# Elisabeth Chojnacka

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{{Short description|Polish harpsichordist}}
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| name             = Elisabeth Chojnacka
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| birth_name       = Elżbieta Ukraińczyk
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1939|09|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [Warsaw](/source/Warsaw), [Poland](/source/Poland)
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| death_date       = {{death date and age|2017|05|28|1939|09|10|df=yes}}
| death_place      = [Paris](/source/Paris), [France](/source/France)
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| instrument       = Harpsichord
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'''Elisabeth Chojnacka''' (born '''Elżbieta Ukraińczyk'''; 10 September 1939 – 28 May 2017) was a Polish [harpsichord](/source/harpsichord)ist living in [France](/source/France). She was one of the world's foremost harpsichordists specializing in the performance of [contemporary harpsichord](/source/contemporary_harpsichord) music.

==Biography==
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Chojnacka earned a degree from the [Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy](/source/Fryderyk_Chopin_Music_Academy) in Warsaw in 1962, after which she moved to [Paris](/source/Paris), where she studied with [Aimée Van de Wiele](/source/Aim%C3%A9e_Van_de_Wiele). She presented the premiere performances of many works for harpsichord, both solo as well as with ensemble and/or electronics. Over 80 composers dedicated works to her. While she was known particularly for her performance of new music, she also played [early music](/source/early_music) in her concerts, as well as in some of her recordings. In performance, she generally performed with her harpsichord slightly amplified.

She formerly taught at the [Mozarteum University of Salzburg](/source/Mozarteum_University_of_Salzburg) in [Salzburg](/source/Salzburg), [Austria](/source/Austria), beginning in 1995. She performed and recorded with the [Xenakis Ensemble](/source/Xenakis_Ensemble). She won the [Grand Prix du Disque for Modern Music](/source/Grand_Prix_du_Disque_for_Modern_Music) in 2003, for her recording of works by [Maurice Ohana](/source/Maurice_Ohana).{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

==Death==
Chojnacka died on 28 May 2017 in Paris at the age of 77.<ref name="PolishRadio">{{cite news|url=http://www.rdc.pl/informacje/nie-zyje-elzbieta-chojnacka-znakomita-polska-klawesynistka|title=Nie żyje Elżbieta Chojnacka. "Znakomita polska klawesynistka"|publisher=RDC Polskie Radio|date=28 May 2017}}</ref>

==Discography==
*Ohana harpsichord / Ohana - Clavecin 	
*Energy
*Plus que Tango
*Scott Joplin
*Energy Plus
*Poulenc
*Xénakis
*Ohana
*Rhythm Plus
*Clavecin espagnol du XXème Siècle
*Clavecin 2000
*L'avant-garde du passé
*Le nouveau clavecin
*Clavecin d'aujourd'hui

==References==
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==Links==
* [http://www.harpsichord2000.com Harpsichord 2000 website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091029175339/http://www.nieuwe-muziek.nl/english/choj.htm Elisabeth Chojnacka profile], nieuwe-muziek.nl

==Sources==
* Harley, James ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=hHXqbJGEM4EC&pg=PA103 Xenakis: his life in music]'' p.&nbsp;103, Routledge, New York (2004)  {{ISBN|0-415-97145-4}}

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Category:Chopin University of Music alumni
Category:Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
Category:20th-century French musicians
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