# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eugeniusz-knapik
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:19:32.611Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eugeniusz-knapik"
name: "Eugeniusz Knapik"
slug: "eugeniusz-knapik"
description: "Eugeniusz Knapik is a Polish pianist and composer of classical music best known for his 1980 chamber piece String Quartet No. 1. Knapik studied composition and piano with Henryk Górecki (1933–2010) and Czesław Stańczyk at the University of Music in Katowice. As a pianist, he has recorded widely, mainly in 20th-century music. He has won numerous prizes for his compositions, including at the Festival of Polish Piano Interpretation in Słupsk, and the International Chamber Music Competition in Vienna."
tagline: "Polish composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eugeniusz_Knapik.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1951-07-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Eugeniusz Knapik"
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    title: "Eugeniusz Knapik"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump