Kaczyński, Tadeusz (EN)

Kaczyński Tadeusz, *18 February 1932 Warsaw, †10 September 1999 Dolina Chochołowska, Polish musicologist, critic and music activist. In 1950-55, he studied musicology at the Jagiellonian University with Z. Jachimecki and S. Łobaczewska; in 1963-64, he attended O. Messiaen’s analysis class at the conservatory in Paris, and privately studied analysis with M. Deutsch. In 1956–57, he was a music editor at Polish Radio (programs for abroad). In 1958–60, he was an employee and later a curator of the WTM Library. In 1961–91, he was the head of the national department in the Ruch Muzyczny editorial office. In 1960-62 and from 1995, he published articles in “Tygodnik Powszechny,” and in 1962-78 reviews in “Sztandar Młodych.” In 1991–93, he was the artistic director of the Representative Artistic Ensemble of the Polish Army. He published many articles and reviews in the domestic press (“Ruch Muzyczny,” “Jazz,” “Opera viva,” “Studio,” “Scena Perowa,” “Teatr” and others) and foreign press (“Fono-Forum,” “Opernwelt,” “Melos,” “Slovenská Hudba,” “Rassegna Musicale Curci,” “Le Monde Musical,” “Diapason,” “L’Avant-scène Opéra” and others). He produced numerous radio and television programs, including a series of programmes about W. Lutosławski’s works on Polish Radio, a series about the history of Chopin competitions on TV, and programmes about Polish music on French radio. In 1965–71, he worked in SPAM as secretary and then vice-chairman of the Critics Section. In 1970–81, he was a member of the repertoire committee of the International Festival of Contemporary Music “Warsaw Autumn.” In 1975–77, he was a member of the board of the ZKP Musicologists’ Section (in 1993–95, he was a chairman), and in 1983–85, he was a member of the Main Board of the ZKP. In 1981, he was a member of the Cultural Committee of NSZZ “Solidarność” in the Mazovia region. In 1983, he founded and then headed the so-called R. Traugutt Philharmonic Hall, where he organised patriotic and religious concerts. He received the SPAM Critics Section award twice for the best article about the Warsaw Autumn festival (1965, 1966), the SPAM Critics Section annual award (1971), the Bronze Cross of Merit (1980), the Solidarity Independent Culture Committee award (1985), and the 1^st prize at the International Radio Competition in Brno for the program Lutosławski – silhouette of the creator (1976).