Witold Silewicz

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Witold Silewicz (born May 18, 1921 in Rajsko , Poland , † November 2, 2007 in Vienna ) was a Polish- Austrian composer and double bass player .

Life

Witold Silewicz was the third of three children of the Warsaw architect Zdzisław Silewicz and his wife, Stefania Zwilling. As a child he fell ill with tuberculosis , the consequences of which he suffered for a lifetime. His father died in Nice around 1930 . Witold did not begin to study music until the age of 22 during the Second World War in 1943 in Vienna. He studied at the Vienna Music Academy , composition with Joseph Marx , orchestral conducting with Josef Krips and Hans Swarowsky (1945–1947). On July 2, 1949, his Adagio for string orchestra was performed for the first time in the Wiener Musikverein . His double bass studies were with Johann Krampe and Otto Rühm (1949–1955). He then moved to France , Italy and Yugoslavia , where he met his future Slovenian wife, Tatiana (1925–2011), with whom he had two daughters.

He returned to Vienna with his family in 1962 and became a double bass player in the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria . He became a member of the Association of Polish Artists-Musicians Abroad (Stowarzyszenie Polskich Artystów-Muzyków - SPAM). The author Barbara Boisits later wrote: "His works reveal romantic, sometimes also classicist and impressionist influence."

Witold Silewicz's grave

Witold Silewicz died in Vienna and was buried in the Döblinger Friedhof (group 23, row 7, number 14).

Works

  • 2 symphonies
  • Instrumental concerts
  • Chamber music
  • Ballet Fanny Elßler - Woman and Myth (1989)
  • Children's scenes for instrumental ensemble

Prices

  • Promotion Prize of the City of Vienna (1963)
  • Promotion Prize of the State of Lower Austria (1981)

literature

  • Hartmut Krones (Hrsg.): The Austrian Symphony in the 20th Century (Viennese writings on stylistics and performance practice). Böhlau, Vienna 2005, p. 12.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Musikverein Academy Orchestra final concert of the Kapellmeisterklasse, Sat July 02, 1949. Wiener Musikverein. Accessed December 31, 2018.
  2. ↑ Silewicz, Witold. Oesterreichische Musiklexikon (oeml) online, Austrian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  3. ↑ Witold Silewicz. Find a grave. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  4. ↑ Prize winners - Promotion prizes of the City of Vienna. ( Memento from December 27, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) City of Vienna. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  5. ^ Office of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government, Department of Culture and Science (Ed.): Culture in the mirror of the times: 1960-2010 Culture Awards Lower Austria. Festschrift on the occasion of 50 years of Lower Austria Culture Awards, 2010, p. 121 ( PDF ).
personal data
SURNAME Silewicz, Witold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish-Austrian composer and double bass player
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Rajsko , Poland
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 2007
Place of death Vienna