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Krzysztof Penderecki

Polish composer and conductor.

Born November 23rd, 1933 in Dębica.

Died March 29th, 2020 at 86 years old in Kraków. [ref]

Occupations
composer, conductor, music teacher, musicologist, pedagogue, violinist

Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan