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Eugeniusz Knapik

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Polish composer

MusiciansBorn 1951 · age 75
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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.

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2005Silver Medal for Merit to Culture - Gloria Artis‎
Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Golden Medal for Merit to Culture

Musicians born in the 1950s 6

About this person

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.

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Musicians
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Singer / Musician
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living
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Born 1951 · age 75
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