![]() ![]() ![]() In 1935 he started working for Polish Radio, a collaboration that would span the war and spread the fame of his name even further. By the mid-1930s he had become something of a celebrity, touring the country as a soloist or accompanied by violists. He was prolific writer of musical compositions that could range from jazz to classical, he also penned hundreds of songs, and his talent was such that after the war he regained the fame he had won before it had started.īorn in Sosnowiec on December 5, 1911, Szpilman studied piano at Warsaw’s Conservatory of Music and soon made his mark on the city’s cultural scene. After the end of the war Szpilman resumed his career, writing music and songs, and becoming very much part of the cultural landscape of post-war Poland.įor many the name of Władysław Szpilman will forever be associated with the ‘The Pianist’, the Roman Polański film about a Jewish musician’s battle to survive the war, and the unlikely help he got from a German officer.īut there is much more to Szpilman’s life than just the few years covered in the celluloid hours of Polanski’s film. ![]()
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