Jerzy Katlewicz Explained

Jerzy Katlewicz
Birth Name:Jerzy Katlewicz
Birth Date:1927 4, df=y
Death Place:Kraków, Poland
Nationality: Polish
Occupation:Conductor, lecturer, pianist
Years Active:1955–2015
Spouse:Irena Katlewicz
Children:2

Jerzy Katlewicz (2 April 1927 Bochnia – 16 November 2015 Kraków) was a Polish music conductor, pianist and Professor of the Academy of Music in Kraków since 1990. Katlewicz graduated from the same Academy in 1952 (then called Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Muzyczna in Kraków), and served as conductor of the Kraków Philharmonic between 1952 and 1958 during the period of Stalinism in Poland (and its aftermath). He was appointed artistic director there a decade later, in 1968 and remained at his post until 1981. In 1961-68 he was artistic director of Polish Baltic Opera and Philharmonic in Gdańsk. In 1984–1985 he was artistic director of the Symphony Orchestra and Choir of the Polish Radio and Television state agency in Kraków. Katlewicz was the recipient of the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1993), among other distinctions.[1] [2] [3]

Born in Bochnia, he died on 16 November 2015 in Kraków.[4]

Awards

Discography

  1. 1980 III Symfonia Pieśni Żałosnych Na Sopran I Orkiestrę Op. 36 (Symphony No. 3, The Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs For Soprano And Orchestra Op. 36), LP, Album; Polskie Nagrania Muza
  2. 1993 III Symfonia - Symfonia Pieśni Żałosnych Na Sopran I Orkiestrę Op. 36 (Cass, Album, RE) Polskie Nagrania Muza
  3. 1993 Symphony No. 3 / Symfonia Pieśni Żałosnych Na Sopran I Orkiestrę Op.36 (CD, Album, RE) Polskie Nagrania Muza

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jerzy Katlewicz . Adam Mickiewicz Institute Culture.pl . Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej, Związek Kompozytorów Polskich . 2005 . February 11, 2013 . Małgorzata Kosińska . Polish.
  2. Web site: Jerzy Katlewicz . Discogs . Discography . February 11, 2013.
  3. Web site: Jerzy Katlewicz . . Faculty . February 11, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920032119/http://www.amuz.krakow.pl/pl/3/127/550/prof-Jerzy-Katlewicz . September 20, 2011 .
  4. http://muzyka.onet.pl/newsy/zmarl-dyrygent-jerzy-katlewicz/p1ew58 Zmarł dyrygent Jerzy Katlewicz