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March 29, 2020
Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer and conductor (born 1933)
Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki was a Polish composer and conductor. His best-known works include Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, Symphony No. 3, his St Luke Passion, Polish Requiem, Anaklasis and Utrenja. His oeuvre includes five operas, eight symphonies and other orchestral pieces, a variety of instrumental concertos, choral settings of mainly religious texts, as well as chamber and instrumental works.
March 29
March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 277 days remain until the end of the year.