Przemysław Gintrowski (21 December 1951 - 20 October 2012) was a Polish composer and musician.
Gintrowski debuted in 1976 in a review of the Warsaw Riviera with the song "Epitaph for Sergei Esenin". Shortly after, in 1979, formed a trio with Jacek Kaczmarski and Zbigniew Łapiński, and initiated a poetic program "Mury" ("Walls"). The song title of the program, "Mury", based on the song written by the Catalan bard Lluis Llach L'Estaca - has become an unofficial hymn of "Solidarity" and symbol of the struggle against the regime. Another program they have created is "Raj" and "Museum".
With the declaration of martial law in December 1981 the Trio broke - Jacek Kaczmarski remained in exile in France, and Gintrowski began his own artistic activity. He made his debut as a film music composer - for the next ten years he created music for more than twenty fiction films and series.
Gintrowski's songs are based on texts by Jacek Kaczmarski, Zbigniew Herbert, Tomasz Jastrun, Krzysztof Maria Sieniawski, Czech Jerzy, Tadeusz Nowak and Marek Tercz. For several years he has not recorded his own songs, although he still composed for other artists and prepared music for films. Gintrowski announced that he would record another album titled "Kanapka z człowiekiem" ("Sandwich with a man") that would contain older material in the new developments, as well as some new songs. On 31 August 2006 he was awarded by President Lech Kaczynski with the Order of Restitutional Poland.
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