Janina Fialkowska - A Note In Time

In all honesty, in my case it all worked out well in the end. Garrick Ohlsson won the first prize, and it was well deserved. Yes, I probably should have reached the second round and might even have made the finals. But to win a prize and to start a career at that stage of my life would not have been beneficial. I was totally unprepared mentally, far too young and had far too small a repertoire even to contemplate concert tours. And so, back I went to the practice room, but not home to my parents. My deus ex machina had appeared in the form of a Canada Council jury, to whom I had applied for a study grant. This jury stepped into my life and provided me with the escape hatch I so desperately needed. Basically, they refused to “subsidize the airlines,” as they put it and, with sensitive perception, felt that I would be much better off leaving Canada and living in New York, where I could not only study but also take part in chamber music classes and absorb all the marvels of the New York cultural scene. Biddy tried to fight their decision, but they made the move to New York their condition for awarding me the grant and they stood firm.

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