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Zygmunt Krauze was born in Warsaw in 1938 . He studied piano and composition. After that he studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger as a holder of French government scholarship.
In 1967 he founded The Warsaw Music Workshop ensemble and served as its artistic director and pianist for over twenty years. The Ensemble commissioned works from more than 100 composers throughout the world. Zygmunt Krauze also maintained a solo career and has worked with many of the great orchestras and conductors in the world. Zygmunt Krauze's works have been performed on various music festivals around the world (including: Autumne de Paris; Musica, Strasbourg, Holland Festival; ISCM World Music Days; Warsaw Autumn) and in many world-known concert halls such as: Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft; Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; Suntory Hall, Tokyo; Beethovenhalle, Bonn.
In 1982 he was invited by Pierre Boulez to become a musical advisor to IRCAM in Paris.
Since 1965 he has given seminars as well as master classes of composition and contemporary music performance in Europe, in the United States of America and Japan.
Since 2003, he has served as president of the Witold Lutoslawski Society.