Cezary Maciej Ostrowski (born 30 September 1962) is a Polish composer, musician, songwriter, author, visual artist and journalist. Ostrowske was born in

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, Lower Silesia. He is best known for his work as a leader of the critically acclaimed new wave band Bexa Lala, established in

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. Before that, he had fronted the groups: Taz and Leo Patett in the early 1980s, bands renowned for their rough, and violent sound influenced by

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, and

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. In 2001, he formed the

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duo Trzaska & Ostrowski that released the album Blades. In 2003 his another duo Swietlicki & Ostrowski released the album Crawl. Ostrowski's music is generally characterised by intensity and a wide variety of influences. Cezary Ostrowski's work was selected for

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International mix in 2005. Cezary Ostrowski lives in

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, Poland.

Youth and education

Ostrowski was born in the small town of Brzeg in the Lower Silesia, Poland, to Izabela and Tomasz Ostrowski. As a child, Ostrowski lived in Brzeg and then

Zielona Góra Zielona Góra (; ''Green Mountain''; ) is the largest city in Lubusz Voivodeship, located in western Poland, with 140,403 inhabitants (). The region is closely associated with vineyards and holds an annual Zielona Góra Wine Fest, Wine Fest. Zie ...

in Poland. His father Tomasz was a lawyer, with a love of literature, and his mother was a teacher. In spite of this Ostrowski was often in trouble with the local school authorities. In 1977 his family moved to Poznań. After his secondary schooling, Ostrowski studied drawing (Fine Art) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań.

Work with other artists

Cezary Ostrowski has also played with Mikolaj Trzaska,

Olga Jackowska Olga Aleksandra Sipowicz (née Ostrowska; 8 June 1951 – 28 July 2018), also known by the mononym of Kora, was a Polish rock vocalist and songwriter. She was the lead singer of the rock band Maanam from 1976 to 2008. Jackowska also provided ...

, Marcin Swietlicki, Malgorzata Ostrowska, Piotr Bikont.

References

External links

Cezary Ostrowski on ccMixter.orgCezary Ostrowski on ReverbNationCezary Ostrowski on Last.fmMusic for the Fish on archive.org
1962 births Living people Polish composers {{poland-composer-stub