Andrzej Dutkiewicz

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Andrzej Dutkiewicz (born September 30, 1942 in Staszów ) is a Polish composer, pianist and music teacher.

Dutkiewicz studied piano with Jerzy Lefeld and Regina Smendzianka (diploma 1968) and composition with Witold Rudziński (diploma 1972) at the Warsaw State Music Academy . As a Fulbright Scholar , he continued his studies with Samuel Adler and Wayne Barlow (composition) and Eugene List (piano) at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, where he received his doctorate. In 1972 he took part in the Darmstadt Summer Courses , 1974–1975 in the Eastman Courses .

From 1976 to 1997 he led courses in the interpretation of contemporary music at the International Music Camp Interlochen and at the University of La Paz, as well as 1988-2000 in Seoul and Daego. As a visiting professor, he lectured at more than 50 American universities. At the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy he was a full professor and headed the interfaculty studies for the interpretation of contemporary music from 1993 to 1999, was dean of the department for piano, harpsichord and organ from 1999 to 2005 and then head of the interfaculty studies for new music. Since 1999 he has also been the deputy director of the Polish-Korean educational project between the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy and Keimyung University in South Korea.

Dutkiewicz is the founder and director of the ensemble for new music Grupa XX , with which he has performed almost all over Europe, Asia, North and South America. In 1970 he received first prize at the International Competition for Performers of Contemporary Music in Rotterdam. In the following years he recorded compositions by Witold Lutosławskis and Karol Szymanowskis for the Polish label Polskie Nagrania, and from 1997–1999 he recorded his own compositions ( Dutkiewicz plays Dutkiewicz ; Polska Muzyka Współczesna , Panorama Nowej Muzyki Polskiej ).

His compositions have been performed in New York's Carnegie Hall and at festivals such as the Blossom Music Festival , the American Liszt Society Festival , the Dresden Neustadt Art Festival , the Warsaw Autumn and the Berlin Festival . In 2002 he received the Golden Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland , and in 2008 the Gold Medal of the Order of Merit of Keimyung University.

Works

  • Pocałunki , 5 songs for mixed choir a cappella (1969)
  • Toccatina for piano (1969)
  • Impresje for brass and piano (1969)
  • Suita for piano (1970)
  • Musiquette for chamber ensemble (1970)
  • Szkice orkiestrowe for large symphony orchestra (1971)
  • Kwartet smyczkowy (1972)
  • Concerto for Chamber Orchestra and Piano (1973-77)
  • 4 - 28 - 74 for soprano, flute, horn, piano, double bass and tape (1974)
  • Music for Two for two pianos (1975)
  • Danse triste for alto saxophone and piano (1977-78)
  • Sześć medytacji for electronics and piano (1978)
  • Music for Four for violin, bassoon, alto saxophone and piano (1980)
  • Mini-max for string orchestra (1981)
  • Duo for alto saxophone and horn (1982)
  • Capriccio for alto saxophone and horn (1983)
  • Music for Five for wind quintet (1983-84)
  • ... DelicatissimamentE for five musicians (1983)
  • Music for One for horn solo (1983)
  • Music for Three for violin, vello and piano (1983)
  • Pappet Suite for piano (1984)
  • Impresje for piano (1984)
  • Dwa nokturny i improwizacja for bassoon and harp (1984)
  • Fantazja for French horn solo (1984)
  • Seascapes for piano (1984)
  • Nocturnes for harp and bassoon (1984)
  • Trzy szkice w retrospekcji for piano (1985)
  • À - La. for piano (1986)
  • Sophie's Music for Four for piano trio and tape (1987)
  • Tango mon amour for cello and piano (1995)
  • Romanza for violin and piano (1996)
  • Hymnus in honorem Sancti Andreae for mixed choir a cappella (1998)
  • Metafora for mixed choir, organ and percussion (1998)
  • Musica sanctissima for string orchestra (1999, 2004)
  • Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (2001)
  • Trzy szkice w retrospekcji Version II for piano (2001)
  • Trzy pieśni i dwa interludia for soprano and amplified piano (2006)
  • Trzy pieśni for baritone, flute and piano based on poems by Wacław Oszajca (2007)
  • Trzy pieśni i dwie improwizacje for soprano, tenor, baritone, flute and percussion instruments based on texts by Polish poets (2008)

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personal data
SURNAME Dutkiewicz, Andrzej
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish composer, pianist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Staszów