Mikołaj Górecki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mikołaj Górecki

Polish composer

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1971

Place of Birth: Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: composer

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Mikolaj Górecki (born 1971) is a Polish composer.
He is the son of the composer Henryk Górecki (1933-2010).
In 1995 he graduated with honours in composition from the Music Academy in Katowice.
In 1996, he received two scholarships from The Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada.
In 2000 he received a doctorate in composition from Indiana University, Bloomington in the United States.
In 2001-2002 he lectured at McGill University in Montreal.
He currently lives and works in the United States.