Grzegorz Zbigniew Ciechowski (29 August 1957 – 22 December 2001) was a Polish

rock musician Rock is a genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has its ...

and

film music A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

composer. Ciechowski was born in

Tczew Tczew (, formerly ) is a city on the Vistula River in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, with 59,111 inhabitants (December 2021). It is the capital of Tczew County and the largest city of the ethnocultural region of Kociewie within th ...

. He was the founder and frontman of the band Republika, which was one of Poland's most popular rock groups. In the mid-1980s, Ciechowski took a break from the group and formed a new band called Obywatel GC (Citizen GC), again with considerable commercial success. At least a seven-song eponymous vinyl record, ''Obywatel G.C.'' exists, released by Tonpress KAW, copyright 1986. In 1991, Republika was revived, and Ciechowski was involved with a number of other ensembles. In 1996, as Grzegorz z Ciechowa, he recorded the album ''ojDADAna''. Ciechowski also composed for other artists such as

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and

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and produced an album for German vocalist

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. He composed scores for the films ''Stan Strachu'' by Janusz Kijowski and '' The Hexer'' by Marek Brodzki; for the latter he received a Polish Film Award in 2001. Additionally, he wrote music for the German television show '' Schloß Pompon Rouge''. Ciechowski won ten Fryderyk Awards for his music, more than any other musician. Ciechowski had four children. He died of a

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Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

after undergoing emergency surgery for a heart aneurysm, at the age of 44. His ashes were buried at

Powązki Military Cemetery Powązki Military Cemetery (; ) is an old military cemetery located in the Żoliborz district, western part of Warsaw, Poland. The cemetery is often confused with the older Powązki Cemetery, known colloquially as "Old Powązki". The Old Pową ...

on 4 January 2002.

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