Wojciech Kilar

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Wojciech Kilar was a renowned Polish composer best known for his evocative film scores and modern classical works, including music for internationally acclaimed movies.

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Wojciech Kilar canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf classical composer ⓘ
composer ⓘ
film score composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived César Award for Best Music Written for a Film ⓘ
Order of Polonia Restituta ⓘ
Order of the White Eagle (Poland) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Poland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1932-07-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2013-12-29 ⓘ
educatedAt Conservatoire de Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris Conservatory

Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice ⓘ
surface form: State Higher School of Music in Katowice

Academy of Music in Kraków ⓘ
surface form: State Higher School of Music in Kraków
ethnicGroup Poles ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
film score ⓘ
symphonic music ⓘ
hasWorkType choral music ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
piano music ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
memberOf Polish Composers’ Union ⓘ
movement Polish avant-garde ⓘ
contemporary classical music ⓘ
notableWork Angelus ⓘ
Dracula (1992 film score) ⓘ
Exodus ⓘ
Krzesany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Missa pro pace ⓘ
Orawa ⓘ
Pan Tadeusz (1999 film score) ⓘ
September Symphony ⓘ
The Ninth Gate (1999 film score) ⓘ
The Pianist (2002 film score) ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lwów ⓘ
Second Polish Republic ⓘ
placeOfDeath Katowice NERFINISHED ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
positionHeld vice president of the Polish Composers’ Union ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Katowice NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
studiedUnder Nadia Boulanger ⓘ
workedOn Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992 film) ⓘ
surface form: Dracula (1992 film)

Pan Tadeusz ⓘ
surface form: Pan Tadeusz (1999 film)

The Ninth Gate ⓘ
The Pianist ⓘ
surface form: The Pianist (2002 film)

The Portrait of a Lady ⓘ
surface form: The Portrait of a Lady (1996 film)

The Promised Land (1975 film) ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

We Own the Night → musicBy → Wojciech Kilar ⓘ
The Pianist → musicBy → Wojciech Kilar ⓘ
The Ninth Gate → musicBy → Wojciech Kilar ⓘ
Death and the Maiden → composer → Wojciech Kilar ⓘ
The Portrait of a Lady → composer → Wojciech Kilar ⓘ
subject surface form: The Portrait of a Lady (1996 film)