Zbigniew Łapiński

Zbigniew Łapiński
Zbigniew Łapiński
	Zbigniew Łapiński in 2013
Background information
Born	12 November 1947; Warsaw, Poland
Died	2 April 2018 (aged 70); Warsaw, Poland
Genres	Sung poetry
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, pianist, accompanist, arranger, conductor
Instrument	Piano
Years active	1970s–2005
Website	zbigniewlapinski.pl

Zbigniew Janusz Łapiński (12 November 1947 – 2 April 2018) was a Polish musician, composer, pianist, accompanist, arranger, and conductor.

Biography

He was best known for his collaboration with Przemysław Gintrowski and Jacek Kaczmarski. He also worked with the band Czerwony Tulipan,^[1]^[2]^[3] as well as with Kuba Sienkiewicz, contributing to three of Sienkiewicz's solo albums and performing with him in acoustic concerts.^[4]^[5]^[6] Lapiński also took part in concerts and studio recordings with Mirosław Czyżykiewicz.

Together with Jørn Simen Øverli, he recorded two albums: the first featuring songs by the Kaczmarski-Gintrowski-Lapiński trio and other polish poets; the second, a set of Vladimir Vysotsky’s songs translated into Norwegian, which won the 1989 Spellemannprisen.^[7]^[8]

In November 2005, he suffered a stroke and withdrew from professional life.

He died on April 2, 2018 and was buried in the Avenue of the Meritorious at Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.^[9]

In 1999, he was awarded the honorary badge Meritorious Activist of Culture. On October 15, 2004, was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit.^[10] In August 2006, President Lech Kaczyński presented him with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.^[11]^[12] In 2016, he was awarded the Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture.^[13]

Compositions by Lapiński (together with Jacek Kaczmarski, anthologized under the listed section titles):

^ "Czamara". mtj.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2012-09-07.
^ "Taniec życia". strefapiosenki.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2012-09-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Ewa". mtj.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2012-09-04.
^ "Studio szum". elektrycznegitary.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
^ "Kup pan cegłę (dla Amnesty)". elektrycznegitary.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
^ "Powrót brata". elektrycznegitary.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
^ "Zbigniew Łapiński skończył 60 lat". strefapiosenki.pl (in Polish).
^ "Pomoc dla Zbyszka Łapińskiego". pfm.waw.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
^ "Wyborcza.pl". wyborcza.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
^ "M.P. 2005 nr 9 poz. 160". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
^ "Dzisiaj mamy dzień zwycięzców". prezydent.pl (in Polish).^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "M.P. 2006 nr 80 poz. 807". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-05-27.
^ "Lista laureatów Medalu Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis" (in Polish).