Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Władysław Szpilman across 5 places, from 1940 to 2000.
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Władysław Szpilman (5 December 1911 – 6 July 2000) was a Polish Jewish pianist, classical composer and Holocaust survivor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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31 October 1940exact date
Warsawattested“Władysław Szpilman and his family, along with all other Jews living in Warsaw, were forced to move into a "Jewish quarter" – the Warsaw Ghetto – on 31 October 1940.”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
1952year
Warsawattested“He aided several other would-be victims in Warsaw; Hosenfeld nonetheless died (in 1952) after seven years in Soviet captivity, despite the efforts of Szpilman to help him.”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
1952year
Sovietattested“He aided several other would-be victims in Warsaw; Hosenfeld nonetheless died (in 1952) after seven years in Soviet captivity, despite the efforts of Szpilman to help him.”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
1963 to 2000period
Londonattested“Szpilman and Bronislav Gimpel founded the Warsaw Piano Quintet in 1963 with which Szpilman performed more than 2000 concerts worldwide until 1986 in such places as Royal Festival Hall in London; Salle Pleyel and Salle Gaveau in Paris; He…”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
1963 to 2000period
Parisattested“Szpilman and Bronislav Gimpel founded the Warsaw Piano Quintet in 1963 with which Szpilman performed more than 2000 concerts worldwide until 1986 in such places as Royal Festival Hall in London; Salle Pleyel and Salle Gaveau in Paris; He…”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
1963 to 2000period
Munichattested“Szpilman and Bronislav Gimpel founded the Warsaw Piano Quintet in 1963 with which Szpilman performed more than 2000 concerts worldwide until 1986 in such places as Royal Festival Hall in London; Salle Pleyel and Salle Gaveau in Paris; He…”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
6 July 2000exact date
Warsawattested“Szpilman died of natural causes in Warsaw on 6 July 2000, aged 88.”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
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1931year
Berlinmentioned“In 1931, he was a student of the prestigious Academy of Arts in Berlin, Germany, where he studied with Artur Schnabel, Franz Schreker, and Leonid Kreutzer.”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
1932year
Polandmentioned“8) Szpilman's compositions include the suite for piano "Life of the Machines" 1932, Violin Concerto 1933, "Waltzer in the Olden Style" 1937, film soundtracks: "Świt, dzień i noc Palestyny" (1934), Wrzos (1938) and Doctor Murek (1939), Co…”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
1933year
Warsawmentioned“After Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Szpilman returned to Warsaw, where he quickly became a celebrated pianist and composer of both classical and popular music.”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
1934year
Polandmentioned“Primarily a soloist, he was also the chamber music partner of such acclaimed violinists as Roman Totenberg, Ida Haendel and Henryk Szeryng, and in 1934, he toured Poland with U.S.”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
1942year
Treblinka extermination campmentioned“Everyone in his family was deported in 1942 to Treblinka, an extermination camp within German-occupied Poland approximately northeast of Warsaw.”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
13 February 1943exact date
Warsawmentioned“Szpilman remained in the Warsaw Ghetto until 13 February 1943, shortly before it was abolished after the deportation of most of its inhabitants in April–May 1943.”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
1945year
Polandmentioned“When Szpilman resumed his job at Polish Radio in 1945, he did so by carrying on where he left off six years before: poignantly, he opened the first transmission by once again playing Chopin's Nocturne in C-sharp Minor (Lento con gran esp…”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
1955year
Polandmentioned“In the 1950s, he wrote about 40 songs for children, for which he received an award from the Polish Composers Union in 1955.”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
1961year
Sopotmentioned“He also wrote music for radio plays and films and in 1961, he created the International Song Contest in Sopot, Poland, which has been produced every summer for more than 50 years.”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
1961year
Polandmentioned“In 1961, he initiated and organized the Sopot International Song Festival produced in Poland every summer, now for more than 50 years.”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
1998year
Polandmentioned“His son Andrzej commented in 1998 that Szpilman's works did not reach a larger audience outside Poland, attributing this to the "division of Europe into two halves culturally as well as politically" after the war.”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
March 1999month
Londonmentioned“In March 1999 Władysław Szpilman visited London for Jewish Book Week, where he met English readers to mark the publication of the book in Great Britain.”source: Wikipedia: Władysław Szpilman
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