Eugeniusz Knapik

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Eugeniusz Knapik (born July 9, 1951 in Ruda Śląska ) is a Polish composer, pianist and music teacher.

Life

Knapik studied composition with Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and piano with Czesław Stańczyk at the Katowice State Music Academy . In 1976 he received a grant from the French government and continued his training as a composer with Olivier Messiaen in Paris. He is Professor of Composition, Conducting and Music Theory at the Katowice Music Academy, of which he was Rector from 2002 to 2008, and founded the Studio for Computer and Electroacoustic Music there in 1992.

As a pianist he is a specialist in works by composers of the 20th century. In a chamber music line-up he worked with the Kwartet Śląski , Konstanty Andrzej Kulka , Aureli Błaszczok , Piotr Pławner and others. From 1979 to 1989 he was a member of the Warsaw Autumn Program Committee . For many years he was a board member, from 1999 to 2003 Vice-President of the Polish Composers' Union.

In 1974 Knapik made his debut as a composer together with Andrzej Krzanowski and Aleksander Lasoń at the Młodzi Muzycy Młodemu Miastu Festival in Stalowa Wola. In the following years he won numerous prizes, including the second prize in the Young Composers Competition of the Polish Composers' Union (1976), third prize at the International Chamber Music Competition in Vienna (1977), first prize at the Młodzi Muzycy Młodemu Miastu Festival (1979) and the Stanisław Wyspiański Prize (1985). From 1988 to 1995, commissioned by Gerard Mortier , the director of the Opera la Monnaie, wrote his most extensive work, the opera trilogy The Minds of Helena Toubleyn, based on the libretti by Jan Fabre .

Works

  • Trzy miniatury for piano (1970)
  • Sonata for violin and piano (1971)
  • Sonata for flute solo (1971)
  • Concerto grosso No. 1 for chamber orchestra (1972–1977)
  • La Flûte de jade for soprano and orchestra based on texts by Chinese poets (1973)
  • Psalmy for solo voice, mixed choir and large symphony orchestra (1973–1975)
  • Le Chant for soprano and orchestra based on texts by Paul Valéry (1976)
  • Tak jak na brzegu morza ... for instrumental ensemble and tape based on texts by Paul Valéry (1977)
  • Corale, interludio e aria for flute, harpsichord and string ensemble (1978)
  • Kwartet smyczkowy (1980)
  • Partita for violin and piano (1980)
  • Hymn for clarinet, trombone, cello and piano (1982)
  • Versus I for organ (1982)
  • Wyspy for chamber string orchestra (1983–1984)
  • Strofy for baritone, horn and organ (1984–1985)
  • The glass in the head is made of glass , opera based on the libretto by Jan Fabre (first part of the opera trilogy The Minds of Helena Toubleyn ) (1987–1989)
  • Silent Screams, Difficult Dreams , opera based on the libretto by Jan Fabre (second part of the opera trilogy The Minds of Helena Toubleyn ) (1990–1992)
  • The Sound of One Hand Clapping , ballet based on a libretto by Jan Fabre (1991)
  • Da un'altra faccia del tempo , ballet based on a libretto by Jan Fabre (1993)
  • La libertà chiama la libertà , opera based on the libretto by Jan Fabre (third part of the opera trilogy The Minds of Helena Toubleyn ) (1993–1995)
  • Quando la terra si rimette in movimento , ballet based on a libretto by Jan Fabre (1995)
  • Three Solos , ballet based on a libretto by Jan Fabre (1995)
  • Up Into the Silence , songs for soprano, baritone, string quartet and orchestra based on texts by EE Cummings and Jan Fabre (1996–2000)
  • Tha 'Munnot Waste No Time for three or two pianos and clarinet (1998)
  • Przystępuję do Ciebie for soprano and chamber orchestra based on words by Edward Stachura (2001)
  • Trio for violin, clarinet and piano (2003)
  • Introduction to Mystery , prologue to the musical drama Moby Dick based on Herman Melville for tenor, choir and orchestra (2005)
  • Filo d'Arianna for cello solo (2005)
  • Moby Dick , opera (2010)
  • Tha'munnot waste no time for three pianos and clarinet (ad libitum) (2011)
  • Beauty Radiated in Eternity for choir and orchestra (2012)
  • Concerto of Song Offerings for piano, mixed choir and orchestra (2014)

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personal data
SURNAME Knapik, Eugeniusz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish composer, pianist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Ruda Śląska