Jan A. P. Kaczmarek

Jan Andrzej Paweł Kaczmarek (Polish:

In the late 1970s, Kaczmarek started working with Jerzy Grotowski and his innovative Theater Laboratory. He created the Orchestra of the Eighth Day in 1977. He recorded his first album, Music for the End (1982), for the United States (US) company Flying Fish Records.

In 1989, Kaczmarek moved to

In addition to his work in films, Kaczmarek was commissioned to write two symphonic and choral pieces for two important national occasions in Poland: Cantata for Freedom (2005) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Solidarity movement, and Oratorio 1956 (2006) to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a bloody uprising against totalitarian government in Poznań, Poland. Both premieres were broadcast live on Polish national television. Other concert works of the composer include Jankiel's Concert, The Open Window and Fanfare A2. On 10 May 2014, the world premiere of Universa – Open Opera, an opera written for the 650th anniversary of the Jagiellonian University, was held in Kraków's Main Square. Jan's last monumental work, Emigra – The Neverending Symphony, was performed in February 2017 in Gdynia, Poland.^[5]

Kaczmarek is a member of the

In 2007, Kaczmarek began working to set up a film institute in his home country of Poland. Inspired by the Sundance Institute, he intends for the new institute to serve as a European center for the development of new work in film, theater, music and new media. His Instytut Rozbitek (Rozbitek Institute) opened in 2010.^[6]

On 1 July 2015, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the

Kaczmarek is the founder and director of the Transatlantyk Festival, held yearly in Łódź, Poland.^[8]

In 2023, he received the Lifetime Achievement

In 2023 the daughter of Jan stated that the composer suffers from multiple system atrophy from which there is no cure.^{[citation needed]}

Works

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

See also

• List of Polish composers
• List of Poles
• List of Polish Academy Award winners and nominees

References

External links

• Jan A.P. Kaczmarek – Official Site
• Jan A.P. Kaczmarek at
  IMDb
• Jan A.P. Kaczmarek at Culture.pl