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Wanda Wiłkomirska

1929 - 2018

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Wanda Wiłkomirska (11 January 1929 – 1 May 2018) was a Polish violinist and academic teacher. She was known for both the classical repertoire and for her interpretation of 20th-century music, having received two Polish State Awards for promoting Polish music to the world as well as other awards for her contribution to music. She gave world premiere performances of numerous contemporary works, including music by Tadeusz Baird and Krzysztof Penderecki. Wiłkomirska performed on a violin crafted by Pietro Guarneri in 1734 in Venice. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wanda Wiłkomirska is the 1,680th most popular musician (down from 1,607th in 2019), the 1,116th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,095th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Polish Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Wanda Wiłkomirska ranks 1,680 out of 3,175Before her are Imants Kalniņš, Franco Luambo, Nat Adderley, Robert Hausmann, Guru Josh, and Bernie Leadon. After her are Jake E. Lee, Teddy Riley, Tomatito, Shlomo Artzi, Chico Hamilton, and Peter Buck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Wanda Wiłkomirska ranks 441Before her are Józef Pińkowski, Bruno Belin, Pat Crawford Brown, Marcelino dos Santos, Charlotte Froese Fischer, and Amar Bose. After her are Yuri Artsutanov, William Fields, Olga Tass, Kazimierz Kutz, Ivor Allchurch, and James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife. Among people deceased in 2018, Wanda Wiłkomirska ranks 409Before her are Charlotte Rae, Didier Lockwood, Jo Jo White, Pik Botha, Kurt Helmudt, and Philippe Gondet. After her are Dariush Shayegan, George Deukmejian, Bob Clotworthy, Diana Der Hovanessian, Olga Jackowska, and Jeanne Ashworth.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Wanda Wiłkomirska ranks 1,116 out of 1,694Before her are Tadeusz Ślusarski (1950), Jan Werner (1946), Zygmunt Maszczyk (1945), Andrzej Zieliński (1936), Christoph Hein (1944), and Dieter Kottysch (1943). After her are Władysław Broniewski (1897), Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz (1936), Manfred Stolpe (1936), Arkadiusz Milik (1994), Kazimierz Paździor (1935), and Adam Darski (1977).

Among MUSICIANS In Poland

Among musicians born in Poland, Wanda Wiłkomirska ranks 26Before her are Tomasz Stańko (1942), Szymon Goldberg (1909), Ewa Demarczyk (1941), Paweł Mąciwoda (1967), Bronisław Kaper (1902), and Harry Winter (1914). After her are Adam Darski (1977), Zbigniew Namysłowski (1939), Nicolas Chumachenco (1944), Roman Totenberg (1911), Adam Taubitz (1967), and Rafał Blechacz (1985).