Roy Eaton: from New York to Jindabyne

Felix Molski, Puls Polonii, Bogumiła Filip & Kris Kamma
February 2013

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ROY EATON - winner of the Chopin Competition in New York, 1950 (organised by the Kosciuszko Foundation) - was a special guest of K'Ozzie Fest Roy'a arrival in Sydney...and a luggage lost! Roy being welcomed by Ernestyna and Andrzej Kozek at Roy agreed to stay with the John Molski family at Kellyville.
From Sydney to Canberra to play at the National Multicultural Festival. Roy being introduced by the US Ambassador, J. Bleich.
A chat with Ambassador Bleich and his wife. A festival venue - Lindsay Burge, coordinator of Roy's performances in Canberra.
Canberra. Roy being hosted by Eta and Paul. Back in Sydney. A little gift from Ernestyna: Chopin's miniature monument. Getting ready to visit our Aboriginal friends... Visiting a Ngarigo Elder, Aunty Rae...
...and her family. A gift for Aunty Rae: CDs of course!
We took Aunty Rae on a wheelchair to a nearby Korean Restaurant. Sydney Opera. Sydney Opera - meeting an old friend, Vova Ashkenazy, famous conductor of Sydney Symphony Orchestra...
...and Vova's wife, Doda. Roy with famous violinist of SSO, Stan Kornel (left).
Sydney - Featherdale Park. At the Irish Famine Memorial.
In Blue Mountains. Dinner at Kellyville. John Molski with Roy at Kellyville.
Dinner at Kellyville. And off to Jindabyne. Roy talking about Kosciuszko and Strzelecki - under the Strzelecki Monument. Roy with Ngarigo friends (from left) Aunty Rachel, Sharon Anderson and Aunty Rae Solomon Stewart. K'Ozzie Fest 2013.
Roy Eaton and Krzysztof Malek: both love Chopin. K'Ozzie Fest. Roy playing Chopin, Joplin and...his own instrumentation of Kosciuszko's Polonaise. Being heard far and wide.
Roy with K'Ozzie Fest's director, Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek. Roy at Jindabyne's Aero Club. Due to health issues he could not fly over Mt Kosciuszko as previously planned. Good bye Jindabyne, good bye Alpine Gables... Back in Sydney. Roy visiting Nursing Home in Marayong.
A special concert for the dementia patients at Marayong. Roy with Marysia Molska, a nurse and Mrs Franciszka Lang. Good bye Kellyville.