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Obituaries

In Memoriam: Jan Krenz

September 25, 2020

Maestro Jan Krenz, an outstanding conductor, composer, and honorary member of the Polish Composers’ Union, died on 15 September 2020 at the age of 94.… Read more »

Tagged Obituaries, September 2020

In Memoriam Krzysztof Penderecki

March 31, 2020

By Marek Zebrowski One cannot predict anything, but I would nonetheless like my music to survive, just like Szymanowski’s. Times have changed, yet Chopin’s music… Read more »

Tagged March 2020, Obituaries

In Search of Harmony: An Obituary of Joe Herter

December 20, 2019

By Marek Zebrowski Joseph Anthony Herter, conductor, author and scholar, professor of music and concert producer, died in Warsaw on 12 December 2019. He was… Read more »

Tagged December 2019, Obituaries

Jan Kulma Obituary

September 16, 2019

Jan Kulma, theater and television director, musician, philosopher, writer, Home Army soldier, participant in the Warsaw Uprising, husband of poet Joanna Kulmowa, and co-founder of… Read more »

Tagged Obituaries, September 2019

Bogusław Schaeffer Obituary

July 19, 2019

Polish composer Boguslaw Schaeffer died on July 1, 2019 in Salzburg. Born on June 6, 1929 in Lviv, he was 90 years old. Schaeffer made… Read more »

Tagged July 2019, Obituaries

Farewell Dr. Zbysław Petryka

January 29, 2019

By Marek Żebrowski With great sadness, we note the passing of Dr. Zbysław Petryka, a longtime friend and supporter of the Polish Music Center. He… Read more »

Tagged January 2019, Obituaries

Musical Epitaph in Memory of Paweł Adamowicz

January 16, 2019

The Polish premiere of Epitaph for Paweł Adamowicz composed by Katarzyna Kwiecień-Długosz will take place on January 18. Monika Kaźmierczak will perform the piece on the carillon of… Read more »

Tagged January 2019, Obituaries, Performances, Premieres

Milewski Remembered In Brazil

September 17, 2018

Just over a year ago, on 23 June 2017, Polish virtuoso violinist, Jerzy Milewski, died in Brazil after a long illness. Shortly thereafter, we published… Read more »

Tagged Obituaries, September 2018

Obituary: Henryk (Henry) Jordan Stojowski

September 17, 2018

Son of the world-famous pianist and post-romantic composer, Zygmunt (Sigismond) Stojowski, and acclaimed pianist and teacher Luisa Stojowska, Henry passed away in Richmond, Virginia USA… Read more »

Tagged Obituaries, September 2018

Polish jazz trumpeter Tomasz Stanko has passed away

August 16, 2018

Tomasz Stanko, renowned Polish jazz musician, died on July 29 in a Warsaw hospital at the age of 76. He had been diagnosed with lung… Read more »

Tagged July 2018, Obituaries

Kazimierz Rozbicki Has Passed Away

July 23, 2018

On July 2nd, at the age of 86, Kazimierz Rozbicki passed away. He was a composer, conductor, journalist (for “Ruch Muzyczny”, among others), teacher. He… Read more »

Tagged July 2018, Obituaries

Obituary: Prof. Stanisław Moryto

June 20, 2018

Former president of the Chopin Music University in Warsaw, Professor Stanisław Moryto died on June 5 after a long illness. He was 71. One of… Read more »

Tagged June 2018, Obituaries

Wanda Wiłkomirska Obituary

May 1, 2018

Wanda Wiłkomirska, the great Polish violinist associated for decades with the Warsaw Philharmonic died on May 1. She was 89 years old. Born on 11… Read more »

Tagged May 2018, Obituaries

Wojciech Maciejewski Obituary

February 1, 2018

Wojciech Maciejewski, the younger brother of composer, pianist and choral conductor, Roman Maciejewski (1910-1998), died in Warsaw on February 11. He was 94 years old. … Read more »

Tagged February 2018, Obituaries

Lt. Gen. Edward Leon Rowny Obituary

January 1, 2018

Edward Leon Rowny, a retired U.S Army Lieutenant General, died on December 17, 2017. He was 100 years old. A commanding officer in World War II,… Read more »

Tagged January 2018, Obituaries

Maciej Jabłoński

September 1, 2017

With great sadness we note the passing of musicologist Maciej Jabłoński, who died in Poznań on September 13. He was 55 years old. A graduate… Read more »

Tagged Obituaries, September 2017

The Sound Man

July 1, 2017

By Marek Żebrowski Polish violinist Jerzy Milewski died in Curitiba, Brazil, on 23 June 2017. He was 70 years old. Born in Warsaw on 17… Read more »

Tagged July 2017, Obituaries

Elżbieta Chojnacka

June 19, 2017

World renowned Polish harpsichord player Elżbieta Chojnacka passed away on May 28, 2017 at the age of 77. Chojnacka graduated from Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Muzyczna… Read more »

Tagged June 2017, Obituaries

Lidia Kierończyk

May 1, 2017

Lidia Kierończyk passed away on April 3, 2017 after fighting a long illness. She was a teacher of music theory and since 1999, she was… Read more »

Tagged May 2017, Obituaries

Roderyk Lange

April 1, 2017

Roderyk Lange passed away on March 16. He was a devoted Polish researcher of dance, a founder of the Polskie Forum Choreologiczne, and a long-time… Read more »

Tagged April 2017, Obituaries

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