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Krzysztof Penderecki (born November 23, 1933 in D?bica) is a Polish composer and conductor. His 1960 avant-garde Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for string orchestra brought him to international attention, and this success was followed by acclaim for his choral St. Luke Passion. Both these works exhibit novel compositional techniques. Since the 1970s Penderecki's style has changed to encompass a post-Romantic idiom.

A common passion, inspiration and way of seeing the world led, in June 2008, two friends - guitarist Janek Niedzielski and vocalist Filip Zielinski - to join forces on a project called Dianoya. Their musical pathways had previously crossed many times, but it was not until Dianoya that they began to compose together. Before long they assembled a full band: longtime friend and drummer Łukasz Chmielinski; bassist Adam Pierzchała; and at the end of the year guitarist Maciej Papalski.

Lidia is a versatile singer, endowed with a very warm and at the same time strong voice, with a very broad – four-octave vocal range. In the Eurovision Song Contest, Lidia Kopania will present a song called I Don’t Wanna Leave, which proves that there are no borders in music. The piece for the Polish singer was co-composed by a German composer born in Moscow, Alex Geringas. Lidia Kopania has released three albums so far: Beating The Morning Rush (2004), as well as Intuicja (2006) and Przed Switem (2008).

There are two bands with the name Lowtide. The first is a shoegaze band from Melbourne, Australia who began in 2010 as a project of Three Month Sunset. the lineup expanded to include vocalist and bassist Lucky Buckeridge, drummer Anton Jakovljovic and second bassist Giles Simon. They released their first EP independently in August of that year entitled You Are My Good Light. This was followed by the Underneath Tonight single in March 2011 which came out on the Departed Sounds label. The other are a Polish hardcore metal band.