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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Wojciech Kilar was a Polish classical and film music composer. His film scores have won many honors including the best score award for the music to The Promised Land in 1975, followed by the Prix Louis Delluc in 1980 for the music to The King and the Mockingbird, and an award at the Cork International Film Festival for the music to From A Far Country (1981) about the life of Pope John Paul II.
Heavily influenced by the music of John Cage, Kilar was known for integrating elements of Polish folk music with classical pieces. His most influential works include A Short Overture, Ode to Bela Bartok in Memoriam and Exodus. Kilar scored many films after he provided the music for Glos Z Tamtego Swiata/The Voice from Beyond in 1962.
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 ...
