Józef Chwedczuk

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Józef Chwedczuk (born February 22, 1902 in Warsaw , † January 9, 1979 in Krakow ) was a Polish organist and music teacher.

Chwedzuk studied organ with H. Makowski at the Music Academy and with Bronisław Rutkowski at the Warsaw Conservatory. Here he also attended the music theory classes of Kazimierz Sikorski and Jan Adam Maklakiewicz . Until the Second World War he taught at the Warsaw Music Academy, during the war he was active in the Polish Home Army and also took part in the Warsaw Uprising .

After the war, Chwedczuk took over an organ class at the Kraków Music Academy alongside his teacher Rutkowski . His students included u. a. Jacek Kulig and Karol Mrowiec . After Rutkowski's death, he took over the chair of the organ, which he held until his retirement in 1972. From 1969 to 1972 he was also the rector of the music academy.

As an organist, Chwedczuk devoted himself particularly to composers of the Renaissance and early Baroque periods, and his repertoire also included works from Bach and Handel to Brahms , Reger , Franck and Messiaen . For his services he was awarded the Order of Merit of the People's Republic of Poland , the Prize of the Ministry of Art and Culture and the Commander's Cross of the Order Polonia Restituta .

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