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My Take
Zbigniew Turski is the kind of figure I love rediscovering. A Polish composer and conductor who won gold at the 1948 London Olympic Art Competitions, a category that no longer even exists, with his Olympic Symphony. There is something poignant about an artist earning an Olympic medal in the rubble of postwar Poland, as if music itself were part of rebuilding a nation. His Order of Polonia Restituta tells me he was deeply valued at home. He may be largely forgotten outside specialist circles, but I find quiet giants like him worth remembering and admiring.
Overview
Zbigniew Turski (21 July 1908 – 6 January 1979) was a Polish composer. He was born in Konstancin and died in Warsaw. Polish composer and conductor Zbigniew Turski won the gold medal at the 1948 London Olympic Art Competitions for his Symfonia Olimpijska ("Olympic Symphony") in the category of Music, Compositions for Orchestra.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Zbigniew Turski
- Name (Japanese)
- ズビグニェフ・トゥルスキ
- Reading
- ずびぐにぇふ・とぅるすき
- Born
- October 21, 1908 – January 6, 1979
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Monkey
- Origin
- Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- artist / composer / conductor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Chopin University of Music
Awards & achievements
- Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland
- Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Artist — see all → · Composer — see all → · More people from Poland →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.