Dominik Połoński (17 June 1977 – 20 June 2018) was a Polish concert cellist. He continued his career using his right arm, after treatment for a brain tumour.

Life

Połoński was born in

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, and studied at the Academy of Music in Łódź. Winning a scholarship, he studied in Spain at the

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with

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.Obituary: Dominik Połoński, 1977–2018
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'', 25 June 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018. He was successful in several competitions, including first place in the competition of the

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in 1998. He made recordings for a number of recording companies, and performed in many European countries and in the United States.Cello virtuoso Dominik Połoński dies
www.thenews.pl, 21 June 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018. In 2004 he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. He had several operations, and chemo- and radiotherapy, and was afterwards unable to move the left side of his body. He returned to the concert platform in 2009, playing the cello using his right arm, performing works specially written for him by Polish composers. These included compositions using percussive components and unusual string tuning. During his later years he also taught at the Academy of Music in Łódź and the

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. Połoński died on 20 June 2018, after the disease returned.

References

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