Timothee Adamowski

Tymoteusz "Timothee" Adamowski (March 24, 1858 – April 18, 1943) was a Polish-born American composer, conductor, music teacher, and violinist. He was a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1884 to 1886 and from 1889 to 1907. He formed the Adamowski String Quartet in 1888 and was conductor of the Boston Pops from 1890 to 1894 and from 1900 to 1907. He formed the Adamowski Trio in 1896 and was a faculty member of the New England Conservatory of Music from 1907 to 1933.

Early life and education Adamowski was born March 24, 1857, in Warsaw, Congress Kingdom of Poland. His father, Wincenty Adamowski, was an artist and music lover, who worked as a civil engineer and an administrator. Timothee began instruction in violin at the age of 7. He graduated from the Warsaw Conservatory in 1874 where he was a pupil of Apollinaire de Kontski, where he performed with Maurice Strakosch, Clara Louise Kellogg, and Emma Cecilia Thursby. He also had his own group and played in a number of large cities. He was a violinist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1884 to 1886 and again from 1889 to 1907.

In 1896, he founded the Adamowski Trio They performed approximately thirty concerts a year. to provide support to Poles during World War I through their friendship with Paderewski.

Personal life Adamowski married Gertrude Lewis Pancoast. He died April 18, 1943, at the age of 86, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

Adamowski is the uncle of Polish Olympic hockey player Tadeusz Adamowski and the silent film actress and humanitarian Helenka Pantaleoni.