Tomasz Sikorski

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Tomasz Sikorski (born May 19, 1939 in Warsaw ; † November 12, 1988 there ) was a Polish composer and pianist .

The son of Kazimierz Sikorski was a student of his father and of Zbigniew Drzewicki at the Warsaw Conservatory . He then studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris from 1965 to 1966 . From 1975 to 1976 he worked at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York City . He then lived as a pianist and freelance composer in Warsaw.

In addition to piano works and a radio opera , Sikorski composed numerous instrumental works, some with the use of a tape.

Works

  • 2 preludes for piano, 1955
  • Variations (Wariacje) for piano and percussion, 1960
  • Echo II for pianos, bells, gongs, tam-tams and tape, 1961–63
  • Sketches for string quartet, 1962
  • Antiphone for soprano, piano, horn, bells, gongs and tape, 1963
  • Prologue for female choir, pianos, flutes, horns and percussion, 1964
  • Concerto breve for piano, wind instruments and percussion, 1965
  • Monodia e sequenza for flute and piano 1966
  • Sequence I for orchestra, 1966
  • Sonant , for piano, 1967
  • Intersection for percussion, 1968
  • Homophony for horns, trumpets, trombones, piano and gong, 1968–70
  • Diaphony for two pianos, 1969
  • Music for wind instruments and tamtams, 1969
  • For strings for 3 violins and 3 violas, 1970
  • Collage for female choir, instruments and tape, 1970
  • Musique diatonique for wind instruments and 8 gongs, 1970
  • Vox humana for choir, pianos, brass, gongs and tamtams, 1971–72
  • The Adventures of Sindbad the Navigator (Przygody Sindbada zeglarza), radio opera for 6 speaking voices, soprano, tenor, women's choir and orchestra, 1971–72
  • Abandoned looking out (Widok z okna oglądany w roztargnieniu) for piano, 1971/72
  • Untitled (Bez tytułu) for clarinet, trombone, piano and cello, 1972
  • Holzwege for small orchestra, 1972
  • Listening to music (Muzyka nasłuchiwania) for 2 pianos, 1973
  • Music from afar for choir, wind instruments, piano and percussion, 1974
  • Other voices for wind instruments, gongs and bells, 1975
  • The loneliness of sounds for tape, 1975
  • The Illness to Death for speakers, 2 pianos, trumpets and horns on texts by Søren Kierkegaard , 1976
  • Musik im Zwielicht for piano and orchestra, 1978
  • Hymnos for piano, 1979
  • Strings in the Earth , 1979-80
  • Monophony for orchestra, 1979–80
  • Lontano for orchestra, 1979–80
  • Ositato for orchestra, 1979–80
  • Autograph for piano, 1980
  • Modus , 1980
  • From afar a bird for speaker, clavichord and tape. Text by Samuel Beckett , 1981
  • 2 portraits for orchestra, 1981–82
  • Paesaggio d'inverno for strings, 1982
  • Modus for solo cello, 1982
  • Euphony for piano, 1982
  • Self-portrait for orchestra, 1983
  • Autoritratto for two pianos and orchestra, 1983
  • Small Concerto for Orchestra, 1983
  • Recitativo ed Aria for strings 1983/84
  • La notte “Omaggio a Friedrich Nietzsche” for strings, 1984
  • Rondo for harpsichord, 1984
  • Moderato Cantabile for solo cello, 1986
  • The Silence of the Sirens (after Franz Kafka ) for cello, 1986
  • Omaggio “in memoriam Borges” for 4 pianos and orchestra, 1987
  • Diario 87 for tape and speaking voice, 1987

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