Today, at the age of 71, Jan Andrzej Paweł Kaczmarek (1953-2024) - a world-famous Polish composer, author of music for over seventy feature films and documentaries, winner of an Oscar for the music for the film "Finding Neverland" – passed away.

He was an autodidact in the field of composition. He studied at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań. During his studies, he collaborated with the avant-garde Laboratory Theater of Jerzy Grotowski, and then with the Teatr Ósmego Dnia, where he created the chamber Orchestra of the Eighth Day. For ten years he created music for the performances of the Polish Theater in Poznań (1978-1988).

May he rest in peace.

Photo: Szymon Kaczmarek