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Krzysztof Komeda
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Film & TV
Poznań, wielkopolskie, Polska
Krzysztof Trzciński (27 April 1931 – 23 April 1969), known professionally as Krzysztof Komeda, was a Polish film composer and jazz pianist widely regarded as one of the most influential Polish musicians. He is best known for writing the scores for Roman Polanski's films Knife in the Water (1962), Cul-de-sac (1966), The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), and Rosemary’s Baby (1968). Komeda's album…
Known for
- Komeda, Komeda... — Self (archive footage)2012
- Komeda: A Soundtrack for a Life — Self (archive footage)2010
- The Ashes — General Fiszer (uncredited)1965
- Innocent Sorcerers — Self (uncredited)1960
- Bad Luck — Soldier (uncredited)1960
- Goodbye, Till Tomorrow — Pianist (uncredited)1960
- Jazz Talks — Himself (uncredited)1957
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Krzysztof
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Poznań
- Place of death
- Warsaw
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Poznań University of Medical Sciences
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Field of work
- jazz
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- www.komeda.pl
- Image
- Krzysztof Komeda by Zbigniew Kresowaty 2.jpg
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- place of burial
- Powązki Cemetery
- Commons category
- Krzysztof Komeda
- date of birth
- 1937-04-27
- date of death
- 1969-04-23
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- name in native language
- Krzysztof Trzciński
- pseudonym
- Krzysztof Komeda
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Krzysztof Komeda, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
