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Composer and music journalist. He was born in 1907 in Przeworsk, into an aristocratic family. His musical training began in Kraków with the Franciscan friar Bernardino Rizzi. From 1928, following the advice of Karol Szymanowski, he studied at the École normale de musique in Paris with Paul Dukas and Nadia Boulanger, and formed a lasting friendship with the latter. He was an active member of the Association of Young Polish Musicians in Paris.

Born in 1971 in Oława, Mykietyn graduated from Włodzimierz Kotoński’s composition class at the Academy of Music in Warsaw (1997; now the Chopin University of Music). In 1993, he made his debut at the Warsaw Autumn festival with a piece titled La Strada. In the same year, his 3 for 13 was awarded the 1st prize at the International Rostrum of Com-posers in Paris in the category of composers under 30 years of age (in 2000 it was presented at the Midem Classique in Cannes). 1995 saw his Epiphora winning the 1st prize at the 4th International Rostrum of Electroacoustic Music (IREM) in Amsterdam in the same category.

Born in 1979 in Gliwice, he studied composition with Aleksander Lasoń at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice and with Steve Rouse at the University of Louisville School of Music. His accolades include scholarships from the ‘Young Poland’ programme of the National Centre for Culture Poland as well as the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, the ‘Guarantees of Culture’ award of TVP Kultura state television channel (2011), the ‘Passport’ Award of the ‘Polityka’ weekly (2018), and the ‘Coryphaeus of Polish Music’ award of the National Institute of Music and Dance (2021).

Born in 1990, a jazz pianist and composer. One of the most frequently awarded jazz musicians of the young generation studied at Krakow’s Academy of Music, and later at Berklee College of Music.

World-famous pianist, composer and educator, but also a politician and champion of Poland’s independence. He learned at Warsaw’s Music Institute (1873–1878), where he later taught the piano. In 1882 and again in 1884 he studied twice for half a year in Berlin. His piano studies with Theodor Leschetizky in Vienna were made possible by Helena Modrzejewska’s support. He was a lecturer in harmony and counterpoint at Strasbourg Conservatory.

One of the most significant twentieth-century Polish composers, Palester is often seen as a “successor to Karol Szymanowski.” He studied piano at the Krakow Institute of Music and at the conservatory in Lwów (now L’viv), as well as art history as the University of Warsaw and composition and music theory at Warsaw Conservatory.

Jazz saxophonist and composer, a leading figure in the Polish and European jazz scene; 15-time ‘Jazz Forum’ magazine’s Best Soprano Saxophonist.