Lech Jankowski

Lech Jankowski (Leszek Jankowski), born in 1956 in Leszno and based in Poznań, is a Polish composer of theatre and film music, a painter and an ethnologist. He wrote the music for several films by the Brothers Quay, including Street of Crocodiles, which won a music prize at the Zagreb animation festival in 1986, and Institute Benjamenta. He composes for Polish theatres and has staged his own performances combining music, visual art and theatre. His paintings have been shown in solo exhibitions in Poland and in Berlin.

April 1, 1956