Paweł Szymański

Paweł Szymański ( born March 28, 1954 in Warsaw) is a Polish composer.

Life

Szymański studied until 1978 at the Warsaw Academy of Music composition with Wlodzimierz Kotonski. He continued his education at Tadeusz Baird and 1984-85 at Roman hood -Ramati in Vienna. In 1976 he participated in the International Summer Academy of Ancient Music in Innsbruck in part, in 1978, 1980 and 1982 at the Darmstadt Summer Courses. He worked from 1979 to 1981 with the Experimental Studio of the Polish Radio, 1982-84 with the Independent Studio for Electroacoustic Music and in 1983 with the Electronic Music Studio of the Academy of Music in Krakow together. As a participant of the German Academic Exchange Service 1987-89 he was an employee of the Electronic Studio of the Technical University of Berlin.

1979 won Szymański with the Gloria for women's choir and instrumental ensemble first prize in the competition for young composers of the Polish Composers Union. For Lux Aeterna 1984 he received an award for sacred music of the International Bach Academy in Stuttgart. With the Partita III for harpsichord and orchestra, he won the Benjamin Britten Composing Competition in Aldeburgh 1988. 1993 he received the annual prize, the Polish Composers Union, in Folgajahr the Grand Prize of the Cultural Foundation. In 1995 he received the grand prize for In Paradisum in the Composition Competition of the International Foundation Of Polish Music.

From 1982 to 1987 Szymański taught at the Faculty of composition, music theory and conducting the Warsaw Academy of Music. He was a board member and vice president of the Polish Composers' Union and member of the Program Committee of the Warsaw Autumn festival (1987 and 1989-99 ). Krzysztof Knittel, Stanisław Józef Krupowicz and Patkowski he founded in 1997, the Foundation Friends of the Warsaw Autumn Festival.

Works

  • Epitafium for two pianos, 1974
  • Kwartet smyczkowy, 1975
  • Limeryki for violin and piano or flute, violin and cello, 1975, 1979
  • I Partita for Orchestra, 1976
  • Kyrie for boys' choir and orchestra, 1977
  • Intermezzo for two flutes, percussion, four violins, three violas, two cellos and double bass, 1977
  • Partita II for orchestra, 1977-78
  • Dziesiec utworów for String Trio, 1979
  • Gloria for women's choir and instrumental ensemble, 1979
  • La Folia for tape, 1979
  • Under the plane tree ... for tape, 1980
  • Cztery utwory liturgiczne for soprano and orchestra, 1980-81
  • Villanelle for countertenor, two violas and harpsichord, 1981
  • Sonata na smyczki i perkusje, 1982
  • Dwa utwory for string quartet, 1982
  • Appendix for piccolo flute and chamber ensemble, 1983
  • Dwie konstrukcje iluzoryczne for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, 1984
  • Lux aeterna for Stimmem and instruments, 1984
  • Partita III for amplified harpsichord and orchestra, 1985-86
  • Partita IV for orchestra, 1986
  • Trop for piano, 1986
  • Dwie etiudy for piano, 1986
  • Through the looking glass ... I for Chamber Orchestra, 1987
  • Through the looking glass ... II for tape, 1988
  • A study of shade for (small ) orchestra, 1989, 1992
  • A kaleidoscope for M.C.E. for Cello or Violin, 1989, 1994
  • Fuga for piano, 1990
  • Quasi una Sinfonietta for chamber orchestra, 1990
  • Sixty -odd pages for chamber orchestra, 1991
  • A Due for Two Violins, 1991
  • Two studies for orchestra, 1992
  • Piec utworów for string quartet, 1992
  • Miserere for voices and instruments, 1993
  • Trzy utwory na 3 Flety proste z akompaniamentem metronomu, 1993
  • Dwa Preludia for piano, 1994
  • Through the looking glass ... III for harpsichord or harpsichord and string quartet, 1994
  • Koncert na fortepian i orkiestre, 1994
  • Muzyka filmowa for orchestra, 1995-96
  • Sonat ( in ) a for piano, 1995
  • In paradisum, motet for male chorus, 1995
  • Dwie melody for piano, 1995
  • Bagatelle for A.W. for violin, clarinet, tenor saxophone and piano, 1995
  • Recalling a Serenade for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola and Cello, 1996
  • Viderunt omnes for choir and ensemble, 1998
  • Fotografia z przyjecia urodzinowego ( Kwartet Slaski z cieniem Bartoka ) for string quartet, 1998
  • Preludium i Fuga for piano, 2000
  • Une suite de pièces de clavecin par Mr Szymanski, 2001
  • Trzy Pieśni do Slow Trakla for soprano and chamber orchestra or piano or alto and piano, 2002, 2004
  • " Chlorophaenhylohydroxipiperidinofluorobutyrophaenon for chamber ensemble and other sounds, 2002
  • Compartment 2, Car 7 for vibraphone, violin, viola and cello, 22003
  • Concerto a 4 for clarinet, trombone, cello and piano, 2004
  • Single track, piano, 2005
  • Gigue for solo cello, 2006
  • Ceci n'est pas une ouverture for orchestra, 2007
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