Waldemar Maciszewski (1927–1956) was a Polish pianist and composer. Macizewski was born in

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in 1927. He trained under

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at the underground

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throughout

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and at the Cracow State Music Academy from 1945-48. He ranked 6th at the 1948 Béla Bartók Competition, and was awarded the just reinstated 1949

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's 3rd prize. One year later he shared 3rd prize with

Jörg Demus Jörg Wolfgang Demus (2 December 1928 – 16 April 2019) was an Austrian classical pianist who appeared internationally and made many recordings. He was also a composer and a lecturer at music academies. In composition and playing, he focused on ...

at the inaugural edition of the

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in Leipzig. In addition to his concert career, he was active as a jazz musician and performed popular music. As a composer he composed two Concertinos for piano and orchestra, a band Suite, a choral Suite on

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's folklore, songs and incidental music both for theatre plays and the radio. He died at 29, run over by a train.

References

Fryderyk Chopin Information Centre
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