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1. symphony.org › obituary-conductor-and-composerObituary: Conductor and composer Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, 93

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   Feb 22, 2017 · Obituary: Conductor and composer Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, 93. “Minnesota’s beloved maestro Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, who defected from Communist Poland to lead the Minnesota Orchestra to new heights, died Tuesday at 93,” writes Jenna Ross in Tuesday’s (2/21) Star Tribune (Minneapolis).

2. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk › news › greaterTributes to Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, 'extraordinary' Halle ...

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   Feb 23, 2017 · Tributes have been paid to Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, the Halle Orchestra's revered former principle conductor who has died aged 93. The Polish-born American national was affectionately known as...

3. www.prestomusic.com › classical › articlesStanisław Skrowaczewski | Presto Music

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   Feb 22, 2017 · Born in October 1923 in Lwów, Skrowaczewski exhibited remarkable pianistic and compositional talent from a very early age and initially intended to build a career as a pianist, but was forced to change direction after sustaining a hand injury during an aerial bombardment during World War Two.

4. www.theartsdesk.com › classical-music › farewellFarewell, Stanisław Skrowaczewski (1923-2017) | The Arts Desk

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   Feb 24, 2017 · A tribute to the conductor and composer who has died at the age of 93. Bruckner conductors improve with age: Haitink, Blomstedt, Gielen – octogenarians all. But Stanisław Skrowaczewski went further, conducting his favourite composer almost to his death, this week at the age of 93.

5. www.telegraph.co.uk › obituaries › 2017/02/26Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor at the Hallé – obituary

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   Feb 26, 2017 · Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, who has died aged 93, was a Polish-born conductor and composer who was at the helm of the Hallé Orchestra from 1984 to 1991, bringing to the North a taste of eastern ...

6. www.nytimes.com › 2017/02/26 › artsStanislaw Skrowaczewski, Conductor Who Fled Poland, Dies at 93

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   Feb 26, 2017 · Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, a conductor who defected from his native Poland in 1960 to take charge of the Minnesota Orchestra for the next 19 years, died on Tuesday in Minneapolis. He was 93.

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Stanisław_SkrowaczewskiStanisław Skrowaczewski - Wikipedia

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   Skrowaczewski received his second Pulitzer nomination in 1999 for his Concerto for Orchestra. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] He received the Commander Order of the White Eagle , the highest order conferred by the Polish government, as well as the Gold Medal of the Mahler-Bruckner Society, the 1973 Ditson Conductor's Award , and the Kennedy Center Friedheim Award 's third prize in 1978 for his Ricercari Notturni ...