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Biography

Kazimierz Morski was born in Boryslaw, Eastern Poland on 19.11.1939. In 1957 he completed his study in piano at the conservatory of Katowice. Seven years later he obtained an advanced degree in piano and organ from the superior music school of Warsaw. During this period he went to Japan and Russia for several tourneys. His meetings with Neuhaus (Warsaw) and Benedetti Michelangeli (Arezzo) were of great importance. In 1971 he also graduated in theory, composition and orchestra conducting in the same institution of Katowice. He took part in a number of well-known international competitions (Warsaw, Munich, Wien, Katowice) and toured the USSR, Africa and Europe. For more than seven years he was the Polish Philharmonic orchestra's music director and he worked with the world most famous musician such as H.Czerny-Stefanska, S.Richter, E. Ax and G.Kremer. In terms of performances in Poland and Italy, his activity has been intense, as both pianist and conductor: 5 Concertos by Beethoven, 2 by Chopin, Grieg, 2 by Liszt, Rachmaninov (III) and Prokofiev (III). Between all the orchestras that professor Morski have played with and conducted, it is important to remember: The Orchestra of Warsaw and Cracovia, The Philharmonic Orchestra of Katowice, The Musicverein in Wien, The Scarlatti Orchestra in Naples, The Orchestra of Parma, The Santa Cecilia Orchestra in Rome, The symphonic Theatre of Padova and Verona-Arena. In 1982 Kazimierz Morski conducted the orchestra of Lanciano-Festival for Pope John Paul II in Castel Gandolfo (Rom): (Chopin, Concert f minor and Beethoven, V Symphony). In 1994 he was nominated Professor of the University by the President of Poland; he is the Professor in University of Katowice (Poland) and visiting Professor at the University of Madrid and Rome II. He is the author of many essays concerning questions of muscial interpretation and he has taken part in a number of international conferences. The artist has recorded C.D. and for the radio -TV both in Poland, in Italy and abroad: (at dezember 2010: in Italian Tv (RAI II and III): Chopin.