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- Works
- 2
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- Melodías de Auschwitz
- Mélodies d'Auschwitz
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1901-11-01
- Active to
- 1983-12-11
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- 77
- Total plays
- 213
Simon Laks studied mathematics in Vilnius before studying harmony, counterpoint and composition at the conservatory in Warsaw, his home town * left Poland in 1926, 1927–29 studied at Paris conservatory under Pierre Vidal und Henri Rabaud * played the violin in cafés, on an ocean steamer, accompanied silent films and worked as a music teacher * key person in the association of young Polish musicians in Paris * awards and performances of early works as: Blues symphonique, Wind Quintet, String Quar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Simon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Warsaw
- Place of death
- 17th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Chopin University of Music
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Instrument
- piano
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- date of birth
- 1901-11-01
- date of death
- 1983-12-11
- place of detention
- Dachau concentration camp
- name in native language
- Simon Laks
- P8168
- BitTorrent
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