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Władysław Szpilman
Władysław Szpilman was a Polish Jewish pianist, classical composer and Holocaust survivor. Szpilman is widely known as the central figure in the Roman Polanski film The Pianist, which was based on his autobiographical account of how he survived the German occupation of Warsaw and the Warsaw Uprising.
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culture · Polish pianist, composer and Holocaust survivor (1911–2000) · pianist · composer · writer · songwriter · musician · also Władysław Szpilman, Al Legro, Władek Szpilman, Szpilman
Born 5 December 1911 · Died 6 July 2000 · Q157176
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Polska nie jest antysemickim krajem. Ci co twierdzą przeciwnie głoszą nieprawdę i prowadzą bardzo złą, wrogą Polsce robotę. Pamiętajmy, że za wzięcie udziału w akcji ratowania Żydów groziła śmierć. Nie każdy mógł się zdobyć na takie ryzyko. Nie wszyscy rodzą się bohaterami. Mnie ratowało co najmniej trzydziestu Polaków. Co najmniej trzydziestu z narażeniem życia.
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Ouverture for Symphonic Orchestra
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2026· 1 entry
2024· 1 entry
sosnowiec.wyborcza: Władysław Szpilman na deskach Teatru Zagłębia w Sosnowcu. Historia opowiedziana piosenkami
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2020· 2 entries
TVN24: Władysław Szpilman's legendary piano auctioned off for record price
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dw: 'The Pianist': Władysław Szpilman mementos to be auctioned
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2017· 1 entry
PolskieRadio: Władysław Szpilman. Pianista w studiu Polskiego Radia
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2016· 1 entry
Yahoo: Family of The Pianist Władysław Szpilman Wins Appeal Over Claim He Was a Nazi Collaborator
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2014· 1 entry
naTemat: Władysław Szpilman funkcjonariuszem podporządkowanej nazistom policji? Powrót sprawy dot. relacji o słynnym pianiście
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2013· 1 entry
gloswielkopolski: Władysław szpilman
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2003· 1 entry
– Oscars for best director; best actor, and best adapted screenplay, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Film Award, and the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
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2002· 2 entries
Released album “The Original Recordings of “The Pianist””.
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The Polish-French filmmaker, Roman Polanski, directed a screen version of the book
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2000· 3 entries
Died 2000-07-06.
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Released album “Portret muzyczny”.
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“Polska nie jest antysemickim krajem. Ci co twierdzą przeciwnie głoszą nieprawdę i prowadzą bardzo złą, wrogą Polsce robotę. Pamiętajmy, że za wzięcie udziału w akcji ratowania Żydów groziła śmierć. Nie każdy mógł się zdobyć na takie ryzyko. Nie wszyscy rodzą się bohaterami. Mnie ratowało co najmniej trzydziestu Polaków. Co najmniej trzydziestu z narażeniem życia.”
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1998· 2 entries
Szpilman's son Andrzej published a new extended edition of his father's memoir, first in German translation by Karin Wolff as Das wunderbare Überleben (The Miraculous Survival) by a German publishing house Ullstein Verla
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That Szpilman's works did not reach a larger audience outside Poland, attributing this to the "division of Europe into two halves culturally as well as politically" after the war
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1968· 1 entry
“Ouverture for Symphonic Orchestra”
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1963· 1 entry
With which Szpilman performed more than 2000 concerts worldwide until 1986 in such places as Royal Festival Hall in London; Salle Pleyel and Salle Gaveau in Paris; Herkules Saal in Munich; as well as the Salzburger Fests
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1961· 2 entries
Created the International Song Contest in Sopot, Poland, which has been produced every summer for more than 50 years
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Initiated and organized the Sopot International Song Festival produced in Poland every summer, now for more than 50 years
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1945· 1 entry
Did so by carrying on where he left off six years before: poignantly, he opened the first transmission by once again playing Chopin's Nocturne in C-sharp Minor (Lento con gran espressione)
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1942· 1 entry
To Treblinka, an extermination camp within German-occupied Poland approximately 80 km (50 mi) northeast of Warsaw
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1939· 1 entry
On 23 September, Szpilman was in the middle of broadcasting when Germans opened fire on the studio and he was forced to stop playing
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1933· 2 entries
Studied at Academy of Arts, Berlin (1931–1933).
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Szpilman returned to Warsaw, where he quickly became a celebrated pianist and composer of both classical and popular music
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1931· 1 entry
Was a student of the prestigious Academy of Arts in Berlin, Germany, where he studied with Artur Schnabel, Franz Schreker, and Leonid Kreutzer
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1911· 1 entry
Born 1911-12-05.
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