Museum of the composer Karol Szymanowski at the villa "Atma"
   Photo: Museum of the composer Karol Szymanowski at the villa "Atma"

Villa Atma - a museum located in the Polish town of Zakopane. Villa "Atma" - a place where Karol Szymanowski spent six years of his life. Currently, the museum houses items associated with the work-life of the Polish composer.

Villa "Atma" was built in the late 19th century as a guesthouse in popular style "chalet" Polish architect Józef Kasprov-Stoch. In 1930, the villa "Atma" rented Polish composer Karol Shamanovsky who wrote here Violin Concerto II and IV of the Sinfonia Concertante. Villa became his permanent residence after he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, he left his position as director of the Warsaw Conservatory in 1930. Among the artists who have visited a friend at the villa were: Arthur Rubinstein, Serge Lifar and Emil Mlunarski. In 1935 the composer went to Switzerland for treatment, where he died.

The idea of ​​creating the museum belonged to the composer's niece Christine Dabrowski, the initiative which started in 1972 to raise funds to purchase the property. In 1974, the villa "Atma" was handed over to the National Museum in Krakow, which began a two-year renovation. The museum was opened on 6 March 1976. The villa "Atma" of photographs and various documents was restored interior of the house of the composer's lifetime.

In March 2007, the museum was returned two portraits of the composer's hand Witkiewicz, which until 1936 were part of the original interior of the villa.

Currently, the villa hosts concerts and thematic seminars.

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