Zbigniew Turski
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Zbigniew Turski was a Polish
composer
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He was born in Konstancin
and died in Warsaw
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In 1948 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his Symfonia Olimpijska ("Olympic Symphony").
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
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He was born in Konstancin
Konstancin
Konstancin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Góra Świętej Małgorzaty, within Łęczyca County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Łęczyca and north of the regional capital Łódź.-References:...
and died in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
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In 1948 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his Symfonia Olimpijska ("Olympic Symphony").