Name Robert Satanowski Role Conductor | Children Jerzy Satanowski | |
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Died August 9, 1997, Wroclaw, Poland People also search for Jerzy Satanowski, Grazyna Ikowska, Zofia Drozdz-Satanowska, Danuta Balicka | ||
Stanislaw Moniuszko: Bajka, Opera-fairy tale Overture, Robert Satanowski (conductor)
Robert Satanowski (January 20, 1918 – August 9, 1997) was a Polish general who later became a major European orchestra and opera conductor.
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- Robert Satanowski
- Military career
- Music career
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Robert Satanowski
Military career
A teacher with a background in engineering, during World War II he joined the Soviet-aligned Polish resistance in Volhynia where he became a leader of his own group of partisans. Later he joined the Ludowe Wojsko Polskie, where he reached the rank of a general. Later he joined the Polish Navy, but in 1949 he resigned from the military.
Music career
He started a career in music, becoming the director of Lublin Philharmony (1951-1954) and Bydgoszcz Philharmony (1954-1958). Later, he studied opera production and became the artistic director of opera in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz), Poznań (1963–65), Kraków (1975–77), Wrocław (1977–82), Warsaw (1981-91), and Aachen (1991–92). He also worked as a guest conductor across Europe, North America, as well as Iran and Turkey.