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          Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor

          Biography

          Stanislaw Skrowaczewski commands a unique position in the international musical scene being both a major conducting figure and a highly regarded composer.

          Born in Lwow, Poland, Skrowaczewski began piano and violin studies at the age of four, composed his first symphonic work at seven, gave his first public piano recital at 11 and two years later played and conducted Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto.

          A hand injury during the war terminated his keyboard career, after which he concentrated on composing and conducting. In he became conductor of the Wroclaw (Breslau) Philharmonic, and he later served as Music Director of the Katowice Philharmonic (), Krakow Philharmonic () and Warsaw National Orchestra ().

          Skrowaczewski spent the immediate post-war years in Paris, studying with Nadia Boulanger and co-founding the avant-garde group "Zodiaque".

          After winning the Internatio