Karol Mikuli

About

Armenian-Polish musician, composer, conductor, and educator who was best known as an authority on Chopin.

Before Fame

He studied composition with the famed French composer Anton Reicha.

Trivia

He was appointed director of the Lviv Conservatory in 1858.

Family Life

He was born into an Armenian family.

Associated With

His first teacher was Frederic Chopin for whom he would later work as a teaching assistant.