Zimerman: Szymanowski tried to commit suicide after writing Variations
Daily Comfort ZoneIn a new extended interview, the pianist Krystian Zimerman talks about his lifelong involvement with the music of Karol Szymanowski. He has a theory that the depression that befell the composer after completing his Variations was related to his acknowledgement of homosexuality and the struggle that he faced in his Polish homeland.
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