Józef Wieniawski fund

While Henryk, violin prodigy in the footsteps of Henri Vieuxtemps, Joseph Joachim or Pablo de Sarasate, develops a brilliant career as Konsertmeister, pedagogue and composer, his younger brother Józef, student of Pierre Zimmerman, Antoine-François Marmontel and Charles-Valentin Alkan at the Paris Conservatoire, subsequently of Franz Liszt in Weimar, becomes renowned as a brilliant pianist.

Pursuing a pedagogic activity at the Russian Musical Society and at the Moscow Conservatory, he settles in Brussels where he consolidates his virtuoso reputation, especially of Chopin's work.

However, the oldest daughter of the musician, Elisabeth Wieniawska (1892–1978), experienced violinist and cellist, has donated to the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, the totality of the archives of her father in their original state – a precious and unique lot of handwritten and printed scores of piano, chamber, orchestral or vocal music.

These 38 pieces – sketches, autograph manuscripts or copies – with non-negligible historical value and of which some were never published,[1] often include marks revealing the composer's creative process.

20, vowed to the Leopold II of Belgium, his mazurkas, marches, chants created for some European high society personalities or musicians such as Rossini and Saint-Saëns, or even his Sonata for violin and piano op.