Andrzej Szpilman

Andrzej Szpilman (born March 28, 1956) is a Polish dentist, composer, music producer, publisher, and son of the pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman. Biography Szpilman started his music education in 1962 under Prof. S. Kawalla (violin) and later from 1965 until 1974 in the 4th State School of Music in Warsaw (class of Prof. Nasalska violin and later viola). In 1976, he started to record for Polish Radio as a composer and music producer. He has worked with Polish singers Irena Santor, Hanna Banaszak, Grażyna Świtała, Bogusław Mec, accompanied by the Warsaw Radio Orchestra and Poznań Radio Orchestra. In 1980-81, as a music director, Szpilman produced several shows for TV-Poland. From 1982-83 he became the producer of the first record by the 1980s Polish group, “Oddział Zamknięty” (Close Department), which sold about 450.000 records in 1983 and received “Gold Record 83” from the Polish Recording Company. Besides his artistic activities he studied Dentistry at the Warsaw Medical Academy. In 1983 he moved to Hamburg, Germany, and until 1988 he worked as an assistant professor at the Conservative Dentistry Department of the University of Hamburg, while continuing to work at his own d