Kazimierz Serocki
Kazimierz Serocki (born March 3, 1922, Toruń, Poland—died January 31, 1981, Warsaw) was a Polish composer who was a founding member, with Jan Krenz and Tadeusz Baird, of the Group 49 movement, which helped gain international recognition for post-World War II Polish music. In 1956, Serocki participated with Tadeusz Baird in the foundation of the Warsaw Autumn festival of international contemporary music.
Serocki studied with Kazimierz Sikorski in Łódź and with Lazare Lévy and Nadia Boulanger in Paris. In 1952 his piano work Suita Preludiów (“Suite of Preludes”) won him his first national music prize; other prizes followed in 1963 and 1972. His Freski Symfoniczne (1964; “Symphonic Frescoes”) for full orchestra received a UNESCO award in 1965, and Pianophonie (1978) won the 1979 Prix Italia.