Hanna Kulenty

Hanna Kulenty ( born March 18, 1961 in Białystok ) is a Polish composer of contemporary music. Since 1992 lives and works alternately Hanna Kulenty in Arnhem (Netherlands ) and Warsaw (Poland).

Training

After her schooling in Warsaw at the Music School " Grazyna Bacewicz " and at the Music High School " Karol Szymanowski " ( Major: piano) she studied from 1980 to 1985 at the Warsaw " Frédéric Chopin " college of music composition with Włodzimierz Kotonski and from 1986 to 1988 at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague with Louis Andriessen. 1984 and 1988 she attended the Darmstadt Summer Courses in part from 1983 until 1990. Transferred to the International courses for young composers of the Polish section of the ISCM in Kazimierz Dolny, where she attended lectures by Iannis Xenakis, Witold Lutosławski, Thomas Kessler and François -Bernard Mâche

Main activities

As of 1989, Hanna Kulenty is a freelance composer and got numerous orders and scholarships. She has two operas and twelve orchestral works composed and written numerous solo works and chamber music works. Since 2007 she is also active in music for television dramas and movies.

She was 1990 and 1991 scholarship from the DAAD Berlin Artists Programme and was from 1993 to today from the " Fonds de voor Schepp end [ professionals ] Toonkunst ", Netherlands, promoted. Kulenty held guest lectures and seminars in the U.S. and in several European countries on conservatories and music schools in Rotterdam (1989 ), Warsaw ( 1990), Arnhem (1990 ), York ( 1993), Long Beach (1998 ), Santa Monica (1998), Los Angeles ( 1998), Munster (1998 ), Budapest ( 2001), Lodz (2002 ), Amsterdam ( 2002), Zwolle (2005 ) and Barcelona (2007). She held guest lectures at the Munich Biennale (1994 and 1996), with the Bavarian State Opera (2002), the " Other Minds 10 " Festival in San Francisco (2004 ) and "Sound Streams Canada" in Toronto ( 2005).

She was a jury member at national and international composition competitions such as the Munich Biennale (1995), the " Gaudeamus International Composers Award" in Amsterdam ( 2002), the " Kazimierz Serocki 9th International Composers Competition" in Warsaw ( 2003), the " International New Chamber Opera Competition ' Orpheus Luciano Berio ' 2003-2004 " in Spoleto and the" International Competition of Contemporary Chamber Music " in Krakow (2005 and 2007).

Awards

Already the exam work of 24 -year-olds, the orchestral composition ad unum, brought her international success in 1985: a second prize at the "European Young Composers Competition" of the European Cultural Foundation in Amsterdam.

In the years 1986 to 1989 Hanna Kulenty awards include several awards of the Polish Composers' Union, under the Quinto ( first prize, 1986), Breathe ( first prize, 1987), Cannon ( third prize, 1988) and aaa Tre ( second prize, 1989).

2003 won Kulenty with her Concerto for Trumpet (2002) First Prize at the " 50th International Rostrum of Composers " by UNESCO, for which she received the Mozart Medal of UNESCO.

Performances

Your orchestral works including two symphonies ( 1986, 1987) and several concertos ( for piano, violin and trumpet), were premiered by Radio Broadcasting Orchestra in the Netherlands, Denmark, Poland and Germany. In November 2000, the Germany radio in Cologne organized a portrait concert (released on the CD " Arcs & Circles" ).

Among the interpreters of their works include ensembles such as the ASKO Ensemble, Orkest ' de Ereprijs " and the Kronos Quartet, soloists such as Marco Blaauw, Elzbieta Chojnacka, Isabelle van Keulen and Krzysztof Bąkowski, and conductors such as David Porcelijn, Antoni Wit, Peter Hirsch, Peter Eötvös, Ingo Metzmacher, Jurjen Hempel, Renato Rivolta and Ronald Zollman.

Compositions Kulentys first performed among others at the Huddersfield Festival 1990 ( String Quartet No. 2, 1990), at the World Music Days of the ISCM 1992 ( Piano Concerto No. 2, 1991), the Schleswig -Holstein Music Festival 1993 ( Still Life with a Cello for cello solo, 1993), at the Munich Biennale 1994 (A cradle song for violin, cello and piano, 1993) and 1996 ( one-act opera the Mother of Black- Winged Dreams, libr. Paul Goodman, reg. Claus Guth, 1996, in co-production with the Hamburg State Opera ), and the Warsaw Autumn 1987 ( Quinto for two pianos, 1986 ), 1989 ( Symphony No. 1, 1986 ), 1992 (E for E for Harpsichord, 1991 ), 1994 ( Concerto for Violin and Orchestra with reverberation, 1993 [ revised version of the one. Violin Concerto, 1992/93 ] ), 1995 ( Going Up 2 for ensemble, 1995 ), 1998 ( Stretto for flute, clarinet, cello and guitar, 1998) and 1999 ( Sinequan Forte B for Cello with reverberation and orchestra, 1994).

Kulentys works published by two publishers: Donemus in Amsterdam and PWM Edition in Krakow.

Working directory ( by occupation )

Opera and stage works

  • Hoffmanniana (2003) - opera in two acts
  • The Mother of Black- Winged Dreams (1995 ) - opera in one act
  • Przypowieść o ziarnie [ Parable on grain ] (1985 ) - chamber opera / mono drama
  • Iceland (2006) - stage work for solo trumpet, voice, ensemble and tape

Orchestral works

  • Ad unum (1985 ) - symphony orchestra
  • Breathe (1987 ) - chamber orchestra
  • Certus ( 1997) - chamber orchestra
  • Part One ( 1998) - symphony orchestra
  • Passacaglia (1992 ) - chamber orchestra
  • Piano Concerto No.. 2 (1991 ) - piano, symphony orchestra
  • Piano Concerto No.. 3 (2003) - piano, symphony orchestra
  • Quatro ( 1986) - chamber orchestra
  • Trigon (1989 ) - chamber orchestra
  • Sinequan Forte A ( 1994) - solo amplified cello with delay, symphony orchestra
  • Sinequan Forte B ( 1994) solo amplified cello with delay, chamber orchestra
  • Symphony No.. 1 (1986 ) - symphony orchestra
  • Symphony No.. 2 (1987 ) - symphony orchestra, mixed choir
  • Symphony No.. 3 (2000 ) - symphony orchestra
  • Trumpet Concerto ( 2002) - trumpet, symphony orchestra
  • Violin Concerto No.. 1 (1993 ) - violin, symphony orchestra
  • Violin Concerto No.. 2 (1996 ) - violin, symphony orchestra

Ensemble works

  • A few minutes for Ereprijs (1992 ) - ensemble
  • Air ( 1991) - ensemble
  • Elves (1997) - ballet music for ensemble
  • Flute Concerto no 1 (2001) - flute (amplified, delay) and chamber orchestra
  • Going Up 2 (1995 ) - ensemble
  • Mezzo Tango ( 2004) - brass band
  • Mezzo Tango 2 (2005) - ensemble
  • Piano Concerto No.. 1 (1990 ) - piano, ensemble
  • Perpetuus (1989 ) - ensemble
  • Postcard from Europe ( 2004) - ensemble
  • Violin Concerto No.. 1 (1992 ) - violin, ensemble

Chamber Music

  • Arcus (1988 ) - three percussionists
  • Aaa TRE (1988 ) - viola, cello, double bass
  • A Cradle Song (1993 ) - violin, cello, piano
  • A Fourth Circle (1994 ) - violin (or viola / cello ) and piano
  • A Sixth Circle (1995 ) - trumpet, piano
  • Asjaawaa (2001) - mezzo soprano, flute, harp, piano, percussion, electronics
  • Quartet saxophone - Blattinus (1996 )
  • Brass No. 2 (2005) - for horn and trumpet
  • Cannon (1988 ) - violin, piano
  • Crossing Lines ( 2001) - violin, clarinet, piano
  • Decimo (2000) - for choir, six voices
  • Going Up 1 (1995 ) - violin, double bass
  • Kisses & Crosses (2007) - for piano and percussion
  • Lysanxia (1994 ) - gamelan, tape
  • MM- blues (1999) - two piano 's and two percussions
  • Prelude, Postlude and Psalm (2007) - for cello and accordion
  • Quinto (1986 ) - two pianos
  • Rainbow 3 (2003) - piano and two wind instruments
  • Quartet saxophone - Rapidus (1998)
  • Ride ( 1987) - six percussionists
  • Run ( 2004) - flute and piano
  • Sierra (1996 ) - violin, cello
  • Stretto (1998) - flute, clarinet, cello, guitar
  • String Quartet no 1 (1984 )
  • String Quartet No.. 2 (1990)
  • String Quartet No.. 3 - Tell me about it ( 2007)
  • String Quartet No.. 4 (A Cradle Song ) (2007 )
  • Sugar - Fela Tango ( 2009) - for piano and four instruments
  • Tell me about it 1 (2006) - for clarinet, cello, trombone and piano
  • Tell me about it 2 (2006) - for bass clarinet, cello, trombone and contra bas
  • Waiting for ... (1997) - voice, piano
  • Arci (1986 ) - percussion solo
  • A Fifth Circle (1994 ) - alto flute with delay
  • A Third Circle (1996 ) - piano solo
  • Brass No. 1 (2004) - trumpet solo
  • Brass No. 2 (2004) - horn and trumpet
  • Brass No. 3 (2005) - solo horn or trumpet solo
  • Brass No. 4 (2007) - tuba solo
  • Cadenza (1992 ) - violin solo with delay
  • Drive Blues ( 2000) - piano solo
  • E for E ( 1991) - harpsichord solo
  • Harmonium ( 1999) - harmonium solo
  • One by One (1988 ) - marimba solo
  • Preludium and Psalm (2007) - harmonium solo or another keyboard instrument
  • Sesto (1985 ) - piano solo
  • Sinequan (1993 ) - cello solo with optional delay
  • Sinequan ( rev. 1993) - cello solo with delay
  • Still Life with a Cello ( 1993) - cello solo
  • Still Life with a Violin (1985 ) - violin solo
  • Three Minutes for the Double Bass (1983 ) - double bass solo

Tape music and electronic music

  • Prosba o Słońce [Request for the Sun ] (1984 ) - electroacoustic tape
  • Souvenir from a sanitarium (1988 ) - computer music
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