Leon Schidlowsky

Leon Schidlowsky ( born July 21, 1931 in Santiago de Chile ) is a Chilean- Israeli composer and painter.

He wrote works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, choir and for individual instruments. He also composed around 65 musical works with a graphical notation. His musical works have been performed in different countries. Through various musical groups, soloists and orchestra and conductor, his works were known. His graphically - musical works were presented in various exhibitions that were associated with concerts.

Life

His education completed Schidlowsky in the Instituto Nacional in Santiago de Chile. In the National Conservatory of the University of Chile, he studied 1942-1948 with Professor Roberto Duncker piano and later composition with Juan Allende - Blin and Fré Focke. In parallel, he studied psychology and philosophy at the University of Chile, studies that he did not quit because he wanted to further his musical education in Europe. Between 1951 and 1954 he studied at the Northwest German Music Academy in Detmold. In this music school he met his future wife, Susan, whom he married in 1953 and with whom he had five children: David, Elias, Judith and the twins Yuval and Noam.

Chile (1954-1968)

After his return to Chile in 1955, Leon Schidlowsky joined the contemporary music group " Grupo tone " at whose head he was 1958-1961. This band had made ​​it his business to acquaint avant-garde and contemporary music in Chile. 1956 Leon wrote Schidlowsky " Nacimiento ", is considered the first electro- acoustic work in Latin America. Between 1955 and 1959 he was a member of the British Council and from 1956 to 1961 musical advisor of the mime group " Grupo Noiswander ". 1961 Schidlowsky was director of the library of the Instituto de Extension musical of the Chilean university. From 1961 to 1963 he was general secretary of the Chilean Society of Composers. From 1963 to Schidlowsky became director of the Instituto de Extension musical for three years. During this time, the Institute will reach its climax with the performance of musical works that were never played in Chile, as well as the premiere of at least one plant derived from a Chilean composer. In 1964 he was, together with the composer Luigi Dallapiccola and Alberto Ginastera member of the jury of a composition competition in Buenos Aires. In the same year he participated in the symposium " Latin America and the music of our time " part, which took place in Lima. From 1965 Schidlowsky professor of composition at the Conservatorio Nacional of the University of Chile. In 1966 he participated in the "Inter- American Festival" in Washington, DC part and in the same year the " Festival de Música Interamericano " in Caracas and 1967 in the " Music Festival Spain and Latin America" ​​in Madrid. Together with the composer Krzysztof Penderecki and Luigi Nono 1968 he took part in a musical symposium in Merida, which is " The composer in our time " was held under the name. The city of Mérida named him " Huésped distinguido " of the city. End of the same year Schidlowsky received a scholarship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to write an opera. This led to a long stay in Europe, including Germany.

Israel

In 1969 he was appointed professor of composition and music theory at the Samuel Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University. During this time, he also holds a wealth of lectures, eg in Hamburg, Berlin and Stuttgart, Vienna, Lund and Zaragoza. In 1979, he was able to take a " sabbatical year " which he spent in Hamburg. 1980/81 spent Schidlowsky with a DAAD scholarship a one-year residency in Berlin, where he joined the composition and devoted himself to painting. Leon Schidlowsky has different composition courses held in different countries, including Spain, Sweden and Germany. In Israel he trained composers or influenced them as Avraham Amzallag, Chaya Arbel, John Bostock, Mary Even- Or, Rachel Galinne, Betty Olivero Jan Radzynski, Ruben Seroussi, Ron Weidberg or Moshe Zorman.

Honors and Awards

Schidlowsky work received awards and honors at various Chilean music festivals. Also, got several of his works in Chile the price CRAV. In 1996 he was awarded the first prize for his work Absalom in the competition for the 60th anniversary of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as 2000 with the Acum Prize for Lifetime Achievement, which is awarded by the Israel Composers' Union. A year later, during his visit to Chile, the Chilean Chamber Music Orchestra honorary member, the University of Chile as an honorary professor of the Faculty of Arts and the Chilean Ministry of Education appointed him gives him the " Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral" with the degree "Caballero ". In 2007 he received the award of the angel city of Tel Aviv for the originality of his works and the investigation of Jewish music.

Works

Many of the works of Schidlowsky refer to his Jewish identity, the history of the Jewish people, as well as his interest in the history and the political and social situation in Chile and Latin America. Great influence also his personal experiences and tragedies, like the death of his wife Susanne (1999) and his son Elias ( 2004). But the fates of personal or professional friends and political figures of his time are reflected in his works. As an admirer of Arnold Schoenberg's music Schidlowsky began his career as a composer by the musical tradition of the Second Viennese School. Later he took over serial techniques and experimented with free sound options ( atonal, aleatoric, graphical notation ) - always in the understanding that music over the artistic Absolute also has a deeper meaning and man may open a path to itself. Schidlowsky says: "Art itself not only has a meaning; in it are all the senses, all the questions, all the answers. I believe that art is a way to ourselves. " He writes dramatic and haunting works. Examples

  • Caupolicán [( text by Pablo Neruda ), speaker, mixed chorus, 2 pianos, 6 percussion instruments ]
  • Tríptico [ Orchestra ]
  • Kristallnacht [( text: fragments from a traditional Jewish prayer), tenor, men's chorus, orchestra ]
  • Invocation [( text: the composer ), soprano, speaker, orchestra ]
  • Llaqui [( text by Javier Heraud ), speaker, orchestra ]
  • New York [ Orchestra ]
  • Epitafio para Hermann Scherchen [ Orchestra ]
  • Amereida [ 1: Llaqui ( text by Javier Heraud ), speaker, orchestra; 2: Memento ( text by Javier Heraud ), soprano, orchestra; 3: Ecce Homo (Text: the composer after Che Guevara ), Alt, orchestra, 1969 ]
  • In Memoriam eius [ Orchestra ]
  • Amerindian [ 1: Preludio, orchestra; 2: Go Heraldos negros ( text by César Vallejo ), speaker, orchestra; 3: Sacsahuamán, orchestra; 4: Era el crepúsculo de la iguana ( text by Pablo Neruda ), speaker, orchestra; 5: Yo vengo a hablar ( text by Pablo Neruda ), speaker, orchestra ]
  • Night [( text: the composer ), mixed chorus ]
  • Berlin 80 [ Orchestra]
  • Lux in Tenebris [ Orchestra ]
  • Missa In Nomine Bach [( text from the exhibition ), mixed chorus, ensemble ( 8 singers ) ]
  • In memoriam Luigi Nono [ viola, cello, double bass ]
  • Arabesque [ Flute ]
  • Three Dialogues [2 violins ]
  • Serenata [ mandolin ]
  • Silvestre Revueltas [( text by Pablo Neruda ), speaker, chamber orchestra ]
  • Prelude to a Drama [ Orchestra ]
  • Partita [ Cello ]
  • Absalom [ Orchestra ]
  • In memory of Jorge Peña [( text: the composer ), speaker, orchestra ]
  • And death Shall have no dominion [ Orchestra ]
  • Job [ Orchestra ]
  • L' inferno [ Orchestra ]
  • In memoriam György Ligeti [ Orchestra ]
  • Nocturno [ (Text: Pablo Neruda ), speaker and orchestra ]
  • Soledad [( text: Quechua in Spanish), Voice, Oboe, Horn, Cello, 2009].

Graphic works:

  • Kolot [ Harp ]
  • Actions for Piano [ Piano ]
  • Vera la morte [( text by Cesare Pavese ), voice, percussion instruments ]
  • Trigon [ violin ( viola ), Cello, Piano ]
  • Homage to Picasso [( text by Gertrude Stein ), voice ]
  • Tetralog [ 1: Music for Piano and Winds; 2: Music for Piano and Strings; 3: Music for Piano and Percussion; 4: Music for Piano and Voice]
  • Dadayamasong [( text by Franz Mehring ), soprano, saxophones, piano, percussion ]
  • Missa Sine Nomine ( In Memoriam Victor Jara ) [1: Bereshit bará Elohim et haschamáim weet Haaretz ( text from the Bible), 2 mixed choirs, percussion instruments; 2: Kyrie eleison, mixed choir; 3: Song ( text by George Grosz ), speaker, organ; 4: Gloria, mixed choir, 4 gongs (1 player); 5: Chile (Text: the composer ), 20 mixed voices; 6: Credo, speaker, mixed chorus, organ, 4 bass drums ( one player); 7: Benedictus, 36 mixed voices, 4 suspended cymbals (1 player); 8: Attending ( text by Vladimir Mayakovsky ), 36 mixed voices; 9: Dona nobis pacem, mixed choir; 10: Babel ( text from the Bible), 6 sopranos, 6 Old, 4 tenors, 4 basses; 11: Epilogue ( text from the Bible), speaker, small mixed chorus, large mixed choir, organ, percussion instruments 4 ]
  • Palindrome [ women's choir ]
  • On Kafka's grave [ (Text by Franz Kafka, female voice Crotales ) ]
  • Old men are the stars become [ (text by Heinrich Heine, Georg Trakl, Else Lasker-Schüler, Masha Kaléko, Erich Fried, Novalis, the Bible), soprano, alto, baritone, speaker, mixed chorus, piano, organ, harp, celesta, 3 percussion instruments ]
  • Germany A Winter's Tale [chorus, speaker, soloists, piano and percussion ensemble ].

Among the plethora of his works emerge the three operas:

  • People ( opera in 4 acts, libretto by the composer, after Walter Hasenclever )
  • The Dybbuk ( opera in 3 acts, libretto by the composer, after Salomon On -Ski)
  • Before Breakfast ( opera in one act, libretto by the composer, after Eugene O'Neill )
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