Wanda Landowska

Wanda Landowska (July 5, 1879 – August 16, 1959) was a Polish (later a naturalized French citizen) harpsichordist whose performances, teaching, recordings and writings played a large role in reviving the popularity of the harpsichord in the early 20th century. She was the first person to record Bach's Goldberg Variations on the harpsichord (1933).

Wanda Landowska in 1907

Quotes

• I never practice, I always play.
  • Time 1 December 1952

• You play Bach your way and I'll play him his way.
  • The Wordsworth Dictionary of Musical Quotations (1994), p. 110 ISBN 1-85326-327-3