Piotr Perkowski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Piotr Perkowski

Polish composer

Date of Birth: 04-Mar-1901

Place of Birth: Druzhne, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 12-Aug-1990

Profession: composer

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Piotr Perkowski

  • Piotr Perkowski (17 March 1901 in Oweczacze (???????, Ovechache, now Druzhne), Vinnytsia Oblast, now in Ukraine – 12 August 1990 in Otwock) was a Polish composer. Perkowski studied at the Music Academy in Warsaw, and in Paris with Albert Roussel.
  • He was a professor and a director at the Conservatory of Torun (1936–39).
  • During World War II in occupied Poland he took part in the underground music movement, and fought in the Warsaw Uprising.
  • After 1945, he was a composition teacher in Warsaw and Wroclaw.
  • His pupils included Piotr Moss. Perkowski composed film music (Zolnierz zwyciestwa, 1953), radio opera (Girlandy, 1961), five ballets, a cantata, two violin concertos and several songs.

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