Zbigniew Preisner (Polish pronunciation: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf ˈpɾajsnɛɾ]; born May 20, 1955 in Bielsko-Biała as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski) is one of Poland's leading film score composers, best known for his work with film director Krzysztof Kieślowski.
Zbigniew Preisner - Russian for Anton John Campbell
Preisner studied history and philosophy in Kraków. Never having received formal music lessons, he taught himself about music by listening and transcribing pa...
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Zbigniew Preisner (Polish pronunciation: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf ˈpɾajsnɛɾ]; born May 20, 1955 in Bielsko-Biała as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski) is one of Poland's leading film score composers, best known for his work with film director Krzysztof Kieślowski.
Zbigniew Preisner - Russian for Anton John Campbell
Preisner studied history and philosophy in Kraków. Never having received formal music lessons, he taught himself about music by listening and transcribing parts from records. His compositional style represents a distinctively spare form of tonal neo-Romanticism. Paganini and Jean Sibelius are acknowledged influences.
Preisner is best known for the music composed for the films directed by fellow Pole Krzysztof Kieślowski. His Song for the Unification of Europe, based on the Greek text of 1 Corinthians 13, is attributed to a character in Kieślowski's Three Colors: Blue and plays a dominating role in the story. His music for Three Colors: Red includes a setting of Polish and French versions of a poem...
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