Zbigniew Janusz Łapiński (12 November 1947 – 2 April 2018) was a Polish musician, composer, pianist, accompanist, arranger, and conductor.
Biography
He was best known for his collaboration with
Przemysław Gintrowski
Przemysław Adam Gintrowski (21 December 1951 – 20 October 2012) was a Polish composer and musician.
Gintrowski debuted in 1976 on a review of the Warsaw Riviera with the song "Epitaph for Sergei Yesenin". Shortly afterwards, in 1979, he ...
and
Jacek Kaczmarski
Jacek Marcin Kaczmarski (22 March 1957 – 10 April 2004) was a Polish singer, songwriter, poet and author.
Life
He was the son of painter Anna Trojanowska-Kaczmarska, a Pole of Jewish background, and the artist Janusz Kaczmarski.
Kaczmarski ...
. He also worked with the band
Czerwony Tulipan, as well as with
Kuba Sienkiewicz, contributing to three of Sienkiewicz's solo albums and performing with him in acoustic concerts. Lapiński also took part in concerts and studio recordings with
Mirosław Czyżykiewicz.
Together with
Jørn Simen Øverli
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*Jorn Barger (born 1953), American blogger, editor of ''Robot Wisdom'', an influential early web ...
, he recorded two albums: the first featuring songs by the Kaczmarski-Gintrowski-Lapiński trio and other polish poets; the second, a set of
Vladimir Vysotsky’s songs translated into
Norwegian, which won the 1989
Spellemannprisen
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.
In November 2005, he suffered a stroke and withdrew from professional life.
He died on April 2, 2018 and was buried in the
Avenue of the Meritorious at
Powązki Cemetery
Powązki Cemetery (; ), also known as Stare Powązki (), is a historic necropolis located in Wola district, in the western part of Warsaw, Poland. It is the most famous cemetery in the city and one of the oldest, having been established in 179 ...
in
Warsaw
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.
Honors
In 1999, he was awarded the honorary badge
Meritorious Activist of Culture
The honorary badge Meritorious Activist of Culture () was a departmental decoration of Poland in Arts awarded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland to persons and organizations for distinguished contributions t ...
. On October 15, 2004, was awarded the
Gold Cross of Merit. In August 2006, President
Lech Kaczyński
Lech Aleksander Kaczyński (; 18 June 194910 April 2010) was a Polish politician who served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 until 2005, and as President of Poland from 2005 until his death in 2010 in an air crash. The aircraft carrying ...
presented him with the
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. In 2016, he was awarded the
Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture
The Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture () or Gloria Artis Medal, is a departmental decoration of Poland in arts awarded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland to persons and organizations for distinguish ...
.
Works
Compositions by Lapiński (together with Jacek Kaczmarski, anthologized under the listed section titles):
* Akompaniator (Varia 1982–2002)
* Bajka średniowieczna (Wojna postu z karnawałem)
* Bankierzy (Wojna postu z karnawałem)
* Chrystus i kupcy (Raj)
* Czary skuteczne na swary odwieczne (Sarmatia)
* Czerwony Autobus (Muzeum)
* Dobre rady Pana Ojca (Sarmatia)
* Dylemat (90 dni spokoju)
* Dzieci Hioba (Dzieci Hioba)
* Dzielnica żebraków (Sarmatia)
* Epitafium dla Sowizdrzała (Wojna postu z karnawałem)
* Hiob (Raj)
* Jak długo grać będą… (Szukamy stajenki)
* Karmaniola (90 dni spokoju)
* Kolęda barokowa (Szukamy stajenki)
* Kolęda ludowa (Szukamy stajenki)
* Kołysanka
993
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Events
By place
Europe
* Spring – The 12-year-old King Otto III gives the Sword of Saints Cosmas and Damian (also known as the Sword of Essen) as ...
(Szukamy stajenki)
* Koniec wojny trzydziestoletniej (Wojna postu z karnawałem)
* Meldunek (Krzyk)
* Nie widzą, nie wiedzą (Szukamy stajenki)
* Poranek (Wojna postu z karnawałem)
* Portret zbiorowy w zabytkowym wnętrzu (Wojna postu z karnawałem)
* Powrót z Syberii (Muzeum)
* Prosty człowiek (Sarmatia)
* Pusty raj (Raj)
* Pustynia ’80 (Krzyk)
* Rokosz (Sarmatia)
* Rozmowa (Wojna postu z karnawałem)
* Scena to dziwna… (Szukamy stajenki)
* Somosierra (Muzeum)
* Straszny rwetes, bracie ośle… (Szukamy stajenki)
* Szturm (Muzeum)
* Targ (Niewolnicy)
* Tyle złota i purpury… (Szukamy stajenki)
* Upadek Związku Radzieckiego (Pięć sonetów o umieraniu komunizmu)
* W kołysce Ziemi Obiecanej… (Szukamy stajenki)
* Wariacje dla Grażynki (Muzeum)
* Wigilia na Syberii (Muzeum)
* Wiosna 1905 (Muzeum)
* Władca Ciemności (Raj)
* Z pasa słuckiego pożytek (Sarmatia)
* Zrodził się dzieciaczek… (Szukamy stajenki)
References
Polish composers
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Polish pianists
Recipients of the Cross of Merit (Poland)
Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta
1947 births
2018 deaths