Stanisław Skrowaczewski
Stanisław Skrowaczewski ( born October 3, 1923 in Lviv, then Poland) is a Polish composer and conductor.
Life
As a child he studied the violin and piano. At the age of eleven years Skrowaczewski debuted as a pianist and quickly made a name. At thirteen he first conducted an orchestra. One suffered in World War II hand injury ended his career as a pianist.
After the war Skrowaczewski 1946 was music director of the Wrocław Philharmonic. Then followed Principals in Warsaw, Katowice and Krakow. Eventually he became chief conductor of the Warsaw National Orchestra. After training at the Academy of Music in Krakow Poland sat Skrowaczewski his composition studies in Paris with Nadia Boulanger continued.
In 1956 he won the Santa Cecilia competition for conductors. At the invitation of George Szell Skrowaczewski conducted the renowned Cleveland Orchestra. Guest conductor with other American orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic followed. In 1960 he was appointed music director of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. This coined Skrowaczewski significantly by the year 1979; as outstanding applies his recording of Ravel's Boléro in 1975, which was published in 2003 again in a technically revised version on Super Audio CD. Since that time he has been an honorary conductor of the orchestra. From 1984 to 1991, Skrowaczewski chief conductor of the Hallé Orchestra. As a guest conductor, he is regularly invited to North and South America, Australia, Japan and in many cities in Europe.
Since 1994 Skrowaczewski is principal guest conductor of the Radio Symphony Orchestra ( RSO) Saarbrücken, or of the present German Radio Philharmonic. With the RSO Saarbrücken, he played the complete symphonies of Anton Bruckner for Arte Nova (now Oehms ) and was awarded in 2002 the " Cannes Classical Award". Was completed in the spring of 2007, the recording of all the Beethoven symphonies, which are published by the Oehms and already received some awards such as the Diapason d'Or. Also appeared at Oehms same members a complete recording of the symphonies of Robert Schumann. Other recordings of the RSO Saarbrücken and Skrowaczewski received much praise from the press.
In December 2006 and in October 2011 made Japan - acclaimed concert tours Skrowaczewski with the Rundfunk- Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken respectively with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie. On December 22, 2011 Symphony No. 9 with the Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra for a television broadcast on New Year's Eve was taken in a public performance in Tokyo Beethoven.
Even for his own works received Skrowaczewski, which had begun in childhood with composing, recognition. So its composition Passacaglia Immaginaria was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1997, as well as the music composed by him Concerto for Orchestra in 1999. For his work as a musician Skrowaczewski awards include the highest Polish distinction, the Order of the White Eagle and the Gold Medal of the Mahler - Bruckner Society.