minor6:0020Etude op. 25, no. 8 in D-flat major1:0921Etude op. 25, no. 9 in G-flat major1:0322Etude op. 25, no. 10 in B minor4:1323Etude op. 25, no. 11 in A minor3:4224Etude op. 25, no. 12 in C minor2:42Disc 21Sonata no. 2, op. 35 in B-flat minor: I. Grave - Doppio movimento7:482Sonata no. 2, op. 35 in B-flat minor: II. Scherzo7:243Sonata no. 2, op. 35 in B-flat minor: III. Marche funèbre. Lento9:284Sonata no. 2, op. 35 in B-flat minor: IV. Finale. Presto1:265Impromptu no. 1 in A-flat major, op. 294:166Impromptu no. 2 in F-sharp major, op. 365:577Impromptu no. 3 in G-flat major, op. 515:308Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, op. 665:279Sonata no. 3, op. 58 in B minor: I. Allegro maestoso9:4210Sonata no. 3, op. 58 in B minor: II. Scherzo. Molto vivace2:4711Sonata no. 3, op. 58 in B minor: III. Largo9:0912Sonata no. 3, op. 58 in B minor: IV. Finale. Presto, non tanto5:062010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:09:31
1Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor, op. 21: I. Maestoso13:432Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor, op. 21: II, Larghetto8:163Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor, op. 21: III. Allegro vivace8:384Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11: I. Allegro maestoso19:215Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11: II. Romance - Larghetto9:366Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11: III. Rondo - Vivace9:572012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:15:54
1Polonaise no. 2 in E-flat minor, op. 26 no. 29:042Waltz no. 14 in E minor, op. posth.3:053Waltz no. 3 in A minor, op. 34 no. 2 "Valse brillante"6:254Waltz no. 8 in A-flat major, op. 64 no. 33:155Ballade no. 2 in F major, op. 386:59624 Preludes, op. 28: No. 10 in C-sharp minor0:28724 Preludes, op. 28: No. 11 in B major0:43824 Preludes, op. 28: No. 13 in F-sharp major3:539Fantasy in F minor, op. 4912:4210Nocturne no. 16 in E-flat major, op. 55 no. 26:2511Mazurka no. 5 in B-flat major, op. 7 no. 12:3612Mazurka no. 50 in A minor, op. posth. "Notre temps"3:5213Mazurka no. 32 in C-sharp minor, op. 50 no. 35:4114Scherzo no. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 3110:46Concertos 13 and 14 / Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Variations for Piano on "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman"
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:17:42
1Piano Concerto no. 13 in C major, K. 415: I. Allegro10:012Piano Concerto no. 13 in C major, K. 415: II. Andante7:183Piano Concerto no. 13 in C major, K. 415: III. Allegro8:474Piano Concerto no. 14 in E-flat major, K. 449: I. Allegro vivace8:275Piano Concerto no. 14 in E-flat major, K. 449: II. Andantino7:276Piano Concerto no. 14 in E-flat major, K. 449: III. Allegro ma non troppo6:117Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman", K. 26512:208Serenade no. 13 in G major "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", K. 525: I. Allegro5:219Serenade no. 13 in G major "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", K. 525: II. Romance (Andante)6:0710Serenade no. 13 in G major "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", K. 525: III. Menuet & Trio (Allegretto)2:0011Serenade no. 13 in G major "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", K. 525: IV. Rondo (Allegro)3:43Piano Sonatas, D. 664 & D. 894
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 55:45
1Piano Sonata no. 13 in A major, D. 664, op. post. 120: I. Allegro moderato7:122Piano Sonata no. 13 in A major, D. 664, op. post. 120: II. Andante4:333Piano Sonata no. 13 in A major, D. 664, op. post. 120: III. Finale - Allegro6:504Piano Sonata no. 18 in G major, D. 894, op. 78: I. Molto moderato e cantabile17:285Piano Sonata no. 18 in G major, D. 894, op. 78: II. Andante7:476Piano Sonata no. 18 in G major, D. 894, op. 78: III. Menuetto: Allegro moderato - Trio (molto ligato)3:507Piano Sonata no. 18 in G major, D. 894, op. 78: IV. Allegretto8:052014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 55 tracks · 2:30:29
Disc 11Mazurka no. 1 en fa dièse mineur, op. 6 no. 12:452Mazurka no. 2 en do dièse mineur, op. 6 no. 22:483Mazurka no. 3 en mi majeur, op. 6 no. 31:544Mazurka no. 4 en mi bémol mineur, op. 6 no. 40:435Mazurka no. 5 en si bémol majeur, op. 7 no. 12:256Mazurka no. 6 en la mineur, op. 7 no. 23:497Mazurka no. 7 en fa mineur, op. 7 no. 33:018Mazurka no. 8 en la bémol majeur, op. 7 no. 41:119Mazurka no. 9 en do majeur, op. 7 no. 50:3710Mazurka no. 10 en si bémol majeur, op. 17 no. 12:3411Mazurka no. 11 en mi mineur, op. 17 no. 22:0412Mazurka no. 12 en la bémol majeur, op. 17 no. 34:4813Mazurka no. 13 en la mineur, op. 17 no. 44:5214Mazurka no. 14 en sol mineur, op. 24 no. 12:5715Mazurka no. 15 en do majeur, op. 24 no. 22:2016Mazurka no. 16 en la bémol majeur, op. 24 no. 32:3117Mazurka no. 17 en si bémol mineur, op. 24 no. 44:4218Mazurka no. 18 en do mineur, op. 30 no. 11:4719Mazurka no. 19 en si mineur, op. 30 no. 21:3620Mazurka no. 20 en ré bémol majeur, op. 30 no. 33:0521Mazurka no. 21 en do dièse mineur, op. 30 no. 44:1722Mazurka no. 22 en Sol dièse mineur, op. 33 no. 11:4823Mazurka no. 23 en ré majeur, op. 33 no. 22:3724Mazurka no. 24 en do majeur, op. 33 no. 32:2025Mazurka no. 25 en si mineur, op. 33 no. 45:4826Mazurka no. 26 en do dièse mineur, op. 41 no. 13:2627Mazurka no. 27 en mi mineur, op. 41 no. 22:3228Mazurka no. 28 en si majeur, op. 41 no. 31:1629Mazurka no. 29 en la bémol majeur, op. 41 no. 42:00Disc 21Mazurka no. 30 en sol majeur, op. 50 no. 12:422Mazurka no. 31 en la bémol majeur, op. 50 no. 23:383Mazurka no. 32 en do dièse mineur, op. 50 no. 35:244Mazurka no. 33 en si majeur, op. 56 no. 14:335Mazurka no. 34 en do majeur, op. 56 no. 21:356Mazurka no. 35 en do mineur, op. 56 no. 36:337Mazurka no. 36 en la mineur, op. 59 no. 14:058Mazurka no. 37 en la bémol majeur, op. 59 no. 22:449Mazurka no. 38 en fa dièse mineur, op. 59 no. 33:3710Mazurka no. 39 en si majeur, op. 63 no. 12:2711Mazurka no. 40 en fa mineur, op. 63 no. 21:5812Mazurka no. 41 en do dièse mineur, op. 63 no. 32:1513Mazurka no. 51 en la mineur, « À Emile Gaillard »2:2614Mazurka no. 50 en la mineur, « Notre Temps »3:4315Mazurka no. 56 en si bémol majeur, op. posth., WN 71:5716Mazurka no. 55 en sol majeur, op. posth. WN 81:3417Mazurka no. 47 en la mineur, op. posth. 68 no. 2, WN 143:0118Mazurka no. 46 en do majeur, op. posth. 68 no. 1, WN 241:3619Mazurka no. 48 en fa majeur, op. posth. 68 no. 3, WN 251:5120Mazurka no. 42 en sol majeur, op. posth. 67 no. 1, WN 261:1221Mazurka no. 59 en si bémol majeur, op. posth. WN 411:1322Mazurka no. 62 en la bémol majeur, op. posth. WN 451:2523Mazurka no. 44 en do majeur, op. posth. 67 no. 3, WN 481:3624Mazurka no. 45 en la mineur, op. posth. 67 no. 4, WN 603:1425Mazurka no. 43 en sol mineur, op. posth. 67 no. 2, WN 642:1026Mazurka no. 49 en fa mineur, op. posth. 68 no. 4, WN 653:272015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 1:07:25
1Lyric Pieces, Book 1, op. 12: No. 1. Arietta1:212Lyric Pieces, Book 1, op. 12: No. 5. Popular Melody1:273Lyric Pieces, Book 2, op. 38: No. 1. Berceuse3:084Lyric Pieces, Book 2, op. 38: No. 7. Waltz0:595Lyric Pieces, Book 2, op. 38: No. 8. Canon4:496Lyric Pieces, Book 3, op. 43: No. 1. Butterfly1:337Lyric Pieces, Book 3, op. 43: No. 4. Little Bird1:408Lyric Pieces, Book 4, op. 47: No. 2. Album Leaf4:189Lyric Pieces, Book 4, op. 47: No. 3. Melody3:0110Lyric Pieces, Book 4, op. 47: No. 4. Norwegian Dance1:1611Lyric Pieces, Book 5, op. 54: No. 3. March of the Trolls3:3712Lyric Pieces, Book 5, op. 54: No. 4. Notturno3:5513Lyric Pieces, Book 6, op. 57: No. 2. Gade3:0314Lyric Pieces, Book 7, op. 62: No. 1. Sylph1:2615Lyric Pieces, Book 7, op. 62: No. 4. Brooklet1:2816Lyric Pieces, Book 7, op. 62: No. 6. Homeward2:5017Lyric Pieces, Book 8, op. 65: No. 4. Salon1:5818Lyric Pieces, Book 8, op. 65: No. 6. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen6:3219Lyric Pieces, Book 9, op. 68: No. 3. At Your Feet3:1920Lyric Pieces, Book 9, op. 68: No. 4. Evening in the Mountains3:2821Lyric Pieces, Book 9, op. 68: No. 5. At the Cradle2:3122Lyric Pieces, Book 10, op. 71: No. 1. Once Upon a Time3:5023Lyric Pieces, Book 10, op. 71: No. 2. Summer's Eve2:2524Lyric Pieces, Book 10, op. 71: No. 3. Puck1:4925Lyric Pieces, Book 10, op. 71: No. 7. Remembrances1:42Piano Sonata no. 7, D. 568 / 4 Impromptus, op. 142, D. 935
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:01:27
1Piano Sonata no. 7 in E-flat major, op. 122, D. 568: I. Allegro moderato9:292Piano Sonata no. 7 in E-flat major, op. 122, D. 568: II. Andante molto6:023Piano Sonata no. 7 in E-flat major, op. 122, D. 568: III. Menuetto. Allegretto4:164Piano Sonata no. 7 in E-flat major, op. 122, D. 568: IV. Allegro moderato6:075Four Impromptus, op. 142, D. 935: Impromptu no. 1 in F minor10:436Four Impromptus, op. 142, D. 935: Impromptu no. 2 in A-flat major7:527Four Impromptus, op. 142, D. 935: Impromptu no. 3 in B-flat major10:558Four Impromptus, op. 142, D. 935: Impromptu no. 4 in F minor6:032017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:03:00
1Polonaise no. 7 in A-flat major, op. 61 "Polonaise-fantaisie"12:102Nocturne no. 3 in B major, op. 9 no. 36:263Nocturne no. 5 in F-sharp major, op. 15 no. 23:464Impromptu no. 3 in G-flat major, op. 514:535Waltz no. 10 in B minor, op. 69 no. 24:276Waltz no. 5 in A-flat major, op. 423:537Scherzo no. 4 in E major, op. 5410:59824 Preludes, op. 28: No. 14 in E-flat minor0:27924 Preludes, op. 28: No. 15 in D-flat major "Raindrop"5:3410Ballade no. 4 in F minor, op. 5210:25
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Janina Fialkowska head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 12 | 83.4th |
| Studio albums | 12 | 92.8th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 14 | 90.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 12 | 30.2th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Governor General's Performing Arts Award | won | |
| — | Officer of the Order of Canada | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piano Six(band) | — | present | original |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Janina_Fialkowska_2008.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f09a6762-3dea-4690-b70a-087d702ac76adiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f09a6762-3dea-4690-b70a-087d702ac76acore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3225492seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janina_Fialkowskabiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janina_Fialkowska
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Canadian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Masterbear · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q3225492 · MusicBrainz: f09a6762-3dea-4690-b70a-087d702ac76a
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