Jacek Domagała

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Jacek Domagała (born August 19, 1947 in Szczecinek ) is a Polish composer . He lives and works in Berlin .

Life

Jacek Domagała, composer, pianist and organist, studied composition with Witold Szalonek , piano with Olga Dąbrowska and organ with Heinz Wunderlich . After receiving the scholarship from the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation in Hamburg, he took part in master classes with György Ligeti . In addition to composing, he performed as a pianist with a focus on vocal and chamber music . As an organist , he has given numerous concerts in Switzerland , Germany , Poland and Denmark . His work includes choral, vocal, instrumental, orchestral, solo and chamber music works.

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The early works of Jacek Domagała were created under the influence of Johann Sebastian Bach , jazz and aleatoric music . Another stage in his artistic development is linked to the aesthetics of the 2nd Viennese School . It shaped the musical language and compositional technique of Jacek Domagała, which he himself describes as neoserialism .

This technique is based on the organization of short, precisely accented melodic lines; they are integrated into the harmony of the various timbres , subordinate to the structural principle, and are mostly based on twelve-tone material. In addition to small interval steps, wide sound networks with different meters , complex rhythms and maximally changing dynamics are used.

The examination of Viennese modernism, which introduced the serial compositional technique - for Jacek Domagała the most important musical innovation of the 20th century - not only led to the development of his own musical language, but above all influenced the development of his musical narration and expression, whose roots go back to range to late romanticism .

Awards

Compositions (selection)

Orchestral works

  • Continuum for string orchestra (1980)
  • Choral for large orchestra (1981)
  • For Five for string orchestra (1983)
  • Triptych for large orchestra (1987)
  • Magnificat for mezzo-soprano and large orchestra (1988)
  • Four short pieces for large orchestra (1989)
  • Two pieces for string orchestra (1999)
  • Structures for large orchestra (2011)
  • Normandie for large orchestra (2015/16)

Choral works

  • Pater Noster for mixed choir a cappella (1986)
  • Psalm 25 for mixed choir a cappella (1991)
  • Song of the nocturnal fog (based on a poem by Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer ) for mixed choir and piano (1999)
  • Laudate Dominum for mixed choir a cappella (2007)
  • Nocturn (after Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński ) for mixed choir and piano (2013)

Chamber music

  • Three Preludes for Piano (1981)
  • String Quartet No. 1 (1984)
  • Chamber music for solo instruments and percussion (1985)
  • Sonata No. 1 for piano (1990)
  • Splitter for flute, violoncello and piano (1993)
  • String Quartet No. 2 (1995)
  • Three inventions for piano (1996)
  • Sonata No. 2 for piano (1997)
  • Crystals for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano (2000)
  • Concertino for piano and eight wind instruments (2001)
  • Elegy (after Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński ) for mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello and glockenspiel (2002)
  • Flashback for violoncello solo (2003)
  • String Quartet No. 3 (2006)
  • Three songs (based on poems by Tadeusz Różewicz , Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz , Emil Zegadłowicz ) for soprano and piano (2008)
  • Concerto for oboe and string orchestra (2010)
  • Vitraux for piano (2013)
  • Four dialogues for flute and string orchestra (2014)

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personal data
SURNAME Domagała, Jacek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczecinek