Krzysztof Penderecki

Krzysztof Penderecki Eugeniusz ( born November 23, 1933 Dębica, Poland ) is a Polish contemporary composer, whose work the post-serial music is assigned and the excited mainly by its sound compositions stir. He is regarded as one of the leading composers of the Polish avant-garde and is sometimes referred to as " late modern classic ".

Penderecki is one of the few contemporary composers of avant-garde, which made ​​the breakthrough to the general public.

  • 4.3.1 choir a cappella
  • 4.3.2 vocal and instrumental ensemble or orchestra
  • 4.3.3 choir and orchestra
  • 4.3.4 solo voices, choir and instrumental ensemble or orchestra
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Life

He was in Dębica in Rzeszów (not in Krakow, as is sometimes mistakenly reported ) born. His father brought him early into contact with music, as a child, he received violin and piano lessons. He later studied composition at the Music Academy in Krakow Artur Malawski and Stanislaw Skolyszewski and privately with Franciszek Skolyszewski; next, he studied philosophy, art and literature history at the University of Krakow. In 1958 he completed his studies with a diploma and was appointed professor of composition at the Music Academy in Krakow. From 1972 to 1987 he was Rector of the Music Academy in Krakow ( Vice-Rector: Jan jargon ). Between 1966 and 1968 he was in addition also a lecturer at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen. Penderecki is Honorary Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Saxony cultural infrastructure in Görlitz. In 1988 he was elected as the first guest conductor of the NDR Symphony Orchestra (Hamburg). In 2001, he was the eleventh composer at the annual composer's portrait of the Rheingau Musik Festival. He is fluent in German.

Reception

Penderecki, who once led with the avant-garde and post-serial music developed, is now increasingly used in the criticism of colleagues and critics. Helmut Lachenmann even spoke of Penderadetzky that mentioned by the tonal Artiodactyla. Its acceptance by the concert audience and the conservative criticism against it since its turn grows to tradition; his work will be performed in La Scala, the Vienna Musikverein and the Salzburg Festival Hall. In return, his avant-garde techniques are increasingly of film music composers such as Don Davis and Elliot Goldenthal used.

Penderecki's works in the film

Penderecki's expressive works are sometimes used in movies, such as in The Exorcist (1973 ), The Shining (1980 ), Fearless - Beyond Fear ( 1993), Inland Empire (2006 ) Children of Men (2006), Katyn ( 2007) and shutter Iceland (2010). He also composed the original music for the feature films The Saragossa Manuscript (1965) and I Love You, I Love You ( 1968).

Work

Operas

Instrumental music

Works for Orchestra

(Note: Although the 7th and 8th Symphony are already completed (see " Vocal Works " ), is the 6th Symphony is not composed )

Works for String Orchestra

Works for wind

Works for jazz ensemble

Works for solo instruments and orchestra

Chamber Music

Tape composition

Vocal music

Choir a cappella

Vocal and instrumental ensemble or orchestra

Choir and Orchestra

Solo voices, choir and instrumental ensemble or orchestra

Prizes, Awards and Honors

  • 2013: Grammy for best classical collection program ( Best Classical Compendium )
  • 2011: Viadrina Price
  • 2009: Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Order of Merit of Armenia
  • 2008: Polish Film Award for the soundtrack to The Katyn massacre; Commander of the Three Star Order
  • 2005: Order of the White Eagle
  • 2004 Praemium Imperiale (Music)
  • 2003: Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
  • 2003: Prize of the European church music; Honorary citizen of his hometown Dębica; Eduardo M. Torner Medal of the " Conservatorio de Musica of the Principality of Asturias " in Oviedo, Spain; Honorary Director of the Choir of the Prince of Asturias Foundation; Honorary President of the " Apayo a la Creación Musical";
  • 2002: State Prize of North Rhine -Westphalia; Romano Guardini Prize;
  • 2001: Prince of Asturias Award in the category of art; Honorary Member of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts;
  • 2000: Cannes Classical Award as " Living Composer of the Year"; Honorary Member of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna; Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  • 1999: Music Prize of the City of Duisburg;
  • 1998: Composition Prize for the Promotion of the European economy; Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters; Corresponding Member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Munich; Honorary Board of the Vilnius Festival '99;
  • 1996: Primetime Emmy Award of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences; Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
  • 1995: Member of the Royal Academy of Music, Dublin; Honorary citizen of the city of Strasbourg; Primetime Emmy Award of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences; Herder Prize
  • 1993: Distinguished Citizen Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study at Indiana University Bloomington; Prize of the International Music Council / UNESCO Music; Cultural Merit of the Principality of Monaco; Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta;
  • 1992 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for Adagio - Symphony No. 4; Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
  • 1990: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Chevalier de Saint Georges;
  • 1985 Premio Lorenzo Magnifico;
  • 1983: Wihuri Sibelius Prize; Polish State Prize;
  • 1977: Prix Arthur Honegger for Magnificat;
  • 1977 Herder Prize
  • 1973: Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta;
  • 1968: Grammy Trustees Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences ( NARAS )
  • 1968: Prix Italia for Dies Irae in memory of the victims of Auschwitz;
  • 1967: Prix Italia for the St. Luke Passion; Sibelius Gold Medal;
  • 1966: Big Art Award of North Rhine -Westphalia for the St. Luke Passion;
  • 1961: UNESCO prize for Threnody;
  • 1959: II Warsaw Competition of Young Polish Composers of the Composers' Union - Penderecki was awarded all three first prizes for his works stanzas, and emanations from the Psalms of David.

Penderecki has received honorary doctorates and professorships from numerous universities:

  • Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.,
  • University of Glasgow,
  • Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory,
  • Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw,
  • Seoul National University
  • University of Rochester, Bordeaux, Leuven, Belgrade, Madrid, Poznan and the St. Olaf College, Northfield / Minn, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh (PA ), St. Petersburg, Beijing Conservatory and Yale.
  • Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster ( Westphalia ) (2006 Faculty of Arts )
  • University of Leipzig (2003)

He is also an honorary member of the following academies and music companies:

  • Royal Academy of Music (London),
  • Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome),
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Music ( Stockholm ),
  • Academy of the Arts ( Berlin )
  • Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes ( Buenos Aires )
  • Society of Friends of Music in Vienna.

Discography (selection)

  • Seven Gates of Jerusalem - Symphony no. 7 for five soloists, speaker, three mixed choirs and orchestra - first recording of the original version ( live recording of 16 November 1999 ) with the National Philharmonic Orchestra Warsaw, the National Philharmonic Choir Warsaw and the soloists Bozena Harasimowicz -Haas, Izabella Kłosińska, Wieslaw Ochman, Jadwiga Rappé, Romuald Tesarowicz and Henryk Wojnarowski, led by Kazimierz Kord.
  • Threnody - To the Victims of Hiroshima ( original title: 8'37 ", according to the duration of the attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945) for 52 string instruments (1960 ) - ( " Music from Six Continents " ), with the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Szymon Kawalla.
  • Verses for soprano, speaking voice and ten instruments on original texts of Menander, Sophocles, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Omar El Khayam - (1959 ) with the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra conducted by Agnieszka Poznan Duczmal with Olga Szwajgier, soprano.
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 " Metamorphosen " Anne- Sophie Mutter, London Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki at DGG

References

Sound mass Folkwang University of the Arts Don Davis (composer) The Exorcist (film) The Shining (film) Inland Empire (film) Katyń (film) Shutter Island The Saragossa Manuscript (film) Je t'aime, je t'aime Aldous Huxley John Whiting Erich Fried John Milton Harry Kupfer Gerhart Hauptmann Alfred Jarry Anaklasis Hans Rosbaud Donaueschingen Festival Janine Jansen Julian Rachlin Siegfried Palm Warsaw Autumn St Luke Passion (Penderecki) Credo Grammy Award Polish Academy Award for Best Film Score Order of the Three Stars Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Agnieszka Duczmal Integrated Authority File
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