Ludmila Jeske-Choińska-Mikorska (1849 – 2 November 1898) was a Polish singer and composer. She was born in Małachowo, near Poznan

Poznan

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, and studied singing in Vienna

Vienna

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 with Mathilde Marchesi

Mathilde Marchesi

Mathilde Marchesi was a German mezzo-soprano, a renowned teacher of singing, and a proponent of the bel canto vocal method.-Biography:...

 and in Milan

Milan

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 with F. Lampertiego and composition in Warsaw

Warsaw

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 with Gustaw Roguski and Zygmunt Noskowski

Zygmunt Noskowski

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. Her symphonic poem Rusalka won an award in Chicago

Chicago

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in 1893. She married Teodore Jeske-Choiński and died in Warsaw.

Works

Mikorska wrote for orchestra and theater, and also dances and works for piano. Selected works include:

• Rusalka symphonic poem
• Markiz de Créqui, comic opera, 1892
• Filutka, operetta, 1884
• Zuch dziewczyna, operetta, 1884