InfoPersons, originating from Poland
Krzysztow Penderecki
Pendrecki was born as Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki on 23 November 1933 in Dębica.He died on March 29, 2020 in Cracow.
He was an internationally renowned Polish composer and conductor. His best known works were Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima and his Symphony No. 3. Penderecki's oeuvre includes four 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.
Penderecki studied music at Jagiellonian University and the Academy of Music in Kraków. After graduating from the Academy, he became a teacher there and in 1968 began his career as a composer in 1959 during the Warsaw Autumn festival. He won many prestigious awards, including the Prix Italia in 1967 and 1968 and four Grammy Awards in 1987, 1998 (twice), and 2017.
More information
Polonica stamps:
|
German Fed. Rep. 1996, 18 X |
