Jerzy Lefeld was a Polish composer, pianist and a music teacher.

Lefeld was born and died in Warsaw

Warsaw

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World War II

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 he taught piano at the Warsaw Conservatory. He became its professor

Professor

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 in 1933. After the war he resumed work in the successor of the Conservatory, the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy

Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy

The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw is located at ulica Okólnik 2 in central Warsaw, Poland...

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His notable pupils included Witold Lutosławski and Stefan Kisielewski

Stefan Kisielewski

Stefan Kisielewski , nicknames Kisiel, Julia Hołyńska, Teodor Klon, Tomasz Staliński, was a Polish writer, publicist, composer and politician, and one of the members of Znak, one of the founders of the UPR, the polish libertarian and conservative political party.Kisielewski was born to a Polish...

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He composed many pieces, including several symphonies

Symphony

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