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Grażyna Bacewicz
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Polish composer and violinist (1909–1969)
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Grażyna Bacewicz was a Polish composer, choreographer, musicologist, and music educator. Born in Łódź in 1909, she studied at the Chopin University of Music and the École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot under Nadia Boulanger. She later worked as an employee at the Chopin University of Music. Her professional focus included classical music, opera, and symphonies, and she played the violin.
Bacewicz participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics and received the Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland. She was the sister of Vytautas Bacevičius and Kiejstut Bacewicz. Her notable works include *V Kwartet smyczkowy*, *Koncert, na 2 fortepiany i orkiestre*, *VII koncert skrzypcowy*, *Musica sinfonica*, and *In una parte, na orkiestrȩ symfoniczna*. She died in Warsaw in 1969 and is buried at Powązki Military Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 20
Top works
- V Kwartet smyczkowy
- Koncert, na 2 fortepiany i orkiestre
- VII koncert skrzypcowy =
- Musica sinfonica
- In una parte, na orkiestrȩ symfoniczna̧
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Poland
- Active from
- 1909
- Active to
- 1969
Discography
- Symphony no. 3 / Concerto for String Orchestra1994
- Complete Works for String Quartet 11999
- Piano Works2001
- Contemporary Quartet Plays Music of Bacewicz, Kisielewski, Komsta, Lutosławski, Penderecki2002
- Polish Capriccio: Works for Violin and Piano2004
- Sonatas for Violin and Piano2006
- Lydia Mordkovitch plays Bacewicz & Enescu2008
- Music for String Orchestra2009
- Violin Concertos nos. 1, 3 and 72009
- Piano Sonata 2 / Piano Quintets 1 & 22011
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 10,777
- Total plays
- 101,925
Tags
Grażyna Bacewicz (February 5, 1909 in Łódź – January 17, 1969 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish composer and violinist. She was the first Polish female composer to achieve national and international recognition. Her father and brother Vytautas were Lithuanian and used the last name Bacevičius, the other brother Kiejstut was Polish. Her father, Wincenty Bacewicz (lith. Vincas Bacevičius), gave Grażyna her first piano and violin lessons. In 1928 she began studying at the Warsaw Conservatory <a href
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Grażyna
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Łódź
- Place of death
- Warsaw
- Occupation
- violinist
- Employer
- Chopin University of Music
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Participant in
- 1948 Summer Olympics
- Student of
- Nadia Boulanger
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- violin
- Image
- Grazyna bacewicz.jpg
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- place of burial
- Powązki Military Cemetery
- Commons category
- Grażyna Bacewicz
- date of birth
- 1909-02-05
- date of death
- 1969-01-17
- name in native language
- Grażyna Bacewicz
- described at URL
- polishmusic.usc.edu/research/composers/grazyna-bacewicz
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