Theodor Kanitzer
Theodor Kanitzer (born June 16, 1926 in Vienna ) is President of the International Chopin Society and the "Austrian-Polish Society" and a recognized Chopin expert.
Life
After attending elementary and middle school, Kanitzer began an apprenticeship in radio and electronics retail and completed it with the assistant examination. He then graduated from the Albertgymnasium in Vienna and studied political science at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Vienna , which he completed with a doctorate. During his doctoral studies, he already gave lectures in sociology, film, music and the visual arts.
Kanitzer has been a member of the Austro-Polish Society since 1953 and has been Executive President of the Austro-Polish Society since 1971. In 1974 the presidency of the "International Chopin Society" followed. In 1975, together with Vice Chancellor and Trade Minister Fritz Bock , the “Economic Forum” was founded to promote economic relations between the two countries.
Awards
- Great badge of honor for services to the Republic of Austria
- Gold medal for services to the Republic of Austria
- Gold medal of the federal capital Vienna
- Great Decoration of Honor of the Federal State of Lower Austria (2009)
- Gold Medal of Honor of the Federal State of Lower Austria
- Ring of honor of the Lower Austrian market town of Gaming
- Medal of Honor of the Charterhouse Gaming
- Professional title Professor , awarded by the Federal President
- PaN personality award for life's work in the service of friendship between peoples and Austria
- Medal of Merit of the Charterhouse Gaming
- Polish Commander's Cross for Services to the Republic of Poland
- Order of Polonia Restituta (Order Odrodzenta Polski)
- Order for the Merits of Polish Culture
- Silver Gloria Artis Medal for Cultural Merit (highest Polish award for culture)
- Gold Medal for Services to the Katowice Voivodeship
- Gold Medal for Services to the City of Lublin
- Honorary member and holder of the golden badge of honor of the Krakow Rooster Brotherhood (Bractwo Kurkowe)
- "Merentibus" Medal of Honor from the University of Wroclaw / UNIVERSITAS WRATISLAWIENSIS
- Medal of Honor of the Mazovian Humanistic and Pedagogical University in Lowicz "MASOVIAE MATRIS AMICO"
- Golden Owl, Award of the Congress of Polish Intellectuals in Austria
- Chevalier dans l´ ordre des arts et lettres / Knight of the Order of Art and Literature
- Knight of the North Star Order 1st class of the Association Communautaire des l´Ordre Europeen du Merite
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| SURNAME | Kanitzer, Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Chopin and Poland expert |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |