Wojciech Kilar

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Wojciech Kilar was a renowned Polish composer best known for his evocative film scores and modern classical works, including music for internationally acclaimed movies.

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Wojciech Kilar canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf classical composer
composer
film score composer
human
awardReceived César Award for Best Music Written for a Film
Order of Polonia Restituta
Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
countryOfCitizenship Poland
dateOfBirth 1932-07-17
dateOfDeath 2013-12-29
educatedAt Paris Conservatory
State Higher School of Music in Katowice
State Higher School of Music in Kraków
ethnicGroup Poles
genre classical music
film score
symphonic music
hasWorkType choral music
orchestral music
piano music
languageOfWorkOrName French
Polish
memberOf Polish Composers’ Union
movement Polish avant-garde
contemporary classical music
notableWork Angelus
Dracula (1992 film score)
Exodus
Krzesany NERFINISHED
Missa pro pace
Orawa
Pan Tadeusz (1999 film score)
September Symphony
The Ninth Gate (1999 film score)
The Pianist (2002 film score)
occupation composer
pianist
placeOfBirth Lwów
Second Polish Republic
placeOfDeath Katowice NERFINISHED
Poland
positionHeld vice president of the Polish Composers’ Union
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Katowice NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
studiedUnder Nadia Boulanger
workedOn Dracula (1992 film)
Pan Tadeusz (1999 film)
linked to: Pan Tadeusz

The Ninth Gate
The Pianist (2002 film)
linked to: The Pianist

The Portrait of a Lady (1996 film)
The Promised Land (1975 film)

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We Own the Night musicBy Wojciech Kilar
The Pianist musicBy Wojciech Kilar
The Ninth Gate musicBy Wojciech Kilar
Death and the Maiden composer Wojciech Kilar
The Portrait of a Lady (1996 film) composer Wojciech Kilar
subject linked to: The Portrait of a Lady