Jagoda Szmytka

Jagoda Szmytka (* 1982 in Legnica ) is a Polish composer .

biography

Szmytka studied art history and philosophy at the University of Wroclaw from 2000 to 2005 . From 2004 to 2007 he studied music theory and composition with Krystian Kiełb and Cezary Duchnowski at the Karol Lipiński Music Academy in Wroclaw . From 2007 to 2012 postgraduate studies in composition with Pierluigi Billone , Beat Furrer and Wolfgang Rihm at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz , the University of Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt am Main and the University of Music Karlsruhe .

The ensembles that interpret Szmytka's compositions include Ensemble Garage, ensemble mosaik, Ensemble Interface, Ensemble recherche , European Workshop for Contemporary Music, E-MEX Ensemble, Duo leise dröhnung, Kwartludum, Ensemble l'arsenale, Ensemble Besides u. a. Her works have been shown at the Warschauer Herbst , Wien Modern , the Lucerne Festival , the Eclat Festival Stuttgart, the Ultrasound Berlin Festival, the Darmstadt Summer Courses , the Musica Polonica Nova, the Rheinsberger Musiktage, the Deutschlandfunk Cologne , the ZKM Karlsruhe , the Polish National Opera on Teatr Wielki Warsaw and the Moscow Philharmonic played.

Jagoda Szmytka lives in Frankfurt am Main .

Awards

• 2007–09: Grant from the President of the City of Wroclaw
• 2008: Art grant from the State of Lower Silesia
• 2008: ÖAD scholarship
• 2008: Scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
• 2008–09: DAAD scholarship
• 2010: Scholarship from the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation
• 2011: Wolfgang Rihm grant from the Hoepfner Foundation
• 2011: Grant from the Alfred Toepfer Foundation
• 2011: Working grant from the ZKM Karlsruhe
• 2011: Scholarship from the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation
• 2012: Staubach fee for the Darmstadt summer courses
• 2012: Scholarship Prize of the Darmstadt Summer Courses
• 2012: Working scholarship at La Muse en Circuit (France)
• 2013: Residence grant at the Herrenhaus Edenkoben
• 2016: German Music Author Award

Compositions

Solo works

• body worlds for amplified string instrument, feeds, video (2008)
• ¿I? study of who where when for harpsichord, metronomes, dictaphones, feeds, light projections (2008)
• Open the box! # 1 for accordion (2010)
• Open the box! # 2 for organ (2011)

Chamber music

• per ._o for 2 flutes, piano (2008)
• for [UN] fall for clarinet, violin, piano, percussion, optional amplification and playback (2009/11)
• Just before after # 1 for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano, percussion, optional amplification and playback (2010)
• Just before after # 2 for ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp, percussion), optional reinforcement and feeds (2010)
• Watch out! of the box [as Luis B. says] for violoncello, piano, amplification electronics, min. 6 assistants (2011)
• electrified memories of bloody cherries. extended landscape of music for amplified ensemble (clarinet, electric guitar, violoncello, double bass, drums) (2011)
• hand saw WeltAll-Stars. generously for reinforced ensemble (flute, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano) (2011)
• sky-me type-me for 4 amplified voices (2011)
• pretty sounds [practice-be-hear] for 3 instruments (flute, clarinet, accordion), dictaphone (2012)
• f * for music for electric guitar, amplified cello (2012)
• for travelers like angels or vampires for amplified ensemble (flute, saxophone, electric guitar, harp, violin, cello, piano, percussion) (2012)
• Oh no, I've lost my lofty bow for tenor saxophone, electric guitar, accordion, 3 players of sound objects, amplification (2012)
• greetings from a doppelganger for amplified ensemble (violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion) (2013)
• Inane prattle for amplified trumpet and ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, double bass), live electronics (2013)
• pores open wide shut for flute, violoncello, piano, percussion (2013)
• empty music for clarinet, viola, violoncello, piano, percussion, projections (2014)
• Limbo Lander . An audiovisual performance for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, drums, live video, live electronics (2014)

Ensemble music

• verb (a) run Life! for ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussionists, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass) (2009)
• happy deaf people for amplified cello, ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, 2 violins, viola, cello, piano, percussion), playbacks, video, scene (2012)

Musical theater

• dla głosów i rąk [for hands and voices]. Chamber opera for soprano, 7 singers, ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano, 2 percussionists), playbacks (2013)

CDs

• Portrait CD “Jagoda Szmytka - bloody cherries: electrified memories of bloody cherries / for travelers like angels or vampires / hand saw WeltAll-Stars. generously / sky-me, type-me / pores open wide shut / f * for music / greetings from a doppelganger "WERGO 2014 (WER 64142)

Web links

• Works by and about Jagoda Szmytka in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of the composer
• Jagoda Szymtka profile page on culture.pl (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press release of the Hoepfner Foundation on the awarding of the Wolfgang Rihm scholarship to Jagoda Szmytka ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved February 4, 2015  
2. ↑ Laureate of the Staubach Honoraria ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 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. . Retrieved February 4, 2015  
3. ↑ Jagoda Szmytka profile page on the Edenkoben mansion homepage . Retrieved February 5, 2015