Wojciech Kilar
Wojciech Kilar (17 July 1932–29 December 2013) was a Polish composer of
classical and film music, born in Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine) and based mainly in
Katowice from 1948. He studied piano and composition at the State Higher School
of Music in Katowice, graduating with distinction in 1955, and initially became
associated with Poland’s postwar avant-garde before developing a more
accessible, monumental style drawing on minimalism, Polish Highland folk
traditions and religious music. His major concert works include Krzesany (1974),
Exodus (1981), Orawa (1986), Baltic Canticles (198...
