Tomasz Golka

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Tomasz Golka (2015)

Tomasz Golka (born October 14, 1975 in Warsaw , Poland ) is a Polish-American conductor and composer .

Life

Golka is the son of pianist Anna Karczewska-Golka and trombonist George Golka. His younger brother Adam Golka is a pianist. In 1980 his family emigrated to Veracruz , Mexico , where his father got a job as a trombonist in the Orquesta Sinfónica de Veracruz . At the age of four, Golka began taking violin lessons from members of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Veracruz . In 1982 his family emigrated to Houston , Texas , where he attended High School for the Performing and Visual Arts . He continued his violin studies with Kenneth Goldsmith and later Sergiu Luca at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and received US citizenship in 1996. After completing his bachelor's and master's degree in violin, he learned the conducting trade with David Effron at Indiana University Bloomington and later with Gustav Meier at the Peabody Conservatory of Music at Johns Hopkins University .

In 2003, Golka won first prize at the Eduardo Mata International Conducting Competition in Mexico City . In 2006 Golka was a conductor at the Tanglewood Music Festival . During his stay in Tanglewood he conducted Igor Stravinsky's L'Histoire Du Soldat with the composers Elliott Carter , Milton Babbitt and John Harbison as speakers.

From 2007 to 2012 Golka was the conductor of the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra . In collaboration with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra , Golka conducted world premieres of works by Shafer Mahoney, Jude Vaclavik and Mathew Fuerst.

From 2008 to 2010 Golka was also conductor of the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra . In 2010 he also became conductor of the Riverside County Philharmonic . From 2014 to 2015 he was chief conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá, with which he performed some world premieres, as well as the Colombian world premiere of Thomas Adès' Asyla .

On September 1, 2014, Golka married Anna Kostyuchek, second concertmaster of the Riverside County Philharmonic . The two live in Encino , California .

List of works

  • Celsius 233 for orchestra (2010)
  • Valhalla Fanfare for brass and percussion (2010)
  • Orchestration of JS Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor , BWV 582 (2012)
  • The Transit of Venus for violin and orchestra (2013)
  • Festivus, Festivus for voice and orchestra or voice and piano (2015)
  • Ukrainian Christmas Overture for orchestra (2016)

Discography

  • Villa-Lobos, Heitor: Ciranda das sete notas. Ezequiel Fainguersch, bassoon / Bloomington Chamber Orchestra. Melo Records, 2004.
  • Stravinsky, Igor: L'histoire du soldat. Elliott Carter (The Soldier) / Milton Babbitt (The Devil) / John Harbison (Narrator), Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center. Tanglewood Audio Archives, 2006.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zapata, Jorge. "El polaco Tomasz Golka será el titular de la Sinfónica de Colombia" , Minuto 30 , February 17, 2014. Accessed November 27, 2015.
  2. ^ William Kerns (2009-04-30). "Adam Golka to return for the Arts Festival" ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Lubbock Avalanche Journal. Retrieved December 7, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / lubbockonline.com
  3. ^ "Immigrant Father and Son: First-Year Graduate Students" (press release). Rice University. 1996-10-25. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  4. ↑ Terry Beef (2009-01-29). "Symphony Names Six Conductor Finalists" . La Crosse Tribune. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  5. ↑ Espinosa, Pablo. "Recupera vigencia el proyecto educativo-musical de Eduardo Mata" , La Jornada , September 9, 2003. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  6. ^ Seville, María Eugenia. "Gana director polaco Premio Eduardo Mata" , Reforma , September 9, 2003. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  7. ↑ Jarosław Gołembiowski (2003-10-12). ["Triumf polskiego dyrygenta"]. Monitor Chicago. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  8. ↑ Dyer, Richard. "Despite kinks in its debut, TMC Orchestra shows promise" , Boston Globe , July 2006. Accessed November 27, 2015 5..
  9. ↑ Daniel J. Wakin (2006-07-27). "With a Nod to Stravinsky, Three Composers Become Stars of the Stage at Tanglewood" . New York Times. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  10. ↑ William Kerns (2007-02-03). "Meet the new maestro: LSO, Golka seal deal" ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Lubbock Avalanche Journal. Retrieved November 27, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / lubbockonline.com
  11. ↑ William Kerns (2012-05-04). "Golka plans classical spectacle for final Lubbock concerts" . Lubbock Avalanche Journal. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  12. ↑ Jaime Zublick (2008-05-30). "Work ethic key in settling search" . Williamsport Sun Gazette. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  13. ↑ Daniel Grajales (2014-02-23). "Golka, new director de la Sinfónica Nacional" . Lubbock Avalanche Journal. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Me la jugaré por la música colombiana" .
  15. ↑ Sherli Leonard (2014-11-19). "Riverside: A symphonic love story" . The Press Enterprise. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  16. ↑ "TANGLEWOOD 75 - FROM THE AUDIO ARCHIVES: DAY 26" , Tanglewood Music Center, July 25 of 2006.
personal data
SURNAME Golka, Tomasz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish-American conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw , Poland