Rare Gems: Wojciech Kilar Piano Concerto No. 1 (1996)
Wojciech Kilar (1932-2013) was born in Lwow (then Poland, now Ukraine), and spent most of his life in the city of Katowice. His initial studies were with Maria Bilińska-Riegerowa (piano) and Artur Malawski (harmony). Through a French government scholarship in 1959, Kilar moved to Paris to study composition under the notable pedagogue Nadia Boulanger. Kilar …