Kazimierz Flatau was a Polish harpsichordist, music critic, physicist, translator, and astrologist.
Education
Flatau attended Karol Marcinkowski (I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im Karola Marcinkowskiego) high school in Poznań. He graduated from the Mathematics and Natural Sciences department of the University of Poznań. At the same time he attended Conservatoire (university music school) in Poznań.
In 1931 he studied under Wanda Landowska at the École de Musique Ancienne in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt.
Career
He established school of harpsichord in Poznań, Poland. Most of his life he was associated with district of Poznań-Jeżyce. In 1948 he established class of harpsichord in the Academy in Poznań (at that time called Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Muzyczna in Poznań).
He represented the Poznań Academy as a juror during the first and second International Ancient Competition in Łódź in 1961 and 1964.
He was a poet and belonged to literary group "Gold Mosaic" (Złota Mozaika) together with F. M. Nowowiejski, L. Turkowski and K. Alberti. In 1946/1947, he was literary and music critic for the Zryw magazine.
In 1948/1949 he wrote for the and Theatre Echo (Echo Teatralne i Muzyczne).