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Zenon Kitowski

Zenon Kitowski is a Polish clarinetist. He was born in a Kashubian town of Kartuzë. After winning the Kurpiński International Clarinet Competition in Włoszakowice (Poland) in 1982, Kitowski accepted principal clarinetist position with Jerzy Maksymiuk’s Polish Chamber Orchestra and Sinfonia Varsovia. Kitowski has appeared frequently as soloist with the Polish Radio and Television Orchestra in Warsaw where he has held the principal clarinetist chair since 1993.

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Zenon Kitowski (born 1962) is a Polish clarinetist. He was born in a Kashubian town of Kartuzë (pol. Kartuzy). After winning the Kurpiński International Clarinet Competition in Włoszakowice (Poland) in 1982, Kitowski accepted principal clarinetist position with Jerzy Maksymiuk’s Polish Chamber Orchestra and Sinfonia Varsovia. Kitowski has appeared frequently as soloist with the Polish Radio and Television Orchestra in Warsaw where he has held the principal clarinetist chair since 1993.

Kitowski is also a clarinet teacher. He was a student of Władysław Świercz and Ryszard Sztajerwald.

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