COMPOSER

Jan A. P. Kaczmarek

1953 - 2024

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Jan Andrzej Paweł Kaczmarek (Polish: [jan ˈandʐɛj ˈpavɛw kat͡ʂˈmarɛk]; 29 April 1953 – 21 May 2024) was a Polish composer. He wrote scores for more than 70 feature films and documentaries, including Finding Neverland (2004), for which he won an Oscar and a National Board of Review Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan A. P. Kaczmarek has received more than 184,868 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jan A. P. Kaczmarek is the 1,235th most popular composer (down from 1,180th in 2019), the 1,063rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 959th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Polish Composer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.51

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek ranks 1,235 out of 1,451Before him are Gavriil Popov, Milton Babbitt, Gerald Finzi, Thomas Linley the younger, Frigyes Hidas, and Leo Ornstein. After him are Enoch Sontonga, Bronius Kutavičius, Dobri Hristov, Rachel Portman, Masaaki Suzuki, and Emīls Dārziņš.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek ranks 353Before him are Thomas Ligotti, Xabier Azkargorta, Adrie van Kraay, Tony Carey, Christian Lopez, and John Musker. After him are Walter Lübcke, Klaus Schmidt, Herbert Neumann, Patrick Chamoiseau, Branko Milanović, and Valery Korzun. Among people deceased in 2024, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek ranks 314Before him are Ray Reardon, Duane Eddy, Josef Jelínek, Laurent Cantet, Mark Damon, and James Darren. After him are Michael Ruse, Karin Baal, Helen Gallagher, Ștefan Birtalan, Jean Carnahan, and Jadwiga Barańska.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek ranks 1,063 out of 1,694Before him are Danas Pozniakas (1939), Erich Hecke (1887), Halina Poświatowska (1935), Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska (1957), Stefan Mazurkiewicz (1888), and Artur Brauner (1918). After him are Eddi Arent (1925), Marie Juchacz (1879), Sergey Lebedev (1874), Kazimierz Kutz (1929), Juliusz Machulski (1955), and Leopold Skulski (1877).

Among COMPOSERS In Poland

Among composers born in Poland, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek ranks 37Before him are Zygmunt Noskowski (1846), Wacław of Szamotuły (1520), Władysław Żeleński (1837), Karol Kurpiński (1785), Oskar Kolberg (1814), and Tadeusz Baird (1928). After him are Ludomir Różycki (1883), Abel Korzeniowski (1972), and Agata Zubel (1978).