100 Notable alumni of
Academy of Music of Warsaw

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The Academy of Music of Warsaw is 532nd in the world, 202nd in Europe, and 14th in Poland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the Academy of Music of Warsaw sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Frédéric Chopin

    Frédéric Chopin
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1810-1849 (aged 39)
    Occupations
    pedagoguevirtuosocomposerpiano teacherpianist
    Biography

    Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading composer of his era whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation".

  2. Władysław Szpilman

    Władysław Szpilman
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1911-2000 (aged 89)
    Enrolled in the Academy of Music of Warsaw
    Studied piano
    Occupations
    composersongwriterpianistwriter
    Biography

    Władysław Szpilman was a Polish Jewish pianist, classical composer and Holocaust survivor. Szpilman is widely known as the central figure in the Roman Polanski film The Pianist, which was based on his autobiographical account of how he survived the German occupation of Warsaw and the Warsaw Uprising.

  3. Sanah

    Sanah
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1997-.. (age 29)
    Enrolled in the Academy of Music of Warsaw
    In 2019 graduated with licentiate
    In 2021 graduated with master's degree
    Occupations
    vocalistcomposerlyricistviolinistpianist
    Biography

    Zuzanna Irena Grabowska, known professionally as sanah (stylized in all lowercase), is a Polish singer, songwriter, violinist, and composer. She received nationwide popularity in 2020, with the release of her single "Szampan", which became a number one hit in Poland. She later released her debut studio album Królowa dram (2020), which peaked at number one in Poland. She has gone on to release three further studio albums: Irenka (2021), Uczta (2022), and Sanah śpiewa poezyje (2022), all of which peaked at number one in Poland, and were certified diamond by the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. She released her fifth studio album Kaprysy on 14 June 2024.

  4. Ignacy Jan Paderewski

    Ignacy Jan Paderewski
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1860-1941 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    composerdiplomatpianisthead of governmentclassical composer
    Biography

    Ignacy Jan Paderewski was a Polish pianist, composer, philanthropist, and statesman who became an international spokesman for Polish independence. Rising to prominence as a virtuoso in the late 1880s, he toured widely in Europe and the United States. As a composer, he wrote orchestral, instrumental, and vocal works and an opera, Manru (premiered 1901), which remains the only opera by a Polish composer performed by the Metropolitan Opera. Paderewski's celebrity status allowed access to influential political and cultural circles in the West.

  5. Kyōhei Sorita

    Kyōhei Sorita
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1994-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    conductorpianistbusinesspersonrepresentative director
    Biography

    Kyōhei Sorita is a Japanese classical pianist and conductor. In 2021, he won second prize, ex aequo, at the XVIII International Chopin Piano Competition, the highest prize for a Japanese-born pianist in the competition since Mitsuko Uchida's second prize in 1970.

  6. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

    Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
    Born in
    Lithuania Flag Lithuania
    Years
    1875-1911 (aged 36)
    Enrolled in the Academy of Music of Warsaw
    Studied in 1894-1899
    Occupations
    composerpainter
    Biography

    Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis was a Lithuanian composer, painter, choirmaster, cultural figure, and writer in Polish.

  7. Michalina Olszańska

    Michalina Olszańska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1992-.. (age 34)
    Occupations
    actorwriterfilm actormusiciansinger
    Biography

    Michalina Olszańska is a Polish actress and writer. She is a daughter of actors Agnieszka Fatyga and Wojciech Olszański. She has published two novels as a teenager.

  8. Witold Lutosławski

    Witold Lutosławski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1913-1994 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    composerpianistconductormusicologist
    Biography

    Witold Roman Lutosławski was a Polish composer and conductor. Among the major composers of 20th-century classical music, he is "generally regarded as the most significant Polish composer since Szymanowski, and possibly the greatest Polish composer since Chopin". His compositions—of which he was a notable conductor—include representatives of most traditional genres, aside from opera: symphonies, concertos, orchestral song cycles, other orchestral works, and chamber works. Among his best known works are his four symphonies, the Variations on a Theme by Paganini (1941), the Concerto for Orchestra (1954), and his cello concerto (1970).

  9. Jakub Józef Orliński

    Jakub Józef Orliński
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1990-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    opera singerdancer
    Biography

    Jakub Józef Orliński is a Polish countertenor and breakdancer. He has performed leading roles with many opera companies, including Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Warsaw Grand Theatre and Oper Frankfurt.

  10. Hania Rani

    Hania Rani
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1990-.. (age 36)
    Occupations
    composerrecording artistpianistsinger
    Biography

    Hania Rani is a Polish pianist, composer and singer.

  11. Mieczysław Weinberg

    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1919-1996 (aged 77)
    Enrolled in the Academy of Music of Warsaw
    Studied in 1939
    Occupations
    composerpianist
    Biography

    Mieczysław Weinberg was a Polish, Soviet, and Russian composer and pianist. Born in Warsaw to parents who worked in the Yiddish theatre in Poland, his early years were surrounded by music. At the age of 12, he began formal music lessons. Later, he studied piano at the Warsaw Conservatory. In 1939, Weinberg fled Warsaw when Germany invaded Poland and started World War II. His family was later murdered at the Trawniki concentration camp.

  12. Hilary Koprowski

    Hilary Koprowski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1916-2013 (aged 97)
    Occupations
    physicianvirologistimmunologist
    Biography

    Hilary Koprowski was a Polish virologist and immunologist active in the United States who demonstrated the world's first effective live polio vaccine. He authored or co-authored over 875 scientific papers and co-edited several scientific journals.

  13. Anna Maria Jopek

    Anna Maria Jopek
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1970-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    record producerlyricistpianistjazz musiciansinger
    Biography

    Anna Maria Jopek is a Polish vocalist, songwriter, and improviser. She represented Poland in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Ale jestem" and finished 11th out of 25 participating acts; and in 2002, she collaborated on an album with jazz guitarist Pat Metheny. She has received numerous awards for her music, including Michel Legrand's Personal Award in Vitebsk in 1994, as well as all of the awards for music in Poland, together with gold and platinum records.

  14. Piotr Rubik

    Piotr Rubik
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1968-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    record producermusic arrangercomposer
    Biography

    Piotr Andrzej Rubik is a Polish composer of symphonic pop music for orchestra, film and theatre as well as conductor, music producer and vocalist. He gained nationwide popularity in the mid-2000s with the success of his songs Niech mówią, że to nie jest miłość (2005) and Psalm dla Ciebie (2006).

  15. Bernard Ładysz

    Bernard Ładysz
    Born in
    Lithuania Flag Lithuania
    Years
    1922-2020 (aged 98)
    Occupations
    opera singeractor
    Biography

    Bernard Ładysz was a Polish bass-baritone and actor. He performed internationally at major opera houses and festivals, and was known especially for the title roles of Mozart's Don Giovanni and Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov. His recordings include Lucia di Lammermoor alongside Maria Callas. He took part in the world premieres of Krzysztof Penderecki's opera The Devils of Loudon at the Hamburg State Opera and the bass solo in his St Luke Passion at the Salzburg Festival. As an actor, he played in several films such as The Promised Land in 1974.

  16. Adam Sztaba

    Adam Sztaba
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1975-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    composeractor
    Biography

    Adam Sztaba is a Polish composer, music producer, conductor, arranger, pianist and television personality.

  17. Fou Ts'ong

    Fou Ts'ong
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1934-2020 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    composerpianist
    Biography

    Fou Ts'ong was a Chinese and British pianist who was the first pianist of his national origin to achieve international recognition. He came to prominence after winning third prize and the Polish Radio Prize for the best performance of Chopin's mazurkas in the 1955 V International Chopin Piano Competition, and remained particularly known as an interpreter of Chopin's music.

  18. Małgorzata Walewska

    Małgorzata Walewska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1965-.. (age 61)
    Occupations
    opera singer
    Biography

    Małgorzata Walewska is a Polish opera singer, dramatic mezzo-soprano.

  19. Ida Haendel

    Ida Haendel
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1928-2020 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    violinistmusic educatorviolin teacher
    Biography

    Ida Haendel, CBE was a world renowned Polish-British-Canadian violinist. Haendel was a child prodigy, her career spanning over seven decades. She also became an influential teacher.

  20. Grażyna Bacewicz

    Grażyna Bacewicz
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1909-1969 (aged 60)
    Enrolled in the Academy of Music of Warsaw
    Studied in 1932
    Occupations
    choreographercomposerpianistviolinistmusicologist
    Biography

    Grażyna Bacewicz Biernacka was a Polish composer and violinist of Lithuanian origin. She is the second Polish female composer to have achieved national and international recognition, the first being Maria Szymanowska in the early 19th century.

  21. Wanda Landowska

    Wanda Landowska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1879-1959 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    harpsichordistpianistmusicologistcomposermusic educator
    Biography

    Wanda Aleksandra Landowska was a Polish harpsichordist and pianist whose performances, teaching, writings and especially her many recordings played a large role in reviving the popularity of the harpsichord in the early 20th century. She was the first person to record Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations on the harpsichord in 1933. She became a naturalized French citizen in 1938.

  22. Janusz Olejniczak

    Janusz Olejniczak
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1952-2024 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    composerpianistactormusician
    Biography

    Janusz Olejniczak was a Polish classical pianist, academic teacher and actor. He made an international career as a pianist, especially with the piano music of Chopin which he played on modern and period instruments. He portrayed the composer in the 1991 film Blue Note, and played piano music in the 2002 film The Pianist, also appearing as the hand double.

  23. Mieczysław Karłowicz

    Mieczysław Karłowicz
    Born in
    Belarus Flag Belarus
    Years
    1876-1909 (aged 33)
    Occupations
    conductorjournalistcomposermountaineerphotographer
    Biography

    Mieczysław Karłowicz was a Polish composer and conductor.

  24. Maria Sadowska

    Maria Sadowska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1976-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    singerfilm directorsongwritercomposerscreenwriter
    Biography

    Maria Sadowska, also credited as Marysia Sadowska or simply as Marysia, is a Polish pop singer, music producer, screenwriter and film director.

  25. Sofia Dzerzhinskaya

    Sofia Dzerzhinskaya
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1882-1968 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    communistpedagoguerevolutionarypolitician
    Biography

    Sofia Sigizmundovna Dzerzhinskaya was a leading Polish Social Democrat and later Communist politician. During World War II, she was director of the Polish language Tadeusz Kościuszko radio station, broadcasting the communist messages into occupied Poland.

  26. Jan Ekier

    Jan Ekier
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1913-2014 (aged 101)
    Occupations
    composerpianist
    Biography

    Jan Stanisław Ekier was a Polish pianist and composer known for his authoritative edition of Chopin's music for the Chopin National Edition.

  27. Andrzej Panufnik

    Andrzej Panufnik
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1914-1991 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    composerpianistconductorfilm score composer
    Biography

    Sir Andrzej Panufnik was a Polish composer and conductor. He became established as one of the leading Polish composers, and as a conductor he was instrumental in the re-establishment of the Warsaw Philharmonic orchestra after World War II. He also served as Principal Conductor of the Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra.

  28. Alexandre Tansman

    Alexandre Tansman
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1897-1986 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    composerpianistconductorfilm score composer
    Biography

    Alexander Tansman was a Polish composer, pianist and conductor who became a naturalized French citizen in 1938. One of the earliest representatives of neoclassicism, associated with École de Paris, Tansman was a globally recognized and celebrated composer.

  29. Bronisław Huberman

    Bronisław Huberman
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1882-1947 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    violinistmusic educator
    Biography

    Bronisław Huberman was a Polish violinist. He was known for his individualistic interpretations and was praised for his tone color, expressiveness, and flexibility. The Gibson ex-Huberman Stradivarius violin, which bears his name, was stolen twice and recovered once during the period in which he owned the instrument. Huberman is also remembered for founding the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (then known as the Palestine Symphony Orchestra) and thus providing refuge from the Third Reich for nearly 1,000 European Jews.

  30. Henryk Wars

    Henryk Wars
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1902-1977 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    composerpianistconductorfilm score composer
    Biography

    Henry Vars was a Polish-American composer, arranger and conductor whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. He is regarded as the most important musical theatre, pop and film music composer of the interwar Poland.

  31. Zdzisław Karczewski

    Zdzisław Karczewski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1903-1970 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    theatrical directoractorathletics competitor
    Biography

    Zdzisław Karczewski was a Polish film actor. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1933 and 1970.

  32. Wacław Kisielewski

    Wacław Kisielewski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1943-1986 (aged 43)
    Occupations
    pianistcomposerjazz musician
    Biography

    Wacław "Wacek" Kisielewski was a Polish pianist. He was the son of Polish politician Stefan Kisielewski, and one half of the pianist duo Marek i Wacek (Marek and Wacek) with Marek Tomaszewski. He made arrangements of classical and modern music, and played concerts in many countries worldwide.

  33. Piotr Anderszewski

    Piotr Anderszewski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1969-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    pianistclassical pianistmusician
    Biography

    Piotr Anderszewski is a Polish pianist and composer.

  34. Dorota Miśkiewicz

    Dorota Miśkiewicz
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1973-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    singercomposerjazz musicianlyricistrecording artist
    Biography

    Dorota Miśkiewicz [dɔˈrɔta miɕˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ] is a Polish singer, songwriter, composer, and violinist.

  35. Jerzy Maksymiuk

    Jerzy Maksymiuk
    Born in
    Belarus Flag Belarus
    Years
    1936-.. (age 90)
    Occupations
    pianistconductorcomposer
    Biography

    Jerzy Jan Maksymiuk is a Polish composer, pianist and orchestra conductor.

  36. Roman Totenberg

    Roman Totenberg
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1911-2012 (aged 101)
    Occupations
    violinistmusic educatoruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Roman Totenberg was a Polish-American violinist and educator. A child prodigy, he lived in Poland, Moscow, Berlin, and Paris, before formally immigrating to the U.S. in 1938, at age 27. He performed and taught nationally and internationally throughout his life.

  37. Ludomir Różycki

    Ludomir Różycki
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1883-1953 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    composerpianistconductormusic educator
    Biography

    Ludomir Różycki was a Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue. He was, with Mieczysław Karłowicz, Karol Szymanowski and Grzegorz Fitelberg, a member of the group of composers known as Young Poland, the intention of which was to invigorate the musical culture of their generation in their mother country.

  38. Julian Fontana

    Julian Fontana
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1810-1869 (aged 59)
    Occupations
    pianistmusic educatorcomposer
    Biography

    Julian Fontana (31 July 1810 — 23 December 1869) was a Polish pianist, composer, lawyer, author, translator, and entrepreneur, best remembered as a close friend and musical executor of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin.

  39. Marek Tomaszewski

    Marek Tomaszewski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1943-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    pianistjazz musician
    Biography

    Marek Tomaszewski is a Polish pianist. He was one half of the pianist duo Marek and Wacek with Wacław Kisielewski from 1963 until his death on 12 July 1986. He is the father of French music video director David Tomaszewski.

  40. Grzegorz Fitelberg

    Grzegorz Fitelberg
    Born in
    Latvia Flag Latvia
    Years
    1879-1953 (aged 74)
    Enrolled in the Academy of Music of Warsaw
    Studied in 1891-1896
    Occupations
    conductormusiciancomposermusic educatorviolinist
    Biography

    Grzegorz Fitelberg was a Polish conductor, violinist and composer. He was a member of the Young Poland group, together with artists such as Karol Szymanowski, Ludomir Różycki and Mieczysław Karłowicz.

  41. Ilya Shatrov

    Ilya Shatrov
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1879-1952 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    military personnelconductorcomposer
    Biography

    Ilya Alekseevich Shatrov was a Russian military musician, conductor and composer. He is known for composing the waltz On the Hills of Manchuria in 1906. The waltz recounts his experiences at the Battle of Mukden during the Russo-Japanese War, and he dedicated it to one of his comrades who was killed in the battle.

  42. Witold Małcużyński

    Witold Małcużyński
    Born in
    Lithuania Flag Lithuania
    Years
    1914-1977 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    classical pianistcomposermusician
    Biography

    Witold Małcużyński was a Polish pianist who specialized in the works of Frédéric Chopin.

  43. Zygmunt Noskowski

    Zygmunt Noskowski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1846-1909 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    conductorchoir directorjournalistcomposermusic educator
    Biography

    Zygmunt Noskowski was a Polish composer, conductor, and teacher.

  44. Roger Woodward

    Roger Woodward
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1942-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    composerpianist
    Biography

    Roger Robert Woodward AC OBE is an Australian classical pianist, composer, conductor, teacher and human rights activist. He is widely regarded as a leading advocate of contemporary music.

  45. Włodek Pawlik

    Włodek Pawlik
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1958-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    music educatorfilm score composercomposerjazz musicianpianist
    Biography

    Włodek Pawlik, Włodzimierz Pawlik is a Polish composer and jazz pianist. On 26 January 2014, he became the first Polish jazz musician to receive a Grammy Award, having won in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album category with his album Night in Calisia, recorded with Randy Brecker and the Kalisz Philharmonic Orchestra, released in the USA by Summit Records.

  46. Tadeusz Baird

    Tadeusz Baird
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1928-1981 (aged 53)
    Occupations
    composeruniversity teachermusic educatorfilm score composer
    Biography

    Tadeusz Baird was a Polish composer.

  47. Juozas Naujalis

    Juozas Naujalis
    Born in
    Lithuania Flag Lithuania
    Years
    1869-1934 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    choir directorpedagogueconductorcomposerorganist
    Biography

    Juozas Naujalis was a Lithuanian composer, organist and choir conductor. He is acclaimed as Lithuanian music patriarch.

  48. Paul Kletzki

    Paul Kletzki
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1900-1973 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    composerconductor
    Biography

    Paul Kletzki was a Polish conductor and composer.

  49. Romuald Twardowski

    Romuald Twardowski
    Born in
    Lithuania Flag Lithuania
    Years
    1930-2024 (aged 94)
    Occupations
    pianistmusic educatorcomposer
    Biography

    Romuald Twardowski was a Polish composer, pianist, organist and academic teacher who studied in Vilnius, Warsaw and Paris. In a style described as "developed neoclassicism", he composed operas, ballets, instrumental music and vocal works, especially sacred music for both Catholic use and the Orthodox Church. He achieved international prizes for his compositions, and many works were recorded in anthologies, including the Violin Concerto, chamber music, and sacred and secular choral music such as the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. He was professor at the State Academy of Music in Warsaw from 1972 to 2008.

  50. Aleksander Jabłoński

    Aleksander Jabłoński
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1898-1980 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    physicist
    Biography

    Aleksander Jabłoński was a Polish physicist and member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. His research was in molecular spectroscopy and photophysics.

  51. Moshe Wilensky

    Moshe Wilensky
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1910-1997 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    composersongwriterpianistlyricist
    Biography

    Moshe Wilensky was a Polish-Israeli composer, lyricist, and pianist. He is considered a "pioneer of Israeli song" and one of Israel's leading composers, and was a winner of the Israel Prize, the state's highest honor.

  52. Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński

    Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1807-1867 (aged 60)
    Occupations
    composerconductorpianistmusic educator
    Biography

    Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński was a Polish pianist and composer. He was the son of Ignacy Dobrzyński, the brother of Edward Dobrzyński, and the father of Bronisław Dobrzyński.

  53. Jan Maklakiewicz

    Jan Maklakiewicz
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1899-1954 (aged 55)
    Occupations
    composerconductormusicologistmusic critic
    Biography

    Jan Adam Maklakiewicz was a Polish composer, conductor, critic, and music educator. His most known compositions belong to the choral music.

  54. Eugenia Umińska

    Eugenia Umińska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1910-1980 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    violinistmusic educatorconcertmaster
    Biography

    Eugenia Umińska was a Polish violinist.

  55. Alexander Kipnis

    Alexander Kipnis
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1891-1978 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    singermusicianopera singer
    Biography

    Alexander Kipnis was a Russian and American bass singer. Having initially established his artistic reputation in Europe, Kipnis became an American citizen in 1931, following his marriage to an American. He appeared often at the Chicago Opera before making his belated début at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in 1940.

  56. Elisabeth Chojnacka

    Elisabeth Chojnacka
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1939-2017 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    harpsichordist
    Biography

    Elisabeth Chojnacka was a Polish harpsichordist living in France. She was one of the world's foremost harpsichordists specializing in the performance of contemporary harpsichord music.

  57. Franciszka Themerson

    Franciszka Themerson
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1907-1988 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    paintercartoonistscenographerillustratorfilm director
    Biography

    Franciszka Themerson was a Polish, later British, painter, illustrator, filmmaker and stage designer.

  58. Zbigniew Drzewiecki

    Zbigniew Drzewiecki
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1890-1971 (aged 81)
    Occupations
    music educatorpianist
    Biography

    Zbigniew Drzewiecki was a Polish pianist who was for most of his life a teacher of pianists. He was especially associated with the interpretation of Frédéric Chopin's works. His pupils include several famous pianists of the 20th century, and his influence was therefore very pervasive.

  59. Felicja Blumental

    Felicja Blumental
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1908-1991 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    pianistharpsichordist
    Biography

    Felicja Blumental was a Polish pianist and composer. "She was one of the relatively few women born in the first quarter of the twentieth century to have achieved an important career as a concert pianist."

  60. Paweł Łukaszewski

    Paweł Łukaszewski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1968-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    music educatorconductorcomposer
    Biography

    Paweł Łukaszewski is a Polish composer of contemporary classical music. He has won seven Fryderyk Awards. According to David Wordsworth, Łukaszewski is the best-known Polish composer of his generation in and out of Poland "by far" (Wordsworth 2013, p. 50).

  61. Olha Pasichnyk

    Olha Pasichnyk
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1968-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    opera singermusician
    Biography

    Olga Pasichnyk is a Polish-Ukrainian classical soprano singer. She lives in Poland.

  62. Henryk Pachulski

    Henryk Pachulski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1859-1921 (aged 62)
    Enrolled in the Academy of Music of Warsaw
    Studied in 1876
    Occupations
    composerpianistmusic educatorpedagogue
    Biography

    Henryk Pachulski was a Polish-born pianist, composer and teacher who spent most of his life in Russia.

  63. Tomasz Szukalski

    Tomasz Szukalski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1947-2012 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    saxophonist
    Biography

    Tomasz Szukalski was a Polish jazz saxophonist, composer and improviser. Szukalski worked with Tomasz Stańko, Edward Vesala and Zbigniew Namysłowski. Awarded Magister of Music (Master of Arts) at Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Warsaw. Szukalski was a revered master of tenor saxophone and his style was often compared to that of John Coltrane and Ben Webster.

  64. Kazimierz Wiłkomirski

    Kazimierz Wiłkomirski
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1900-1995 (aged 95)
    Occupations
    composerconductormusic educatoruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Kazimierz Wiłkomirski; was a Polish cellist, composer and conductor. Son of Alfred Wiłkomirski, brother of Maria Wiłkomirska, Wanda Wiłkomirska and violinist Michael Wilkomirski. Graduate of the Moscow Conservatory (cello student of Alfred von Glenn).

  65. Piotr Perkowski

    Piotr Perkowski
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1901-1990 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    Piotr Perkowski was a Polish composer.

  66. Konstanty Gorski

    Konstanty Gorski
    Born in
    Belarus Flag Belarus
    Years
    1859-1924 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    conductorteachercomposermusic educatorviolinist
    Biography

    Konstanty Antoni Gorski was a Polish composer, violinist, organist and music teacher.

  67. Bolesław Przybyszewski

    Bolesław Przybyszewski
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1892-1937 (aged 45)
    Occupations
    musicologistmusician
    Biography

    Boleslaw Stanislavovich Przybyszewski was a Soviet public person, teacher, and musicologist. Head of the Moscow Conservatory in 1929–1932.

  68. Karol Radziwonowicz

    Karol Radziwonowicz
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1958-.. (age 68)
    Enrolled in the Academy of Music of Warsaw
    Studied in 1982
    Occupations
    pianist
    Biography

    Karol Mikołaj Radziwonowicz is a Polish pianist.

  69. Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński

    Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1869-1928 (aged 59)
    Occupations
    composerconductorpianistmusic educator
    Biography

    Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński was a Polish composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher. He was the Director of the Warsaw Conservatorium from 1922 until 1928, when he reportedly died while giving a lesson. His students included composer and pianist Jadwiga Sarnecka.

  70. Roman Maciejewski

    Roman Maciejewski
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1910-1998 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    pianistconductorcomposer
    Biography

    Roman Maciejewski was a Polish composer. His mother, Bronisława Maciejewska, was a talented violinist and music teacher who taught him to play piano.

  71. Bohdan Wodiczko

    Bohdan Wodiczko
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1911-1985 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    music educatorconductor
    Biography

    Bohdan Wodiczko was a Polish conductor and music teacher.

  72. Sergiusz Pinkwart

    Sergiusz Pinkwart
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1973-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Sergiusz Pinkwart is a Polish writer, traveler, journalist and classical musician. He is the author of novels, books for children and travel guides, and is also a television, radio and press journalist and TV personality.

  73. Włodzimierz Kotoński

    Włodzimierz Kotoński
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1925-2014 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    composermusicologistnon-fiction writeruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Włodzimierz Kotoński was a Polish composer.

  74. Krzysztof Knittel

    Krzysztof Knittel
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1947-.. (age 79)
    Enrolled in the Academy of Music of Warsaw
    Studied in 1971
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    Krzysztof Knittel is a Polish composer of symphonic, chamber, stage and electroacoustic works.

  75. Bolesław Szabelski

    Bolesław Szabelski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1896-1979 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    composerorganistmusic educatorpedagogue
    Biography

    Bolesław Szabelski was a Polish composer of modern classical music. While his style shifted and varied over the course of his life, he is best known for his atonal work composed during the 1950s and 1960s.

  76. Ana Lara

    Ana Lara
    Born in
    Mexico Flag Mexico
    Years
    1959-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    music educatorcomposer
    Biography

    Ana Lara is a Mexican composer.

  77. Stanisław Szpinalski

    Stanisław Szpinalski
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1901-1957 (aged 56)
    Occupations
    pianistmusic educatorcomposer
    Biography

    Stanisław Szpinalski was a Polish pianist.

  78. Iwona Sobotka

    Iwona Sobotka
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1981-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    opera singer
    Biography

    Iwona Sobotka is a Polish soprano and Grand Prix Winner of the Queen Elizabeth Music Competition.

  79. Janusz Wawrowski

    Janusz Wawrowski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1982-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    violinist
    Biography

    Janusz Wawrowski is a Polish violinist, lecturer at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, and director of multiple violin festivals.

  80. Ewa Kupiec

    Ewa Kupiec
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1964-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    pianistuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Ewa Kupiec is a Polish classical pianist.

  81. Bolesław Kon

    Bolesław Kon
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1906-1936 (aged 30)
    Occupations
    composerpianist
    Biography

    Bolesław Kon was a Polish concert pianist who won international acclaim in his brief career.

  82. Elżbieta Sikora

    Elżbieta Sikora
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1943-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    composerfilm score composer
    Biography

    Elżbieta Sikora is a Polish composer who has been resident in France since 1981. She has composed stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and electroacoustic works as well as film scores.

  83. Zbigniew Turski

    Zbigniew Turski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1908-1979 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    composerartist
    Biography

    Zbigniew Turski was a Polish composer. He was born in Konstancin and died in Warsaw. Polish composer and conductor Zbigniew Turski won the gold medal at the 1948 London Olympic Art Competitions for his Symfonia Olimpijska ("Olympic Symphony") in the category of Music, Compositions for Orchestra.

  84. Max Fishman

    Max Fishman
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1915-1985 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    Max Shakhnovich Fishman, (December 12, 1915—September 24, 1985) was a Moldavian Soviet composer, pianist, and teacher. Fishman was raised within Jewish, Polish, and Russian cultural traditions.

  85. Augustyn Bloch

    Augustyn Bloch
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1929-2006 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    composer
    Biography

    Augustyn Bloch was a Polish composer and organist, student of Feliks Rączkowski and Tadeusz Szeligowski. He was an active concert organist, conducted his own music, and wrote music for the Polish Radio Theater.

  86. Timothee Adamowski

    Timothee Adamowski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1858-1943 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    violinistconductorcomposer
    Biography

    Tymoteusz "Timothee" Adamowski 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.

  87. Ewa Strusińska

    Ewa Strusińska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1976-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    conductor
    Biography

    Ewa Strusińska is a Polish British conductor, General Music Director (Generalmusikdirektorin / GMD) of the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz-Zittau and principal conductor of the Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie in Germany. Former music director and principal conductor of Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra, first became known to the artistic world as a laureate and prize winner at the prestigious Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition in Bamberg.

  88. Daniel Wnukowski

    Daniel Wnukowski
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1981-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    pianist
    Biography

    Daniel Vnukowski is a Polish Canadian pianist and classical music broadcaster.

  89. Jerzy Lefeld

    Jerzy Lefeld
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1898-1980 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    pianistmusic educatorcomposer
    Biography

    Jerzy Lefeld born 17 January 1898 in Warsaw, died on 22 February 1980 in Warsaw, was a Polish composer, pianist and a music teacher.

  90. Wojciech Rajski

    Wojciech Rajski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1948-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    conductor
    Biography

    Wojciech Rajski is a Polish conductor, and the founder and current Artistic Director of the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Sopot. His recordings can be heard on such labels as Deutsche Grammophon, Dux Records, and EMI Classics.

  91. Witold Friemann

    Witold Friemann
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1889-1977 (aged 88)
    Occupations
    composerpianist
    Biography

    Witold Friemann was a Polish composer, pianist, conductor and pedagogue. He was very prolific and composed more than 350 Opuses, most of which remain inedited.

  92. Paweł Kotla

    Paweł Kotla
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1972-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    conductor
    Biography

    Paweł Kotla is a Polish-British conductor, arts manager and cultural diplomacy expert. In November 2024 he was awarded by the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage the medal Meritorious for Polish Culture.

  93. Michał Kondracki

    Michał Kondracki
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1902-1984 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    composerpedagogue
    Biography

    Michał Kondracki was a Polish composer. His work was part of the music event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

  94. Piotr Tomaszewski

    Piotr Tomaszewski
    Years
    1974-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    classical guitarist
    Biography

    Piotr Tomaszewski is a classical guitarist from Poland. He has studied classical guitar since 1990 and has won awards in several competitions, as well as being a guest performer at festivals and events around Europe. Tomaszewski's repertoire includes guitar concertos and works for solo guitar, playing both modern pieces and classical works of centuries past. He also records for Spain's Channel 10, and for Polish Radio and Television.

  95. Eta Tyrmand

    Eta Tyrmand
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1917-2008 (aged 91)
    Enrolled in the Academy of Music of Warsaw
    Studied in 1938
    Occupations
    composerpedagogue
    Biography

    Eta Moiseyevna Tyrmand was a Belarusian composer.

  96. Andrzej Rozbicki

    Andrzej Rozbicki
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1948-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    musician
    Biography

    Andrzej Rozbicki, also known as Andrew Rozbicki, is a Polish-Canadian conductor, music educator, producer and promoter of Polish music in Canada and United States. He is the founder and artistic director of Celebrity Symphony Orchestra. He is a Music Educator with Toronto Catholic District School Board.

  97. Przemysław Lechowski

    Przemysław Lechowski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1977-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    pianist
    Biography

    Przemysław Lechowski is a Polish classical pianist.

  98. Shaul Berezovsky

    Shaul Berezovsky
    Born in
    Belarus Flag Belarus
    Years
    1908-1975 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    pianistconductorcomposer
    Biography

    Shaul Berezovsky was a Polish and Israeli composer, pianist, and music director. He composed music for productions by many of the leading figures of the Polish Yiddish Theatre of the interwar and postwar period, including Shimon Dzigan and Israel Shumacher, Moishe Broderzon, and Ida Kamińska. He was also well known as a choir director and arranger.

  99. Adelina Paschalis

    Adelina Paschalis
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1847-1925 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    opera singermusic educator
    Biography

    Adelina Paschalis-Souvestre was a Polish soprano and music teacher.

  100. Gustaw Lewita

    Gustaw Lewita
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1855-1889 (aged 34)
    Occupations
    pianist
    Biography

    Gustaw Lewita was a pianist from Płock, Poland. He attended the Vienna Conservatory and graduated with distinction, before heading to Paris. There he became a member of the Pasdeloup Orchestra. In 1882, he became a professor at the Warsaw Conservatory. He later gave concerts to Archduke Franz Karl in Vienna, and, touring America, before the Emperor of Brazil.