Joseph Kolkovich

Joseph Kolkovich (* 14. March 1957 in Prešov , Czechoslovakia as Jozef Kolkovič ) is a Slovak composer and musician .

He studied composition with Andrej Očenáš , Jozef Sixta and Dezider Kardoš at the Bratislava Conservatory and the University of Music in Bratislava .

Classically trained, however, his main interest for a long time was "Progressive Rock". As a bass and keyboard player, he performed with various bands in Slovakia and later in San Diego and Los Angeles. After more than a decade of composing activity exclusively in the field of rock and pop music, Joseph Kolkovich turned more and more to classical music in the 1990s. His compositions, initially atonal and strongly influenced by the Polish School ( Lutosławski , Penderecki ) and György Ligeti , later opened up to the influences of postmodernism, increasingly including consonances. Just as his compositions defy any categorization, his work also includes a wide variety of genres up to soundtracks for computer games, TV shows and films. Orchestra works by Joseph Kolkovich were also premiered in Germany. “Musings on the Nature of Paradise” was created in collaboration with the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra . Chamber music works have already been recorded on various labels. Joseph Kolkovich's string trio "Seven Faces of the World" received the "Lee Ettelson Composer Award" in 2009.

Works

Orchestral works

• "Musings on the Nature of Paradise". WP: Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra
• "Andante-Allegro"
• "Arboretum I"
• Concerto for piano, strings and timpani

Chamber music

• "Nine Preludes" for piano
• “Silent Tears of Fathers” for five double basses
• "Nostalgia" for piano trio
• “Time and Distance” for violoncello
• "Seven Faces of the World". String trio WP: new Wuppertal string trio

Web links

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