Eugeniusz Rudnik

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Eugeniusz Rudnik (born October 28, 1932 in Nadkole am Liwiec ; † October 24, 2016 ) was a Polish experimental composer , representative of acousmatics and sound engineer .

life and work

In 1967 Rudnik graduated from the Faculty of Electronics of the Warsaw University of Technology . He has been working for Polskie Radio since 1955 . At first he coordinated the work of craftsmen, from 1957 he became a technician in the newly established experimental studio Studio Eksperymentalne Polskiego Radia . The autodidact Eugeniusz Rudnik made musical experiences in the studio for electronic music of Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne, where he worked with Włodzimierz Kotoński , Karlheinz Stockhausen and Petr Kotík . He later met Franco Evangelisti , Arne Nordheim , François-Bernard Mâche , Kåre Kolberg and Bohdan Mazurek .

Rudnik created the genre of documentary radio ballads. Peregrynacje Pana Podchorążego albo nadwiślańskie żarna / The change of the ensign or the millstones on the Vistula from 1999 was honored as radio play of the month January in 2002. Eugeniusz Rudnik does not use a computer and works with tape and scissors, records sounds, cuts and assembles manually. Eugeniusz Rudnik is a pioneer of electroacoustic music in Poland.

The composition Homo Ludens was presented at documenta 8 in Kassel in 1987 . His works have been played by numerous radio stations and at festivals: Warsaw Autumn , Musica Polonica Nova in Wrocław, ISCM World Music Days in Finland, Muzički Biennale Zagreb , Fylkingen in Stockholm, Berliner Festspiele , Festival d'automne à Paris , Phonurgia Nova in Arles and many other.

Awards (selection)

  • 2012 The Man with the Golden Ear Award , Soundedit Festival, Łódź

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zmarł Eugeniusz Rudnik, legendarny kompozytor muzyki elektronicznej accessed on October 24, 2016 (Polish)
  2. ↑ culture.pl ERdada for Tape - Eugeniusz Rudnik accessed on September 20, 2015 (English)
  3. ↑ Eugeniusz Rudnik
  4. ↑ Antoni Beksiak The Erotically Audacious Electronic Eugeniusz ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on September 20, 2015 (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / culture.pl
  5. ↑ culture.pl ERdada for Tape - Eugeniusz Rudnik accessed on September 20, 2015 (English)
  6. ↑ Monika Pasiecznik A History of Electroacoustic Music in Poland from the Perspective of the Polish Radio Experimental Studio from 1957-1990, accessed on September 20, 2015
  7. ^ Elektro Moskva / 15 Corners of the World , accessed September 20, 2015.
  8. ↑ documenta 8 catalog: Volume 1: Essays; Volume 2: Catalog page 339; Volume 3: artist book; Kassel 1987, ISBN 3-925272-13-5 .
  9. ↑ Monoskop Eugeniusz Rudnik accessed on September 20, 2015 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Rudnik, Eugeniusz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish experimental composer, representative of acousmatics and sound engineer
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Nadkole on the Liwiec
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 2016