- Andrzej Kurylewicz
Andrzej Kurylewicz (born October 24, 1932 in
Lwów , died April 12, 2007 inKonstancin-Jeziorna ), was a Polishjazz musician, composer, pianist, trombonist and conductor.He began playing music at the age of 6, in Music School in Lwów. After World War II, Kurylewicz was forced to leave his hometown (see:
Repatriation of Poles ) and settled with family inGliwice . In 1950 he became a student of the State Musicial College inKraków , in class of piano under supervision ofHenryk Sztompka as well asStanislaw Wiechowicz . In 1954 Kurylewicz, who was a member of pioneer jazz bandMelomani , was expelled from the school for playing then-forbidden jazz.In later years, Kurylewicz became conductor of the Polish Radio and Television Orchestra in Warsaw, with which he toured the world, playing among others in
Cuba and the USA. He played in his own avant-garde ensemble "Formacja Muzyki Wspolczesnej", also wrote music for several films, such as "Lalka" and "Polskie drogi". On April 24, 2007 he was posthumously awarded thePolonia Restituta by presidentLech Kaczyński .External links
* [http://www.kurylewicz.trio.gsi.pl Andrzej Kurylewicz Trio webpage]
* [http://www.culture.pl/pl/culture/artykuly/os_kurylewicz_andrzej Andrzej Kurylewicz at Culture.pl]
* [http://www.polmic.pl/nzopis.php?id=630&pf=nasze%20zbiory&cf=archiwum&nf=p%C5%82yty Andrzej Kurylewicz - Film Music]
* [http://muzyka.onet.pl/0,31019,31019,biografie.html Andrzej Kurylewicz - biography]
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