Kazimierz Wiłkomirski

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Kazimierz Wiłkomirski (born September 1, 1900 in Moscow ; † March 7, 1995 in Warsaw ) was a Polish cellist , conductor , composer and music teacher .

Life

Alfred Wiłkomirski's son studied cello at the Moscow Conservatory with Alfred von Glehn and took private composition lessons with Boleslaw Jaworski . From 1919 to 1923 he attended the composition class of Roman Statkowski at the Warsaw Conservatory and studied conducting with Emil Młynarski . He was also a cellist in the Warsaw Opera Orchestra from 1919 to 1921 .

In 1924 he became principal cellist with the Łódź Philharmonic Orchestra, and from 1925 to 1929 he taught at the city's conservatory. Between 1926 and 1934 he was principal cellist and conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic . As a scholarship holder of the cultural foundation, he took courses with Hermann Scherchen from 1932 to 1935 . From 1934 until the beginning of the Second World War he was director of the Gdańsk Conservatory .

After the war he became rector and professor of conducting at the State University of Music in Łódź . Between 1947 and 1952 he worked as director of the State Philharmonic and Opera in Wroclaw , and from 1950 to 1952 as dean of the city's music academy . He then returned to Gdańsk and became director of the State Opera and Philharmonic and professor at the city's music academy. From 1957 he lived in Wrocław and worked there from 1961 as artistic director and conductor at the State Opera and as conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra. From 1963 until his retirement he taught chamber music at the State Music Academy in Warsaw .

Works

  • Dwa preludia for cello and piano, 1918
  • Scherzo for cello and piano, 1918
  • Ballada for cello and piano, 1918
  • Sonata for violin and piano, 1919
  • Sonata for piano, 1920
  • Symfonia , 1922
  • Requiem for solo voices, choir and orchestra, 1923
  • Poemat , Vokalise for cello and piano, 1924
  • Ballada for violin and piano, 1926
  • Jungfrau , symphonic poem for voice and orchestra, 1930
  • Msza for solo voices, choir and organ, 1937
  • Kwartet smyczkowy , string quartet, 1942
  • Aria for cello and piano, 1943
  • Suita kaszubska for wind orchestra, 1946
  • Prorok , cantata for baritone and orchestra, 1950
  • Symfonia koncertująca for cello and orchestra, 1950
  • Dwanaście etiud for cello solo, 1950
  • Kantata wrocławska for soprano, mixed choir and large symphony orchestra, 1951
  • Cztery utwory (pedagogiczne) for cello and piano, 1952
  • Kantata gdańska for solo voices, mixed choir and symphony orchestra, 1955
  • Kantata o św. Jacku for solo voices, mixed choir and symphony orchestra, 1957
  • Kwartet for four cellos, 1961
  • Wołanie moje for voice and piano, 1962

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Henryk Podsiadły: Kazimierz Wiłkomirski on the website of the city of Kalisz (Polish), accessed on January 12, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Wiłkomirski, Kazimierz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish composer, cellist, conductor and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1995
Place of death Warsaw