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Leopold Kozłowski
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Born November 26, 1918 · Peremyschljany, Ukraine
Died May 12, 2019
Also known as Leopold Kozłowski-Kleinman
Biography
Leopold Kozłowski-Kleinman (November 26, 1918 – May 12, 2019) was a Polish composer, conductor and pianist. He was an artistic director of The Jewish Theatre in Warsaw as well as the Gypsy group Roma. He worked as a musical consultant for the folk group Rzeszowiacy. He founded The Dance and Song Group of the Krakow’s military district. In Poland Kozłowski was referred to as ‛The Last Klezmer Of Galicia’.
Awards & recognition
- honorary citizen of Kraków · 2014
- Cross of Valour (1944)
- Medal — Merit to Culture
- Medal — Warsaw 1939-1945
- Medal "For Oder, Nysa and the Baltic"
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- Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945
- Partisan Cross (Poland)
