Jerzy Hussar

Jerzy Husar , also called Jerry Husar , (born December 12, 1943 in Lemberg , Generalgouvernement ) is a Polish composer and pianist .

Jerzy Hussar (2014)

Live and act

From the age of five, Husar received piano lessons. Since he was considered a musical child prodigy , he received his first television appearances in 1954. After the music graduation with honors he studied at the Music Academy of Katowice and the Music Academy in Warsaw in the classes of composition , theory and piano .

He then worked as a composer , arranger and orchestra director for Polish radio and television . He also led his own jazz group. Because of the simpler and international pronunciation, he adopted the stage name Jerry .

He has lived in Switzerland since 1970, where he worked with the DRS Big Band under Hans Möckel and wrote and recorded compositions and arrangements for Katja Ebstein . He also appeared as a solo pianist at the Castle Concerts in Thun and directed the Krakowiak Choir . He plays with the Swiss jazz formation Lake City Stompers as arranger, pianist and solo trumpeter . There was also collaboration with the magazine and the “Musikszene” studio in Dietikon . He is also active as a composer and arranger.

Tours

Husar went on a four-month concert tour through the USA as a solo pianist and played "jazz paraphrases" on themes from works by Sergei Prokofiev . He played concerts in Finland , France , Germany , Austria and Switzerland and was on tour in the USA with the Lake City Stompers for three weeks (including recording a new CD).

music school

In 1991, Husar and his wife Maria Husar in train the Musikseminar Husar, School of Music and Drama . In 1999 another school opened in Lucerne . He teaches composition , music theory and solo piano himself . He writes arrangements and tailored compositions for talented interpreters of the piano and singing classes.

Compositions

Film music and recordings for the video production "Cycle 10 modern children's fairy tales".
Theater music to texts by Fridolin Tschudi .
Albert Ehrismanns , literary cabaret: "I am surprised that I am happy".
Heinrich Heine - "Drumming people out of their sleep".
Setting of Erich Kästner's “ The 13 Months ” (student performance 2002 Opernhaus Wuppertal ) and other poems “From the Lyrical House Pharmacy”.
Compositions based on texts by the Swiss poets Lore Vogler , Werner Renfer , Gilbert Troillet .
Drumming people out of their sleep according to Heinrich Heine (1975 Theater Stok, Zurich)
Music to poems by Czesław Miłosz .
Setting of 50 poems by Silja Walter , including the lyrical musical "Liebe in Pastell" (world premiere in 1998 at the "Theater Stok" in Zurich ) and the singspiel "Das Mädchen Ruth" (world premiere in 2001 at the YAM festival in the theater "Go" in Warsaw ) .
Migelchen and the Wunderkugel musical theater piece based on the fairy tale Frau Holle by the Brothers Grimm.
Musen Arena (world premiere on October 23, 2010 in Lucerne).

Discography (selection)

Krakowiak Choir - Beyond the Elbe ( Telefunken )
Lake City Stompers - Halle Hallelujah 1998 ( Phonoplay )

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personal data
SURNAME	Hussar, Jerzy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hussar, Jerry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 12, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lviv , General Government