Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (born October 3, 1923, Lw'ow, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine) – died February 21, 2017, St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA) was a Polish-born American composer and conductor. He was already a well-known conductor and composer in his native Poland and throughout Europe before he made his US debut in 1958, conducting [a547971] at the invitation of [a547969]. He was music director of the [a973130] from 1960 to 1979. He regularly lead major ensembles in Vienna, Berlin, Paris, London, Rome, Munich, and other European cities, and made frequent appearances with the most prestigious American orchestras, including those of Boston, Cleveland, and Philadelphia. In 1968, he made his Salzburg Festival debut with the [a754974]. That same year, at the request of the late United Nations Secretary-General [a5052604], he led the Minnesota Orchestra in a special concert in [l523105], commemorating the 20th anniversary of Human Rights Day. His debut at [a837548] followed two years later, when he conducted performances of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" at the [l520557] and also on a national tour. Among his acclaimed compositions is the "Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra", premiered by the Minnesota Orchestra under Skrowaczewski's own baton on April 1981.