Wladyslaw Raczkowski

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Władysław Piotr Antoni Raczkowski (born May 19, 1893 in Wartkowice , † July 1, 1959 in Łódź ) was a Polish conductor , choirmaster , pianist and organist .

The son of the organist Antoni Raczkowski studied at the Warsaw Conservatory (today the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music ) until 1916 and then taught at various music schools. From 1920 to 1929 he worked in Poznan as an organist, chamber musician, conductor, choir director, music organizer and as a teacher at the conservatory. From 1929 to 1931 he taught at the Warsaw Conservatory and was choirmaster at the Warsaw National Philharmonic , after which he worked again in Poznan until the outbreak of the Second World War.

Raczkowski spent the occupation time in Warsaw, where he gave private music lessons. From 1945 he lived in Łódź. There he taught choir singing and introduction to music studies at the State University for Film, Television and Theater until 1949 and realized several musical theater performances with Tomasz Kiesewetter . After a year as artistic director of the National Philharmonic, he was director of the Philharmonic Orchestra in Łódź until 1954. From 1954 he directed the Opera House in Łódź, where he performed operas such as Don Pasquale , Krakowiaki i Górali , La traviata , Eugene Onegin , Madama Butterfly and Halka .

literature

  • Władysław Szołdrski: Kościół i cudowny obraz Najświętszej Panny w Smardzowicach . nakł. Stanisł. Raczkowskiego, 1921 (Polish).

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personal data
SURNAME Raczkowski, Wladyslaw
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Raczkowski, Wladyslaw Piotr Antoni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish conductor, choir director, organist and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Wartkowice
DATE OF DEATH July 1, 1959
Place of death Łódź