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 JÓZEF WILKOMIRSKI (Poland)
Born
in 1926 in Kalisz, spent his childhood in Lódz. At the age of five, he
started learning music, continuing this education in cello class in
Music Conservatory in Lódz till the outbreak of the war. As a Home
Army´s soldier he took part in the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 and after
its defeat he was imprisoned by the German in Stalag XB in Sandbostel.
In 1945 he came back to Lódz, where his family resided. He started
studies at Lódz University (history and anthropology) and in the State
Higher School of Music in the same city (cello and conducting). At the
same time he worked as cellist in Lódz Philharmonic Orchestra.
In
most of his life he has been a musician and conductor. After Lódz he
first worked in the Warsaw Opera as a cellist, while studying
conducting. In 1950 he had his first concert as guest conductor in
Kraków, where he was emplyed. 1954-57 he worked as second conductor in
the State Philharmonic Orchestra in Poznan. In 1957 he took the post of
director and artistic coordinator of the State Philharmonic Orchestra
in Szczecin. In 1978 he organised the Philharmonic Orchestra in
Walbrzych, of which he was chief manager and artistic director until
2005.
As guest conductor he has performed with all Polish
philharmonic orchestras. He has conducted in more than twenty
countries. In 1968 he started composing; his works have been thus far
performed in fourteen countries. He is an author over 70 music
fairytales for pre-school children. His activities have often been
rewarded. He is a holder of more than twenty awards, prizes and medals. |
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