Istvàn Zelenka
Istvàn Zelenka (born July 30, 1936 in Budapest ) is a Swiss composer and performer of Hungarian and Austrian descent.
Zelenka was already intensely involved with music as a child. In 1956 he emigrated to Vienna and continued his music studies with Karl Schiske and Hans Jelinek . In 1960 he became an Austrian citizen. In 1962 Zelenka became sound engineer and artistic director in the record industry in Geneva . In 1966 he married Kati. In 1976 he was naturalized in Switzerland.
1976–2001 Zelenka was production manager and responsible for broadcasts of progressive music at Radio Suisse Romande . 1981–2001 he was a lecturer at the Conservatoire de musique de Genève . 1995 Zelenka started his activities as a performer. Since 2000 he has been working with computer-created images. The first exhibitions followed in 2002.
"… There are no uninteresting objects, things or things in the world as long as there is an artist who opens his eyes wide to these things, things or objects and looks at these things, objects or things with the amazed look of a simple-minded person."
Works
- Espaces philophoniques urbains (performance networks)
- Chamber music, for orchestra, for musical theater, electro-acoustic, pièces de s'écoute (pieces of listening to oneself)
- Texts
- 2006: phontaine - a CD not just to listen to, wandelweiser records
- 2009: Publication by Edition Howeg, Zurich by Eva-Maria Houben and Istvàn Zelenka: 1 Milieu - a book not just for reading.
swell
- Alfred Baumgärtner: Propylaea world of music. The Composers , Volume 5, 1989, ISBN 3549078358 , pp. 580-81
- Musinfo - The Database of Suiss Music - Istvàn Zelenka
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zelenka, Istvàn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian-Swiss composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |