Andrzej Szpilman

Andrzej Szpilman ( born March 28, 1956 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish composer, music producer, publisher and dentist. He is a son of pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman and a member of GEMA and the SSA ( Société Suisse des Auteurs ).

Life and career

Andrzej Szpilman began his musical training in 1962 with Stefan Kawalla ( violin ) and led them from 1965 to 1974 at the 4th National School of Music in Warsaw ( class of Nasalska - Violin, Viola later ) continued. He produced his first music recording in 1976 for Polish Radio. In this time he composed songs ( uA " Słońce tego lata ", "Od dnia do dnia " - texts Renata Maklakiewicz, " Gandzia " / " Andzia i ja " ( Marcin Ciepiel ) and " na Wygląda to tender " with (K. Winkler )) for the most popular Polish singer Irena Santor, Hanna Banaszak, Grazyna Świtała, Bogusław Mec, J. Kruk (former " 2 plus 1" ) and others.

From 1980 he produced several music programs for television stations, 1983 album by the rock group " Oddział zamknięty " (closed department). It was over 450 000 copies sold and won the " Golden plate 1983 '. In addition to his artistic activities Andrzej Szpilman graduated in 1983 a dental degree from the Medical Academy in Warsaw.

In 1983, he moved to Hamburg and worked until 1988 as a research assistant in the Department of Restorative Dentistry at the University of Hamburg. After that, he continued his work in his own dental practice in Hamburg -Altona and later in Weil am Rhein.

Andrzej Szpilman founded in 1987 in Altona, a music studio, where he continued to work on his compositions. At this time he composed for the Hamburg State Opera, the ballet music " Incense " (choreographer Gamal Gouda) as well as soundtracks for the television films " I tam zostanę już na zawsze " and " Kolejka " as well as some songs for Polish Radio. 1995-2004 Andrzej Szpilman worked on remastering the complete recordings ( 1968-1997 - 21 CDs) of singer-songwriter Wolf Biermann and performed scans of his other CDs.

"The Pianist"

In 1998, Andrzej Szpilman Wladyslaw Szpilman his father's "The Pianist " at the German publishing house " Econ - Ullsteinhaus -List" the diary out. Shortly thereafter, the British edition followed from the publisher " Weidenfeld Orion ". "The Pianist" immediately gained recognition as an important document on the Holocaust and is quickly risen to the international bestseller lists. It was Book of the Year by several international newspapers (LA Times, Washington Post, Independent, ELLE, Wall Street Journal, Lire ) appreciated. To date, it has been translated into more than 35 languages ​​. 2000-2002 Szpilman worked as a freelancer for the Polish Radio, organized some TV concerts and hosted a monthly talk show: "Mike for everyone." During this time, Andrzej Szpilman supported the production of the novel Polanski film "The Pianist" and later worked in the promotion of the film in the U.S., Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Poland.

From 2002 he has worked as an independent producer for Universal Music, Sony Classics and Shermanrecords and has several CDs, among other things, issued with the music of Wladyslaw Szpilman. Wendy Lands sings songs from the pianist (2002) ( Universal Music ); Original Recordings by Wladyslaw Szpilman (2002); Works for Piano and Orchestra by Władysław Szpilman with Ewa Kupiec - Piano, John Axelrod - Director and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (2004); Władysław Szpilman and - Legendary Recordings ( 2005) ( Sony Classics ) are only some of them. Currently, Andrzej Szpilman is working on a biography and a television documentary about his father's life. Szpilman is father of two children and lives in Weil am Rhein.

Editorial Boards

  • Wladyslaw Szpilman: The wonderful survival. Warsaw memories 1939-1945, Econ, Munich 1998 ISBN 3-430-18987- X
  • Wladyslaw Szpilman: The Pianist. My wonderful survival, Ullsteinhaus, Munich 2002 ISBN 3-548-36351-2

Discography

  • Oddział zamknięty - Oddział zamknięty, Polskie Nagrania, Warszawa 1983
  • CD " Władysław Szpilman - A Musical Portrait" works of Szpilman, Rachmaninoff and Chopin, Alina Music Hamburg 1998
  • Władysław Szpilman - Portret [ 5 CD Box Set] Polish Radio Warszawa 2000
  • Władysław Szpilman CD. The Original Recordings of the Pianist. SONY Classical 2002
  • CD The Pianist [Soundtrack ] SONY BMG 2002
  • CD Songs of Władysław Szpilman - Wendy Lands sings, Universal Music USA 2003
  • Władysław Szpilman CD - Works For Piano & Orchestra SONY Classical 2004
  • Władysław Szpilman - Legendary Recordings [ 3 CD Box Set] SONY Classical 2005
  • Wolf Biermann Sweet Life - Treat life, 1996
  • Wolf Biermann Brecht, your Nachgeborenen, 1999 ( Live in Berlin CD)
  • Wolf Biermann paradise earth uff - A Berlin Bilderbogen, 1999
  • Wolf Biermann encouragement in the quarry of time (Live in Berlin CD ), 2001
  • Wolf Biermann Great song from eradicated Jewish people, of Yitzhak reading cat Nelson 2004 ( Live in Zurich CD)
Wikimania Record producer The Pianist (2002 film)
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