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Ignacy Jan Paderewski
1860 – 1941
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryIgnacy Jan Paderewski was a Polish pianist, composer, philanthropist, and statesman. As a politician and diplomat, Paderewski was vital to securing international recognition of the newly formed Second Polish Republic in 1919. A musical virtuoso, he rose to prominence as a musician and composer in the late 1880s and toured widely in Europe and the United States. He wrote orchestral, instrumental, and vocal works and an opera, Manru, which remains the only opera by a Polish composer performed by the Metropolitan Opera.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
November 18, 1860
Kurilivka
Date of death
June 29, 1941
New York City
Citizenship
Poland · United States · Ukraine · United Kingdom
Occupations & fields
politicianpianistclassical composerdiplomatmusicologistmusic educator
Awards & honours
Grand Cross of the Legion of HonourKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the British EmpireOrder of the White EagleRoyal Philharmonic Society Gold MedalGolden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literaturehonorary doctor of the Lviv University
- Field and occupation
- muzikológ, Spojené kráľovstvo
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