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  1. Jan 11, 2014 · Wojciech Kilar, a Polish pianist and composer who was most widely known for writing the scores for films, including Roman Polanski’s “The Pianist” and Francis Ford Coppola’s “Bram Stoker ...

  2. Wojciech Kilar was born in Lviv on July 17, 1932. When the Bolsheviks entered Lviv in 1944, he had to leave his native town. After short periods spent in Krosno, Rzeszów and Kraków he settled in Katowice. Between 1946–47 he studied piano with K. Mirski in the secondary music school in Rzeszów. In 1947 he made his debut there at the Young ...

  3. Dec 29, 2013 · Polish pianist and composer Wojciech Kilar, who was Bafta-nominated for his score to Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning film The Pianist, has died aged 81. The composer died in his hometown Katowice ...

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  4. Dec 29, 2013 · The Polish composer Wojciech Kilar, who had been suffering from cancer, died aged 81 on 29th December in Katowice, the Silesian city where he spent most of his life. A contemporary of Górecki and ...

  5. Wojciech Kilar ( 17. heinäkuuta 1932 Lwów, Puola – 29. joulukuuta 2013 Katowice, Puola [1]) oli puolalainen säveltäjä . Kilar syntyi Lwówissa (nykyään Lviv Ukrainassa ). Hän opiskeli Katowicessa ja sittemmin Nadia Boulangerin johdolla Pariisissa. Hänen tunnetuimpiin sävellyksiinsä kuuluu orkesteriteos Krzesany (1974).

  6. Wojciech Kilar (17 July 1932 – 29 December 2013) was a Polish classical and movie composer. He was known for his composing in Bram Stoker's Dracula and The Pianist. He received many awards throughout his fifty years of composing. Kilar was born on 17 July 1932 in Lwów, Poland (present-day Lviv, Ukraine ). He studied at State Higher School of ...

  7. Dec 29, 2013 · Wojciech Kilar (Polish: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕex ˈkilar]; 17 July 1932 – 29 December 2013) was a Polish classical and film music composer. His film scores have won many honors including the best score award for the music to Ziemia obiecana / The Promised Land in 1975, followed by the Prix Louis Delluc in 1980 for the music to Le Roi et l'Oiseau / The ...