Maciej Małecki

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Maciej Małecki (born November 27, 1940 in Warsaw ) is a Polish composer and pianist and music teacher . He is the creator of instrumental , entertainment , theater , radio and film music and not the Polish politician Maciej Małecki (who was also born in Warsaw in 1974) .

Life

Małecki studied composition with Kazimierz Sikorski and piano with Natalia Hornowska at the Warsaw Music Academy (1965 artistic diploma with distinction) and continued his musical education from 1967 to 1968 at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester ( USA ) with Samuel Adler and Eugene List . After his studies he gave concerts in Germany and abroad (including in Great Britain and the GDR ) in a piano duo with Jerzy Derfel .

In the 1970s he composed music for the stage, for radio and television, and film music. During the 1980s he was mainly concerned with concert music. In 1993 he was elected chairman of the Polish Composers' Union and held this position for three years.

Małecki is married to the actress Anna Seniuk . He has three children with her: Grzegorz Małecki and Magdalena Małecka .

Awards

  • 1973: Award at the XIII. Theater festival of drama in Kalisz for Antygona
  • 1975: Award at the Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej (KFPP OPOLE) in Opole
  • 1981 Awarded by the President of the Polish Radio and Television Committee
  • 1982: Praise at the Karol Szymanowski competition for his Cztery pieśni do słów Kazimierza Przerwy-Tetmajera for baritone and piano (1981)
  • 1984: Renewed award by the President of the Polish Radio and Television Committee
  • 1989: Złoty mikrofon (Golden Microphone) music review award from Polskie Radio
  • 1996: Award at the composition competition of the III. Ogólnopolski Festiwal Kolęd i Pastorałek in Będzin for his Christmas pastoral Niemowlątko na słomie for mixed choir
  • 2003: Prize for his radio music Nie-Boska Symfonia (2002) at the “Dwa Teatry” festival in Sopot

Discography

  • 2002 Balladyna. Opera radiowa (CD)
  • 2005 Witold Gombrowicz - Operetka (CD, Polskie Radio, PRCD 484-485)
  • 2008 Cicha noc - Silent Night , Polish Christmas Concert (CD, Carus-Verlag, Carus 83.418)

Works (selection)

Instrumental works

  • 1975 Ułańska fantazja for large wind orchestra
  • 1980 sonata for piano
  • 1981 Rondo for piano and orchestra
  • 1984 Suite for woodwind quintet
  • 1985 Nocturne for 4 horns and 4 trombones
  • 1987 Humoresque for piano
  • 1988 Zabawy, kłótnia i echo for 3 percussion sets
  • 1988 Poemat w trzech nastrojach for wind orchestra, two harps and percussion
  • 1988 Elegy for alto saxophone
  • 1988 Concertino in the old style for two harps and string orchestra
  • 1988 Scherzando for 10 instruments
  • 1988 Pieśń i ostinato for violin , viola , cello and piano
  • 1990 Concertino for 12 instruments
  • 1991 concert march for wind orchestra
  • 1992 solo concert for electronic harp and orchestra
  • 1993 solo concert for piano and orchestra for young pianists
  • 1994 Offenbachiana . Suite-Fantasia for the ballet Brazylijczyk w Paryżu for orchestra
  • 1994 String Quartet No. 1
  • 1994 Solo concert for trombone and orchestra
  • 1995 Polskie Hymny Wielkanocne
  • 1995 concert overture for large wind orchestra
  • 1996 Sinfonietta for 9 instruments
  • 1997 String Quartet No. 2
  • 1998 Dziki gołąb, las i panna , symphonic poetry
  • 1998 Solo concert for alto saxophone and orchestra
  • 1999 Symphony No. 1
  • 2000 Capriccio for clarinet
  • 2000 Hymn - Refugium et spes for alto saxophone and chamber string orchestra
  • 2001 Allegro for symphony orchestra
  • 2002 solo concert for saxophone and orchestra
  • 2002 Small Polish Symphony for Wind Orchestra
  • 2003 Aria i Scherzo for alto saxophone and string quartet
  • 2004 Pastorale i toccata for strings, clarinet and cello
  • 2004 Sonata Fantasy for Cello
  • 2004 Symphony No. 2 for mixed choir and orchestra
  • 2005 solo concert for flute and string orchestra in four episodes
  • 2005 Andante i allegro for viola and 5 string instruments or string orchestra

Choral works

  • 1988 Kiedy na świecie przybywa wierszy , song for 3-part. Choir
  • 1994 Cztery małe pory roku for children's choir ( a cappella )
  • 1996 Niemowlątko na słomie (Version I) , Pastorale for mixed choir (Text: Elżbieta Szeptyńska)
  • 1996 W moim sercu oziminy for women's or children's choir (Text: Elżbieta Szeptyńska)
  • 1997–2000 love songs - Pieśni miłosne - for 4-part. mixed choir (based on words of Przerwy-Tetmajer )
  • 2006 Cicha noc - Silent Night , Polish Christmas Concert for mixed choir and chamber string orchestra

Songs

  • Bajka poduszki (Text: Tadeusz Śliwiak )
  • Ballada o późnej starości Don Kichota (Text: Wojciech Młynarski )
  • Ci chłopcy mówią do nas takie rzeczy ... (Text: Agnieszka Osiecka )
  • Hotel Europa (Text: W. Młynarski)
  • Jak zmienić Polskę w raj (Text: Andrzej Jarecki )
  • Kiedy iść, to daleko (Text: A. Jarecki)
  • Kowno, Kowno z szabelką (Text: Roman Kołakowski )
  • Księżyc na niebo (Text: R. Kołakowski)
  • Lekcja polskiego
  • Młodość św. Mikołaja (Text: W. Młynarski)
  • Nadzieja (Text: A. Jarecki)
  • Ostatni Ikar (Text: Jonasz Kofta )
  • Song o szczęściu wiecznym
  • Szedł chłopiec ze swoją dziewczyną (Text: Czesław Miłosz )
  • Tango retro (text: W. Młynarski)
  • To, co między nami (Text: J. Zalewski)
  • Ułańska fantazja (Text: W. Młynarski)
  • Wiśnie (Text: S. Baliński )

Film music

  • 1989 Jeniec Europy , film adaptation of the Polish novel about Napoleon Bonaparté
  • 1985 Jesienią o szczęściu , Polish feature film
  • 1984 Rozalka Olaboga , Polish novel adaptation
  • 1983 Soból i panna , Polish melodrama
  • 1981 Podwójne Calypso
  • 1981 Debiutantka , Polish feature film
  • 1980 Świat Włodzimierza Puchalskiego
  • 1979 Ojciec królowej , Polish comedy
  • 1977 Znak orła , Polish historical TV series for young people
  • 1977 Tam, gdzie Warta kończy swój bieg ...
  • 1976 Znaki szczególne , Polish TV series
  • 1976 Złota kaczka
  • 1976 Zanim nadejdzie dzień
  • 1976 Szaleństwo Majki Skowron , Polish TV series
  • 1976 Czerwone i czarne kamienie ,
  • 1975 Czerwone i białe
  • 1975 Wystawa - Maksymilian Gierymski
  • 1975 Nim powstanie muzyka
  • 1974 Orzeł i reszka , Polish techno spy film
  • 1974 Koniec wakacji
  • 1974 Jabłka
  • 1974 Aleksander Gierymski - w altanie
  • 1974 Godzina za godziną , Polish psychological feature film
  • 1973 Bułeczka , Polish children's film

Opera

Ballet music

Theater music

Musical performances

TV theater performances

  • 2002 Smutne miasteczko
  • 2001 eatryks cenci
  • 1989 Małżeństwo Marii Kowalskiej
  • 1985 Czwartkowe damy
  • 1982 Irydion , romantic drama by Zygmunt Krasiński
  • 1982 Balladyna , tragedy in five acts by Juliusz Słowacki
  • 1981 Wesele , author drama by Stanisław Wyspiański
  • 1981 Molier, czyli Zmowa świętoszków
  • 1977 Letnicy
  • 1974 Sława i chwała
  • 1973 Moje serce jest w górach
  • 1973 Kariera Artura Ui
  • 1972 Czekanie

Radio shows

  • 1999 Balladyna , radio opera (libretto: Juliusz Słowacki , director: Anna Seniuk )
  • 2002 Pchła Szachrajka , radio music fairy tale (text: Jan Brzechwa )
  • 2002 Nie-Boska Symfonia , radio play (based on motifs from the romantic drama Nie-Boska komedia by Zygmunt Krasiński )
  • 2004 Operetka , radio play (text: Witold Gombrowicz , director: Piotr Cieślak )
  • 2005 Jesień polska w tradycji i poezji , a play by radio entertainers to texts by Polish poets

literature

  • Stanisław Dybowski: Małecki Maciej w: Słownik pianistów polskich . Selene, Warszawa 2003.
  • Iwona Lindstedt: Małecki Maciej w: Encyklopedia Muzyczna PWM (część biograficzna pod red. Elżbiety Dziębowskiej), t. "M". PWM, Kraków 2000.

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personal data
SURNAME Małecki, Maciej
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish composer and pianist as well as music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw