Roman Palester
Born: 28th December 1907, Snyatyn, Ukraine
Died: 25th August 1989, Paris, France
Nationality: Polish
Roman Palester was a Polish composer of classical music. Palester composed his most significant work during the 1960s and was the first Polish musician to be awarded the Alfred Jurzykowski Prize in 1964. His work was individual in style and not noticeably Polish in character.
Palester was born in Śniatyń of Habsburg-controlled Galicia, in 1907. At the age of seven he started piano lessons and by age twelve was studying at the Music Institute in Kraków.
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