Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski was a Polish composer and music educator. He was born in Warsaw on November 27, 1879, and died in 1950; the article text gives April 27 as the date of death, while the infobox gives April 21. His death place is listed as Bydgoszcz or Warsaw.
Wieniawski studied piano in Warsaw with Zygmunt Noskowski and composition with Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński. He continued his studies in Paris with Vincent d’Indy and Gabriel Fauré.
In 1928, he became head of the Warsaw Music Society and of the Frédéric Chopin Higher School of Music, which operated under the society’s patronage and successfully competed with the Warsaw Conservatory. From 1932, he chaired the Polish Composers’ Union. In 1935, he founded the International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition and became the first chair of its jury. He also chaired the juries of the Second and Third International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competitions, held in 1932 and 1937.
His works include the operas Megaë, Zofka, The Liberated, and The Lover King; the ballets Lalita and Aktea in Jerusalem; the symphonietta Little Tales; eight symphonic poems; and a concertino for piano and orchestra. He also wrote film music, including music for The Haunted Manor, two string quartets, twelve easy piano pieces, the piano work Little Triptych, and songs for voice with piano and orchestra, including arrangements of Polish folk songs.