Influential Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, who created new sounds from the forms and styles of works from past centuries, dead at 86 years:
https://kultura.gazeta.pl/kultura/7,114526,25828164,nie-zyje-krzysztof-penderecki-wybitny-kompozytor-mial-86-lat.html
His most popular composition is likely "Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima," and he received the Commander's Cross Award in 1964.