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Noted Pianist and Philanthropist Dies

Teresa Garbulinska and Ronald Saykaly channeled their love of music into the Saykaly Garbulinska Composer-in-Residence Program.
Rich Copley
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Lexington Herald Leader
Teresa Garbulinska and Ronald Saykaly channeled their love of music into the Saykaly Garbulinska Composer-in-Residence Program.

Teresa Garbulinska Saykaly, 79, a noted concert pianist and Lexington arts philanthropist, died early Monday after a long illness. Born in Poland, she won the Polish National Mozart Competition in 1956 and went on to perform throughout Europe and the United States, including at Carnegie Hall in New York. She was a student of piano virtuoso Henryk Sztompka, who was a well-known student of Ignace Paderewski. As a result, her husband of 44 years, Dr. Ronald Saykaly, said, she was sometimes referred to as "the musical granddaughter of Paderewski."

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/03/12/2107203/teresa-garbulinska-saykaly-noted.html#storylink=cpy
 

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