Bogusław Schaeffer's Funeral in Salzburg

A funeral of Bogusław Schaeffer – composer, musicologist, playwright, graphic designer and teacher, honorary member of the Polish Composers' Union –took place on 16 July 2019 at the Komunalfriedhof in Salzburg.

During the ceremony, the President of the Board of the Polish Radio RDC, Tadeusz Deszkiewicz, handed to the family of the great artist the Order of Polonia Restituta First Class, the Grand Cross, awarded posthumously to Bogusław Schaeffer by the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda. Among Polish civilian awards, the Order is second only to the rarely awarded Order of the White Eagle.

The funeral ceremony was attended by the artistist's family, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Austria, Mrs Jolanta Róża Kozłowska, the Vice-Consul of the Republic of Poland in Munich, Mr Michał Madaj, representatives of the Salzburg Mozarteum and artists, including an outstanding singer living in Salzburg, Aleksandra Zamojska, and a student of the composer, prof. dr hab. Marek Chołoniewski, head of the Electroacoustic Music Studio at the Academy of Music in Krakow.