Ewa Demarczyk

Ewa Demarczyk (1966)

Ewa Maria Demarczyk (born January 16, 1941 in Krakow ; † August 14, 2020 there ) was a Polish musician and actress .

Life

Ewa Demarczyk was a trained actress and pianist . She became known in the 1960s for her expressive text interpretations of her chansons and has been one of the personalities of the cultural scene in Poland ever since. She always appeared in a black dress, which earned her the nickname Black Angel or Black Lady of Polish Chanson.

While studying acting at the State Drama School in Cracow, she performed in the student cabaret Cyrulik and in 1962 came to the famous Cracow cabaret cellar Piwnica pod Baranami , where she began working with the composer Zygmunt Konieczny , who composed her most famous songs. Abroad she celebrated successes in the Paris Olympia , in New York's Carnegie Hall , in Geneva at the 20th anniversary of the UN and in Sweden and Belgium. After 1972 it appeared very rarely.

Discography

1963 - "Karuzela z Madonnami"
1967 - "Ewa Demarczyk śpiewa piosenki Zygmunta Koniecznego"
1974 - "Polsza"
1979 - "Live", Warsaw
1986 - "Piwnica pod Baranami 1963-68"
1998 - New edition of the album "Live"
1999 - new edition of the album "... śpiewa piosenki Zygmunta Koniecznego"

Awards and honors

Golden Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland , 1971
Member of the Legion of Honor (officer), 1977
Order of Polonia Restituta (Knight), 1979
Order of Polonia Restituta (Commander), 2000
Gloria Artis Gold Medal for Cultural Merit , 2005
Order of Polonia Restituta (Commander with Star), 2017

literature

Angelika Kuźniak, Ewelina Karpacz-Oboładze: Czarny Anioł. Opowieść o Ewie Demarczyk (The Black Angel): Znak, Społeczny Instytut Wydawniczy Sp.z oo: 2015: ISBN 978-83-240-2049-2

Web links

Commons : Ewa Demarczyk - collection of images

Ewa Demarczyk at Discogs (English)
Grande Valse Brillante (on YouTube)
Tomaszów (on YouTube)
Official website (Polish)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Postanowienie nr rej. 77/2017 Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 29 marca 2017 r. o nadaniu orderów. In: isap.sejm.gov.pl. March 29, 2017, accessed July 28, 2020 (Polish).
↑ Ewa Demarczyk nie żyje. Miała 79 lat. "Kilku pokoleniom prezentowała to, co w piosence najszlachetniejsze". Retrieved August 15, 2020 (Polish).
↑ Nowiny: dziennik Polskiej Zjednoczonej Partii Robotniczej. 1979, numbers 145-170 (lipiec) . 1979 ( rzeszow.pl [accessed July 28, 2020]).
↑ Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 6 kwietnia 2000 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń. In: isap.sejm.gov.pl. April 6, 2000, accessed July 28, 2020 (Polish).
↑ Medal Gloria Artis dla Tworcow i działaczy kultury. October 5, 2005, accessed July 28, 2020 (Polish).

personal data
SURNAME	Demarczyk, Ewa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Demarczyk, Ewa Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish musician and actress
DATE OF BIRTH	January 16, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Krakow
DATE OF DEATH	August 14, 2020
Place of death	Krakow

[:0-1] Postanowienie nr rej. 77/2017 Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 29 marca 2017 r. o nadaniu orderów. In: isap.sejm.gov.pl. March 29, 2017, accessed July 28, 2020 (Polish).

[2] Ewa Demarczyk nie żyje. Miała 79 lat. "Kilku pokoleniom prezentowała to, co w piosence najszlachetniejsze". Retrieved August 15, 2020 (Polish).

[3] Nowiny: dziennik Polskiej Zjednoczonej Partii Robotniczej. 1979, numbers 145-170 (lipiec) . 1979 ( rzeszow.pl [accessed July 28, 2020]).

[4] Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 6 kwietnia 2000 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń. In: isap.sejm.gov.pl. April 6, 2000, accessed July 28, 2020 (Polish).

[5] Medal Gloria Artis dla Tworcow i działaczy kultury. October 5, 2005, accessed July 28, 2020 (Polish).