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Władysław Szpilman - Wikipedia
Władysław Szpilman was a Polish Jewish pianist, classical composer and Holocaust survivor. Szpilman is widely known as the central figure in the 2002 Roman Polanski film The Pianist, which was based on his autobiographical account of how he survived the German occupation of Warsaw. In the film, he is portrayed by American actor Adrien Brody. Szpil… See more
Born5 December 1911 · Sosnowiec, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died6 July 2000 (aged 88) · Warsaw, Poland
SpouseHalina Grzecznarowska Szpilman · (m. 1950)
ChildrenAndrzej Szpilman, Christopher Szpilman
Albums
Fryderyk Chopin: Piano Concertos / Études / Chamber Works
2022
Polish Piano Music
2019
The Great Polish Chopin Tradition: Aleksander Michalowski, Vol. 3
2012
Watch video on YouTube
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Chopin Nocturne No. 20 perf. by Wladyslaw Szpilman - "The Pianist" - Original Recording
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Career as a pianist
Szpilman began his study of the piano at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland, where he studied piano with Aleksander Michałowski and Józef Śmidowicz, first- and second-generation pupils of … See more
Survival during the Holocaust
Władysław Szpilman and his family, along with all other Jews living in Warsaw, were forced to move into a "Jewish quarter" – the Warsaw Ghetto – on 31 October 1940. Once all the Jews were confined within the ghetto, a w… See more
Polish Radio
Szpilman started playing for Polish Radio in 1935 as their house pianist. In 1939, on 23 September, Szpilman was in the middle of broadcasting when Germans opened fire on the studio and he was forced to stop playing. Thi… See more
Compositions
From his early Berlin years, Szpilman never gave up the will to write music, even when living in the Warsaw Ghetto. His compositions include orchestral works, concertos, piano pieces, but also significant amounts o… See more
The book
The Death of a City (original "Śmierć miasta") was written by Wladyslaw Szpilman and elaborated by Jerzy Waldorff shortly after the war ended, and first printed in 1946 by the publishing house Wiedza. The book w… See more
Death and tributes
Szpilman died of natural causes in Warsaw on 6 July 2000, aged 88. His death was not widely reported at the time. He is buried at Powązki Military Cemetery. On 25 September 2011, Polish Radio’s Studio 1 was renam… See more
Recordings
• CD "F.Chopin – Works" - National Edition – F.Chopin – Piano trio und Introduction und Polonaise – W. Szpilman, T. Wronski, A. Ciechanski, Muza Warsaw 1958 and 2002
• CD "J. Brahms – Piano Quintett" The Warsaw Pi… See more
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Quick Facts
Albums
Career as a pianist
Survival during the Holocaust
Polish Radio
Compositions
The book