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Krzysztof Penderecki
1933 – 2020
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryKrzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki was a Polish composer and conductor. His best-known works include Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, Symphony No. 3, his St Luke Passion, Polish Requiem, Anaklasis and Utrenja. His oeuvre includes five operas, eight symphonies and other orchestral pieces, a variety of instrumental concertos, choral settings of mainly religious texts, as well as chamber and instrumental works.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
November 23, 1933
Dębica
Date of death
March 29, 2020
Kraków
Citizenship
Poland
Occupations & fields
composerconductorpedagoguemusicologistmusic educatorviolinist
Awards & honours
Commandeur des Arts et des LettresOrder of the White Eagle (Third Polish Republic)Golden Medal for Merit to CultureCommander with Star of the Order of Polonia RestitutaPolish Academy Award for Best Film ScoreCommander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Notable works
Polish RequiemSymphony No. 8
- Field and occupation
- polský skladatel a dirigent
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