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
- Halina Szpilman
(1950 - 2000/07/06)
- Halina Szpilman
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Poles
- Nationality
- Poland
- Profession
- Education
- Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw
Piano - Academy of the Arts, Berlin
Piano
- Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw
- Lived in
- Sosnowiec
- Died
- Jul 6, 2000
Warsaw - Resting place
- Powązki Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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