Marta Ptaszyńska

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Marta Ptaszyńska (born March 29, 1943 in Warsaw ) is a Polish composer, percussionist and music teacher.

Ptaszyńska studied composition with Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz at the State Music Academy in Warsaw and percussion with Mikołaj Stasiniewicz and Jerzy Zgodziński at the State Music Academy in Poznan . She also took private composition lessons with Witold Lutosławski . In 1968 she completed her studies with a master's degree in composition, music theory and percussion. As a scholarship holder of the French government, she studied with Nadia Boulanger and Olivier Messiaen as well as electronic music at the ORTF center in Paris from 1969–70 . She completed her training as a percussionist in collaboration with Cloyd Duff , Richard Weiner and Donald Erb at the Cleveland Institute of Music , where she received a diploma in 1974.

From 1970 Ptaszyńska taught first in Warsaw, later a. a. at Bennington College in Vermont, the University of California at Berkeley and Santa Barbara and Indiana University and gave seminars and guest lectures at other universities and music schools in the USA. In 1994 and 1996 she taught composition and analysis of 20th century music at Northwestern University, and in 1995 she was composer-in-residence at the College Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. In 1997 she was visiting professor at the University of Chicago , then professor of composition at Indiana University in Bloomington and the University of Chicago.

In 1968 Ptaszyńska won the second prize at the UNESCO composers' rostrum . She was awarded three times (1974, 1976 and 1987) by the Percussive Arts Society . The Polish Composers Union honored her with a medal in 1988. Her compositions have been performed at numerous international festivals (including the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival , the Warschauer Herbst and the Aspen Festival ), and musicians such as Yehudi Menuhin , Matthias Bamert , Jerzy Maksymiuk , Keiko Abe , Bertram Turetzky , Nancy Allen , Roman Jabłoński and Ewa Podleś played world premieres of their works.

Works

  • Preludia for vibraphone and piano, 1965
  • Scherzo for xylophone and piano, 1967
  • Ostinato for piano, 1967
  • Wariacje for flute, 1967
  • Improwizacje for orchestra, 1968
  • Bajka o slowikach for baritone, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, harp, vibraphone and marimba, 1968
  • Trzy interludia for two pianos, 1969
  • Recitativo, arioso e toccata for violin, 1969–75
  • Jeu-parti for harp and vibraphone, 1970
  • Vocalise for soprano and vibraphone, 1971
  • Madrigals “Canticum Sonarum” in memoriam Igor Stravinsky for string quartet, wind quartet, trumpet, trombone and gong, 1971
  • Cadenza for flute and percussion, 1971–72
  • Oscar z Alwy , television opera, 1971–72
  • Space model for percussion from tape, 1971–75
  • Stress for percussion and tape, 1972
  • Arabeska for harp, 1972
  • Spectri sonori for orchestra, 1973
  • Crystallites for orchestra, 1973–74
  • Dwa poematy for tuba, 1973–75
  • Touracou for harpsichord, 1973–75
  • Siderals for two percussion quintets and projections, 1974
  • Concerto for Percussion Quartet and Orchestra , 1974
  • Farewell souvenir for piano, 1975
  • Mobile for two percussionists, 1976
  • Classical Variations for kettledrum and string quartet, 1976
  • Quodlibet for double bass and tape, 1976
  • Epigramy for female choir, flute, harp, piano and percussion, 1976–77
  • Un grand sommeil noir for soprano, flute and harp, 1977
  • Melodie z róznych stron for percussion ensemble , 1977
  • Kolorowy swiat perkusji for children with recorders, voice and percussion ensemble , 1978
  • Synchromy for percussion trio, 1978
  • Podróze w kosmos for piano, 1978
  • Dream Lands, Magic Spaces for violin, piano and six percussionists, 1978
  • Muzyka pieciu stopni for two flutes and percussion ensemble , 1979
  • Bagatela for harp, 1979
  • Soirée snobe chez la Princesse , instrumental theater , 1979
  • Dwa sonety do Orfeusza for medium voice and chamber orchestra, 1980–81
  • Conductus - A Ceremonial " for wind instruments, 1982
  • Ave Maria for four medium voices, brass band, percussion and organ, 1982
  • Miniatury for piano, 1982
  • Scintilla for two marimbaphones, 1984
  • La Novella d'inverno for string orchestra, 1984
  • Four Seasons for Four Hands , 12 pieces for piano, 1984
  • Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra , 1985
  • Silver Threads and Other Songs for Children for voice, choir and percussion, 1985–86
  • Music Alphabet for two pianos, 1985–86
  • Kwiaty ksiezyca for cello and piano, 1986
  • Ave Maria for male choir and chamber orchestra, 1987
  • Charlie's Dream - Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra " , 1988
  • Listy polskie , cantata, 1988
  • Graffito for marimba, 1988
  • Songs of Despair and Loneliness for mezzo-soprano and piano, 1988–89
  • Ajikan for flute and percussion, 1989
  • Poetic Impressions for wind quintet and piano, 1991
  • Ode to Praise All Famous Women for orchestra, 1992
  • Hommage à IJ Paderewski for piano, 1992
  • Holocaust Memorial Cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, mixed choir and orchestra or percussion and piano, 1992
  • Spider Walk for percussion, 1993
  • Fanfare for Peace for orchestra, 1993
  • Pan Marimba , children's opera, 1993–96
  • Four Portraits for string quartet, 1994
  • Liquid Light for mezzo-soprano, piano and percussion, 1995
  • Distant Voices for mezzo-soprano and string quartet, 1995
  • Concerto grosso for two violins and chamber orchestra, 1996
  • Mancala for two violins, 1996
  • Scherzo di fantasia for euphonium and piano, 1997
  • Linear Constructions in Space for six percussionists, 1997–98
  • Olympian Rings for soprano steel drum, 1997–98
  • Letter to the Sun for cream drum, percussion quartet and narrator, 1998–2000
  • Luna Stelle for two pianos and two percussionists, 1998–99
  • Primary Colors for percussion quartet, 1999
  • Fanfare in memoriam Frederic Chopin for orchestra, 1999
  • Drum of Orfeo - Concerto for Percussion " for percussion and orchestra, 1999–2002
  • Inverted Mountain for orchestra, 2000
  • The Last Waltz in Vienna for accordion trio, 2001
  • Sen Eurydyki for two harps, 2001
  • Mozaiki for string quartet, 2002
  • Sinfonia Wratislavia for orchestra, 2003-04
  • Pianophonia for piano, 2004
  • Elegia in Memoriam John Paul II for viola, 2005
  • Magiczny Doremik , children's opera, 2006–07
  • Lumen for orchestra, 2007
  • Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra , 2007-08
  • Street Music for percussion orchestra, 2008
  • Hymn of the Universe for mixed choir and organ, 2008
  • Trois visions de l'arc-en-ciel for chamber ensemble, 2008

literature

  • Julie Anne Sadie and Rhian Samuel (Eds.): The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers . Macm-illan Press 1994 (Repr. 1995, 1996), ISBN 0-333-51598-6 , pp. 377-378.
  • Antje Olivier, Karin Weingartmann-Perschel (ed.): Composers of A-Z . Toccata-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-9801603-0-0 , pp. 257-258.

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personal data
SURNAME Ptaszyńska, Marta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw