Władysław Szpilman (05.12.1911–06.07.2000)
Composer, pianist, and arranger. Born on December 5, 1911, in Sosnowiec, he studied piano first under his mother's supervision, and then at the Fryderyk Chopin Conservatory in Warsaw under Józef Śmidowicz, where he also learned the principles of music theory and counterpoint under Michał Biernacki. From 1930 to 1933, he continued his studies on a scholarship at the Academy of Arts in Berlin with Artur Schnabel and Leonid Kreutzer in piano, and with Franz Schreker in composition. After his return, in 1933–1935, he […]