Szymon Kataszek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Szymon Kataszek

Polish actor and musician

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1898

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 22-May-1943

Profession: composer, conductor, pianist, jazz musician

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Szymon Kataszek (1898–1943) (born Boruch Szymon Kataszek), was a Polish-Jewish composer, bandleader, pianist, a pioneer of Polish jazz.
Born in Warsaw 1898; studied piano at the Warsaw Music Institute and Rome's St.
Cecilia Academy.
He returned to Poland and first worked as an organist in St.
Trinity Church, while also playing piano in nightclubs.