Wojciech Kilar is one of Poland's premiere symphonic composers. Born in Lwow in 1932, he studied at the Higher School of Music in Katowice with piano master W. Markiewiczowna and composition tutor B. Woytowicz. He studied composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Kilar has won several international awards, and his works have been performed by several major international symphony orchestras. For the past 30 years, he has also composed music for films in Europe, France, and the US.