Background
Krenz, Jan was born on July 14, 1926 in Wloclawek, Poland. Son of Otton and Eleonora Krenz.
Krenz, Jan was born on July 14, 1926 in Wloclawek, Poland. Son of Otton and Eleonora Krenz.
Ed, Warsaw & Lodz; Diploma, Ministry Foreign Affairs, 1980.
Symphony, two String Quartets, Nocturnes for Orchestra, Rozmowa dwdch miast (Conversation of Two Towns) (cantata), Rhapsody for Strings, Xylophone, Tam-Tam, Timpani and Celesta 1952, Concertino for Piano and Small Symphony Orchestra 1952; orchestral transcriptions of three fugues from The Art of Fugue (J. S. Bach) entitled: Polyphonic Suite 1950, Classical Serenade 1950; orchestral transcriptions of Microcosm (B. Bartdk) 1958, Masses (Szymanowski) 1964. Conductor and composer. Conductor Lddz Philharmonic Orch. 1945; Conductor, Poznari Philharmonic Orchestra 1948-1949.
Director and First Conductor Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice 1953-1967. Artistic Director, First Conductor Grand Opera House (Teatr Wielki), Warsaw 1967-1973. General Director of Music, Bonn Orchestra since 1978.
Tours in Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, France, USSR, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States of America, Japan, Australia etc. State; Minister of Culture and Art 1955, 1963.
Performer. Composer: Symphony, 2 String Quartets, Nocturnes for Orchestra, Rozmowa dwoch miast (cantata), Rahpsody for Strings, Xylophone, Tam-Tam, Timpany and Celesta, 1952, Concertino for Piano and Small Symphony Orchestra, 1952.
Painting.
Married Alina Krenz in 1958.