Władysław Szpilman

Composer

1911 – 2000

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Who was Władysław Szpilman?

Władysław "Wladek" Szpilman was a Polish pianist and classical composer. Szpilman is widely known as the protagonist of the 2002 Roman Polanski film The Pianist, which is based on the book "The Pianist" recounting his survival of the German occupation of Warsaw and the Holocaust.

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Born
Dec 5, 1911
Sosnowiec
Also known as
  • Szpilman, Wladyslaw
  • Wladyslaw Szpilman
  • Szpilman, Władysław
  • Wladyslaw Spielman
  • Wladislaus Spielmann
  • Władysław Władek Szpilman
  • Wladek Szpilman
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
  • Poles
Nationality
  • Poland
Profession
Education
  • Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw
    Piano
  • Academy of the Arts, Berlin
    Piano
Lived in
  • Sosnowiec
Died
Jul 6, 2000
Warsaw
Resting place
Powązki Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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