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unusual facts about Polish music



Poles

The city of Curitiba has the second largest Polish diaspora in the world (after Chicago) and Polish music, dishes and culture are quite common in the region.

Trebunie-Tutki

Trebunie-Tutki is a folk musical group consisting of a family of musicians originating from Biały Dunajec village near Zakopane, Poland.


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Academy of Music in Łódź

Among the former rectors of the Academy were such luminaries of the Polish music scene as Kazimierz Wiłkomirski (1945-1947), cellist, composer, conductor and brother of Wanda Wiłkomirska, as well as Kazimierz Sikorski (1947-1954), recipient of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1937), composer of symphonies, overtures and concertos.

Indecent Songs

It became platinum, and Lipnicka and Porter received the most important Polish music award for their album - the Fryderyk for The Pop Album Of The Year.

Maanam

In 1988, Maanam's "Sie ściemnia" became the first Polish music video to air on the international MTV.

Marek Niedźwiecki

Marek Wojciech Niedźwiecki (born March 24, 1954 in Sieradz, Poland) is a Polish music journalist and radio anchor.

Rostislaw Wygranienko

He recorded (as World Premiere Recording) the Complete Works by Adam of Wągrowiec, as well as complete Warsaw Organ Tablature (ca. 1680), Dumka by Feliks Nowowiejski and contemporary Polish music.

Tadeusz Kassern

Born in Lvov, he studied at the conservatory of the Polish Music Society in Lviv and later at the conservatory in Poznań.

Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz

The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, or the Girls' Orchestra of Auschwitz, was a female orchestra at Auschwitz concentration camp, which was created in June 1943 by a Polish music teacher, Mrs. Zofia Czajkowska, by order of the SS.