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Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Conductor, composer

Born Oct. 3, 1923, Lwow, Poland; came to U.S., 1960; son of Pawel and Zofia (Karszniewicz); married Krystyna (Jarosz); children: Paul, Nicholas.

Education: Music Academy, Lwow, 1945; Music Academy, Cracow (Poland), 1946; Doctor honoris causa, Hamline University, St. Paul (MN), 1963, and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1979.

Career: principal conductor and music director, Polish philharmonics - Wroclaw, 1946-47, Katowice, 1949-54, Cracow, 1954-56; principal conductor, National Philharmonic, Warsaw (Poland), 1956-59; Minneapolis Symphony (MN), 1960-79; Halle Orchestra (United Kingdom), 1983-91.

Author: symphonies, overtures, opera, songs, chamber, choral and film music; concerts for violin, and clarinet, English horn, saxophone; concert for orchestra.

Member of: International Society of Contemporary Music; Polish Composers Union (Poland); American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Honors: 1st prize, International Competition of Composers, Moscow (Russia - USSR), 1955; 1st prize, International Competition of Conductors, Rome (Italy), 1956; Golden Medal, Bruckner - MahIer Society, 1970; conductor award, Columbia University, New York City, 1973; composer's award, Kennedy Center, Washington (DC), 1976; Doctor of Humane Arts, Royal College of Music, Manchester (United Kingdom), 1986; several awards, American orchestras.

Languages: Polish, English, French, German, Italian, Russian.

Hobbies: literature, sports, mountain climbing.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.

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