Zbigniew Bujarski (21 August 1933 – 13 April 2018) was a Polish composer.
Biography
Bujarski was born on 21 August 1933 and died on 13 April 2018 in
Kraków
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. He was born in
Muszyna,
Poland
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about 120 kilometres south-west of Kraków, and very close to the border with what is now
Slovakia
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, and studied composition at the State College of Music in Kraków with Stanisław Wiechowicz. He was awarded an honorary mention at the Young Polish Composers' Competition organized by the
Polish Composers' Union in 1961, and three years later won 2nd Prize at the Grzegorz Fitelberg Composers' Competition. He went on to teach composition at the
Academy of Music in Kraków.
In 2011 Bujarski was awarded the Silver Medal of
Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis by Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage,
Bogdan Zdrojewski.
[Kraków. Jubileusz w Akademii Muzycznej. e-teatr.pl, 25 lutego 2011. ostęp 22 czerwca 2011]
References
Bibliography
* Perkowska Małgorzata: ''Bujarski Zbigniew'' w: Elżbieta Dziębowska (red.) ''Encyklopedia muzyczna PWM, cz. biograficzna'' t. I, Kraków 1979,
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1933 births
2018 deaths
Polish composers
People from Nowy Sącz County