Józef Ozimiński (6 December 1877,

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 ...

– 8 July 1945, Warsaw) was a Polish

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ist and

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. His teachers included Stanisław Barcewicz. On 1 November 1922 in Warsaw, he was the soloist in the premiere performance of

Karol Szymanowski Karol Maciej Szymanowski (; 3 October 188229 March 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. He was a member of the modernism (music), modernist Young Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century. Szymanowski's early w ...

's Violin Concerto No. 1.

References

Entry in the ''Encyklopedia muzyki PWN'' (in Polish)
1877 births 1938 deaths Polish classical violinists Polish male classical violinists Polish conductors (music) Polish male conductors (music) Musicians from Warsaw {{violinist-stub