Kazimierz Piatyhorowicz (1855 - ?) was a famous violinist, violist, and teacher. He taught violin and viola at private schools in Kyiv, was a professor at the M. Tutkovsky Music School, was a member of the M. Sicard String Quartet, and was friends with M. Lysenko.
Pedagogical activity
He graduated from the Moscow Conservatoire.
He taught violin and viola at various educational institutions in Kyiv, such as:
Second Kyiv Men's Gymnasium
Music School of M. Tutkovsky
Music and Drama School of S. Blumenfeld (violin)
Kyiv Music School
Music and Drama School of M. Lysenko
The famous conductor and violinist, People's Artist of the USSR Yurii Faier (1890-1971) fondly remembers his teacher at the Kyiv Music School: "Pyatigorovich taught his lessons with enthusiasm and dedication, and it was always interesting, though not easy, to study with him. A rapport was soon established between teacher and pupil, which, of course, contributed greatly to my rapid progress in my studies."
Concert activity
He took part in numerous chamber concerts. He was friends with M. Lysenko and M. Sikard. The chamber music evenings organised by M. Sikard and M. Lysenko, in which Pyatymovych took part, aroused special interest and resonance in the press: "In Kyiv, chamber music evenings are given by a group formed by Mr Sicard from local musicians. These evenings are already beginning to attract public attention. In the autumn half of the year, Mr Sikard, together with Messrs. Lysenko, Pyatigorovych, Shebelik and Zhukovsky, three chamber evenings were organised in the autumn half of the year, which made up the first series."
In the 1870s and 1880s, he participated in a chamber ensemble consisting of: O. Shevchyk - violin, K. Pyatihorovych - viola, V. Alois - cello, M. Lysenko - piano).
He took part in the performance of the "Menuet" for two violins, viola and cello (performed by Sikard, Pyatyhorovych, F. von Muhlert and Schutman).
In 1903, he took part in R. Glière's string octet, which included, in addition to Pyatihorovych, Kyiv musicians Bezman, Kotlyar, Shebelik, Pospyshyl, as well as violinist from Moscow Saradzhev and violist Kryzhanovskyi.
Public activity
He was a member of the music commission at the Literary and Artistic Society. This commission, headed by Mykola Lysenko, also included Yelyzaveta Musatova-Kulzhenko, Mykhailo Sikard, Karl Shadek, Mykola Tutkovsky, and Liudmyla Parashchenko. However, in 1905 the society was closed by the tsarist police.
