Edward Dębicki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Edward Dębicki

Polish musician

Date of Birth: 04-Mar-1935

Place of Birth: Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine

Profession: composer, poet, musician

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Edward Debicki (born 4 March 1935) is a Polish Romani poet, musician and composer.
His work is connected with the Romani community and its cultural, itinerant and music traditions. Debicki was born in Kalusz, in present-day Ukraine, the son of the Romani musicians Wladyslaw Krzyzanowski and Franciszka Raczkowska.
Much of his youth was spent travelling in his parents' caravan in the border regions between Poland and the Ukraine.
In 1953 he attended music schools in Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra.
In 1955 he founded, and became the director of, the music group Kcham (Sun) which later became Terno.
He has taken part in accordion competitions in Kielce and Wroclaw.
Debicki is the author of a book of poetry, Under the naked sky ('Tel nango bolipen' (Romani) or 'Pod golym niebem' (Polish), 1993), and the novel Bird of the dead ('Ptak umarlych', 2004) which describes the experiences of a Romani family in Wolyn during World War II.
He has written approximately 200 songs. Since the 1960s Debicki has been the director of the musical group Terno (Mlody) in Gorzów Wielkopolski.At present Debicki lives in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland.