Piotr Szalsza

Piotr Szalsza (born May 26, 1944 in Bytom ) is a Polish musician, author, director and producer.

Life

Piotr Szalsza graduated from the Katowice Music Academy in 1967 in the viola instrumental class . From 1965 to 1966 he was violist in the symphony orchestra of Polish radio and television in Krakow. From 1966 to 1982 he headed the music, culture and entertainment editorial team in the national studios of Polish television in Katowice and Gdansk ; he regularly produced articles in this area and worked closely with the main editorial offices as a manager, director, picture director, journalist and screenwriter for music and entertainment in Warsaw together.

Szalsza has lived in Vienna since 1983 - after political persecution in communist Poland - where he works as a writer and director for ORF , 3sat , NHK , ZDF , ARTE , RTR , TVP and for various private film production companies (including Satel, Televisfilm, PreTv) is.

He was also the organizer of musicological symposia and other events.

Act

Piotr Szalsza has been writing music publications and translating plays since 1963 (over 20 titles so far). He is the author and editor of several books as well as the author of over 200 television scripts. As a director, he was responsible for more than 40 documentary and music films and numerous image directors in the musical field (symphonic concerts, chamber music , opera concerts, jazz concerts , organ concerts, musical impressions, folklore ). Since 1980 he has directed at various theaters and opera houses, including theaters in Poland, Austria, Israel and Russia.

Publications

• Karol Szymanowski in Prague. 1983
• Bronislaw Huberman. 2001
• Musicological collaboration with the Academy of Sciences in Vienna: Austrian Music Lexicon. 2002-2006
• Ed .: Max Kalbeck - a Viennese from Breslau. (Scientific Symposium), Neisse-Verlag, Dresden 2006, ISBN 978-3-934038-68-4 .

Film and television productions (selection)

• 1972: Magnificat by Krzysztof Penderecki , documentation, TVP
• 1978: Chopin in Bohemia , documentation, TVP, CTV
• 1980–1981 Szymanowski in Prague , documentation, TVP, CTV
• 1984: Chopin in Vienna , documentation, ORF
• 1985–1999: Concerts for eyes and ears , 10 episodes, ORF
• 1985–1999: Little Organ Treasure , approx. 20 episodes, ORF
• 1986–2003: Direction of around 100 jazz transmissions, including Lionel Hampton , Oscar Peterson , Stéphane Grappelli , Dizzy Gillespie , J. Pass, N. Kennedy, W. Marsalis, Fr. Gulda, M. Petrucciani, J. Garbarek , J. Zawinul, Buena Vista Sociedad. ORF
• 1988–1990: History of the fortepiano in 3 parts , documentation, ORF
• 1992: Friedemann Puntigam or the art of forgetting , drama by Gerald Szyszkowitz , TVP, ORF
• 1992: Witold Lutosławski - dream of a classic , documentary, ORF, TVP
• 1993: Everyday life in the Warsaw Ghetto 1939-1942 , documentation, ORF
• 1994: Nabucco in Bregenz, an impression , picture direction, ORF
• 1995: Chopin's heart , documentary, NHK, SATEL, BRIZE FILM
• 1996: Johann Strauss in Petersburg , with Sir Peter Ustinov and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, design and direction, ORF, ARTE, RTR
• 1998: Heldenplatz , drama by Thomas Bernhard ( TV play ), TVP
• 1998: Canto General , oratorio by Mikis Theodorakis and Pablo Neruda . World premiere, image direction, ORF
• 1999: Progression by Peter Wolf . World premiere at the Klangwolke Linz, with Klaus Maria Brandauer , picture director, ORF
• 2000: Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven, picture direction, ORF
• 2001–2002: The Polish Habsburgs , 2 parts, documentation, 3sat
• 2002: Joe Zawinul for his 70th birthday , picture direction, 3sat
• 2005: 50 years of the State Treaty - concert , picture direction, ORF
• 2006–2007: Karl Kraus : The last days of humanity , television design, ORF
• 2007: How good is a meal together - it brings the distant closer , documentation
• 2009: VENTZKI. Children of the perpetrators - children of the victims , documentation, EU
• 2010: Bronisław Huberman - or Union of Europe and the Violin , TVP
• 2011: Allegro Vivo Festival 2011 - documentary, ORF
• 2012: Mordechaj Gebirtig , music documentary, WKKG, EU, TVP
• 2013: Titanic on the rock stage , making of documentary, ORF
• 2015: The Heroes of Stein , documentary, WKKG, ORF

Theater and music productions (selection)

• 1980: Wizzard Oz , musical by Ernest Bryll , Kielce
• 1981: City Sugar , drama by Stephen Poliakoff , Gdansk
• 1984: A Liederspiel , music: Meinhard Rüdenauer, Wiener Kammeroper
• 1985: The Barber of Seville , Music: Giovanni Paisiello , Wiener Kammeroper
• 1986: The Two Crowns , Music: Gerald Fromme, Spectaculum Vienna
• 1994: Fedora , music: Umberto Giordano , Warsaw National Opera
• 1996: The farmer as a millionaire by Ferdinand Raimund , Kattowitz
• 1997: The love for the 3 oranges , music: Sergej Prokofjew , 1st assistant to Sir Peter Ustinov, Bolshoi Theater, Moscow
• 2000: Favorite singer of the Führer , drama by Gerald Szyszkowitz, Vienna
• 2005: The Parry Sisters , musical by Michaela Ronzoni, Krakow
• 2002: Die Räuberin (libretto), music: Karol Szymanowski , Vienna
• 2004: The Parry Sisters , musical by Michaela Ronzoni, Tel Aviv
• 2004–2010: Antigone in New York , drama by Janusz Głowacki , Krakow: Teatr Ludowy, Vienna: dietheater Künstlerhaus, Salzburg: Kleines Theater
• 2004–2005: Music in the Waiting Room of Death - Theresienstadt Ghetto , Warsaw, Krakow
• 2005: Demetrius , drama by Friedrich Schiller , Krakow, Kattowitz
• 2008: Alpenglow , drama by Peter Turrini , Omsk
• 2008: The Seagull , drama by Anton Chekhov , Reichenau Festival
• 2009: Dietrich and Leander from Beatrice Ferolli, Kattowitz
• 2009: Badenheim 1939 by Aharon Appelfeld and Piotr Szalsza, Kattowitz
• 2010: Brundibar , children's opera by Hans Krása , Wrocław (Breslau)
• 2014: The Parry Sisters - Musical (author: Michaela Ronzoni) - Toruń
• 2014: Simply Complicated - Drama (Author: Thomas Bernhard) Katowice-Vienna
• 2016 Reigen - Drama (Author: Arthur Schnitzler) OMSK

Symposia and other events

• Frédéric Chopin - Vienna 1999
• Max Kalbeck - Breslau 2001
• Karol Szymanowski: Polish Year in Austria - Vienna 2002
• Theodor Leschetizky Project - Przemyśl, Kattowitz, Cracow 2005–2006
• Project “The Jewish Vienna”, Festival of the Dialogue of the 4 Cultures - Lodz 2007
• Exhibition: “Chopin in Vienna” - Vienna, Wrocław, Bydgoszcz, Warszawa, Katowice, Tel Aviv, London; 2010-2014
• Exhibition: "Karol Szymanowski: Life and Work" - London 2015
• Exhibition: “The Heroes of Stone” - Vienna 2015, Krakow 2016

Prizes and awards

• 1968 Polish Radio and Television Prize in the field of music
• 1990: Medal of Merit for Polish Culture
• 1993: Knight of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
• 2010: Chopin Pass - Chopin Year 2010
• 2010: Golden Owl - Wiedeń
• 2011: Kameraton Musikfilm Festival - Film Bronislaw Huberman - Education Prize
• 2014: Culture Medal of the City of Bytom (Bytom)
• 2014: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class

literature

• Kazimierz Andrzej Wysinski (Ed.): Almanach sceny polskiej. Volume 24, Verlag Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i Filmowe, 1987, ISBN 978-8-322103-45-6 , p. 29.
• German stage yearbook. Volume 106, 1998, p. 621.

Web links

• Literature by and about Piotr Szalsza in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The stage. Verlag Austria International, issues 328–339, 1986, p. 18, online .