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Ignacy Jan Paderewski (Polish: [iɡˈnatsɨ ˈjan padɛˈrɛfskʲi] ; 18 November [O.S. 6 November] 1860 – 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist, composer and statesman who was a spokesman for Polish independence. In 1919, he was the nation's prime minister and foreign minister during which he signed the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I.A favorite of concert audiences around the world, his musical fame opened access to diplomacy and the media, as possibly did his status as a freemason, and charitable work of his second wife, Helena Paderewska. During World War I, Paderewski advocated an independent Poland, including by touring the United States, where he met with President Woodrow Wilson, who came to support the creation of an independent Poland in his Fourteen Points at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, which led to the Treaty of Versailles.Shortly after his resignations from office, Paderewski resumed his concert career to recoup his finances and rarely visited the politically chaotic Poland thereafter, the last time being in 1924.
Filmography
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Movies 8
self 2
The Ambassador & Me (2011)
Piano Blues (2003)
Powrót do Polski (1988)
The Naked Angel (1946)
Moonlight Sonata (1937)
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Birthday1860-11-18
Deathday1941-06-29 (80 years old)
Birth NameIgnacy Jan Paderewski
CitizenshipsPoland, United States of America
Awardshonorary doctor of the Lviv University, honorary doctor of the Yale University, honorary doctor of the University of Southern California, honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow, Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford, honorary doctorate from Columbia University, honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge, Honorary doctor of the University of Lausanne, Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire, Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, honorary doctor of the University of Warsaw, Order of the White Eagle
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