Zygmunt Krauze
Zygmunt Krauze (born September 19, 1938 in Warsaw ) is a Polish composer and pianist.
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Krauze studied piano with Maria Wiłkomirska and composition with Kazimierz Sikorski at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. 1966–1967, thanks to a grant from the French government, he studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger .
Krauze made his debut as a soloist in 1963. In 1967 he founded “Warsztat Muzyczny” (Musical Workshop) and performed with the group for 20 years. Krauze has also appeared as a soloist with many orchestras and conductors, such as Gary Bertini , Jan Krenz , Leif Segerstam , Kazimierz Kord , Kazuyoshi Akiyama , Bohdan Wodiczko , Paul Zukofsky , Ernest Bour , Hans Zender , Jerzy Maksymiuk and Luca Pfaff .
1974–1975 he lived in Berlin on a DAAD scholarship . In 1982, at the invitation of Pierre Boulez , he worked at IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique / Musique - Research Institute for Acoustics / Music) in Paris .
He has given lectures in many cities in Europe ( Darmstadt , Basel , Stockholm ), in the USA at Indiana University in Bloomington, Yale University in New Heaven, Cornell University in Ithaca, University of Southern California in Santa Barbara, as well as in Japan ( Tokyo , Osaka , Kobe ), Israel and Hong Kong .
In 1996 he was appointed Eminent Corresponding Professor at Keimiung University ( Taegu , South Korea ).
In 2002 he became professor of composition at the Music Academy in Łódź and in 2006 at the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw .
At the congress of the International Society for New Music (ISCM) in Frankfurt in 1977 he was elected President, and in 1999 its honorary member.
In 2007 he became an officer of the French Legion of Honor .
Most important works
- Piece for Orchestra No. 1 (1969),
- Piece for Orchestra No. 2 (1970),
- II. String quartet (1970),
- Folk Music na orkiestrę (1972),
- From all over the world for 10 string instruments (1973),
- Soundscape for instruments, objects and tape (1975),
- Fête galante et pastorale for orchestra and 4 soloists (1975),
- Piano Concerto (1976),
- Suite de dances et de chansons for harpsichord and orchestra (1977),
- Violin Concerto (1980),
- Der Stern , Chamber Opera (1980),
- Tableau vivant for chamber orchestra (1982),
- Piece for Orchestra No. 3 (1982),
- Arabesque for piano and chamber orchestra (1983),
- III. String Quartet (1983),
- Quatuor pour la naissance (1984),
- Symphonie Parisienne (1986),
- From Keyboard to Score for piano (1987),
- La Terre for soprano, piano and orchestra (1995),
- II Piano Concerto (1996),
- Iwona, księżniczka Burgunda Opera in 4 acts based on Witold Gombrowicz (2007).
Discographic notes
- New Piano Sounds (Muza 1973)
- Georg Katzer / Zygmunt Krause / Jaroslav Krček Aide Memoire / Folk Music / Sonáty Slavíčkové (Recommended Records 1985)
- Chris Cutler , Lutz Glandien , Marie Goyette , Zygmunt Krauze, Otomo Yoshihide p53 (Recommended Records 1995)
- Fête galante et pastorale (Bölt 2013)
- John Tilbury / Zygmunt Krauze Grand Tour (Bölt 2015)
source
- Krystyna Tarnawska-Kaczorowska: Zygmunt Krauze - między intelektem, fantazją, powinnością i zabawą (Zygmunt Krauze - between the intellect, fantasy, duty and play), Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2001, ISBN 83-01-13426-7
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Honorary members. ISCM , accessed June 30, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krauze, Zygmunt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish composer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |