Ruth Slenczynska will celebrate her 100th birthday on January 15, 2025!
Ms. Slenczynska was featured Sunday, April 3, 2022, on CBS Sunday Morning. The episode is posted on the program website and also linked under the "Videos" tab on the left side of this LibGuide.
The pianist's most recent Decca CD album, Ruth Slenczynska: My Life in Music, was released on March 18, 2022.
Events are coming to SIUE soon to celebrate and honor this remarkable woman. Watch for updates!
Ruth Slenczynska, circa mid-1950s. (Ruth Slenczynska Collection, SIUE)
Ruth Slenczynska's 100th birthday is January 15, 2025!
Please help us honor Madame Ruth Slenczynska, as her 100th birthday approaches, with shared memories or tributes to her. A vivid recollection; poignant teaching moment; favorite teaching "words of wisdom;" and recital or performance experiences as well as photos or related audio or videorecordings are welcome! These will be compiled and shared with Ms. Slenczynska (as received and permission granted by each contributor) for her 100th year. Former SIUE students, colleagues and friends had an opportunity to see Ruth Slenczynska January 9, 2018 when she gave her first SIUE recital since September 24, 2010. Perhaps Ms. Slenczynska's recent visit(s) were memorable in a special way that you would like to relate! With your permission, the shared contributions will also be added to the Ruth Slenczynska Collection as part of an archival Ruth Slenczynska Student series. SIUE student shared memories are sought throughout 2024 and early 2025. (Please Spread the Word!)
Click the "Email Me" button provided or reply directly to my email address to contribute your written account or stories. I will gladly share the recent shared accounts compiled in January 2025 with all contributors, if permission is granted to do so.
Thank you in advance for helping us document your student stories about Ruth Slencyznska​ and to share them with her!
Therese Dickman, Fine Arts Librarian, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (tdickma@siue.edu) (2024)
