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Requiem Xi. Oratio Ii by Szymon Kuran

Artist Biography For Szymon Kuran

Szymon Kuran 16 December 1955 – 7 August 2005 Was A Polish Composer Violinist And Jazz Musician. Born In Szeligach Mazowieckie Poland He Moved To Reykjavík In 1984 Becoming One Of The Most Popular Musicians In Iceland. Szymon Kuran Initially Studied Music Under His Father And Later Became A Pupil Of Witold Krotkiewski Violinist And Composer. In 1975 He Graduated In Violin From The Państwową Średnią Szkołę Muzyczną Im. F. Chopina W Warszawie And In 1980 He Graduated From The Akademii Muzycznej Im. Stanisława Moniuszki W Gdańsku. In 1983-84 He Studied Orchestral Music At Goldsmiths College In London.
In 1981-83 He Served As Concertmaster Of The Baltic Philharmonic. In 1984 He Won The Competition For The Second Concertmaster In The Icelandic Symphony Orchestra In Reykjavík Position He Held Until 2000. In The Late 1980s Szymon Kuran Founded The Jazz Quartet Súld Which Participated In The Montreal International Jazz Festival And In 1989 He Founded The Jazz Quartet Kuran Swing. He Recorded Albums And Performed In Iceland And Abroad With Both Groups. In 1991 Kuran Gained Icelandic Citizenship And In 1994 He Received The Title Of Artist Of The Year Borgarlistmaður Given By The Reykjavík Authorities.

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