POLISH SINGER, COMPOSER,

MULTIINSTRUMENTALIST AND

SONGSWRITER

Czesław Niemen

CZESŁAW NIEMEN (THE REAL NAME IS CZESŁAW

JULIUSZ WYDRZYCKI) WAS BORN IN OLD VASILISHKI, A VILLAGE IN BELARUS, IN 1939. IN 1958 HE WAS

REPATRIATED TO POLAND. HIS SCENICAL NAME IS A PSEUDONYM TAKEN AFTER THE NAME OF THE RIVER NIEMEN.

HIS LIFE

DEBUTED AS A ROCK AND SOUL SINGER IN THE

EARLY 1960'S WITH THE BAND „BLUE AND

BLACK”. AFTER LEAVING THE BAND HE

PERFORMED AS A SOLOIST AND LED HIS

OWN GROUPS AS WELL. HE HAS ALSO CREATED

MUSIC FOR THEATER AND FILM. IN THE LAST YEARS OF HIS CAREER, HE WAS

ALSO CREATING COMPUTER GRAPHICS.

CAREER

HIS GREATEST HITS INCLUDE "STRANGE IS THIS WORLD", "DO YOU STILL REMEMBER ME", „BENEATH THE PARROTS" AND "DREAM OF WARSAW".

SUCCESS

OUTSTANDING ARTIST

DIED ON 17 JANUARY

2004

THE SONG "STRANGE IS THIS WORLD” WAS A MAJOR POLISH

PROTEST SONG. IT’S AN EVERGREEN, STILL POPULAR

AND SUNG BY EVERYONE.

LIFE PERFORMENCE BY KRYSTIAN