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KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI BECOMES HONORARY MEMBER OF ARMENIA'S COMPOSERS UNION
18:04, 17 January, 2014
YEREVAN, JANUARY 17, ARMENPRESS. The series of "Days of Krzysztof
Penderecki in Armenia" events devoted to the Polish prominent composer
and conductor was concluded by the display of "Paths of Labyrinth" film
which tells about life and work activity of Krzysztof Penderecki. All
the way Krzysztof Penderecki called "20th century Beethoven" passed
was introduced 87 -minute film made in 2013.
"It is a huge event that one of the greatest composers of our times
is in Armenia. A great festival was held. It is wonderful we were
able to listen to his colorful works of various genres it was an
invaluable event. A person as great as Penderecki should perform
with Philharmonic as our band can satisfy his level and we saw that
Philharmonic introduced itself extraordinarily in the eve," Artistic
Director and General Conductor of the State Philharmonic Orchestra
of Armenia Eduard Topchyan stated it in a conversation with Armenpress.
The series of events entitled "Days of Krzysztof Penderecki in Armenia"
commenced solemnly in "Aram Khachaturian" concert hall with the joint
performance of State Youth Orchestra of Armenia and cellist Bartosz
Koziak on January 13.
Krzysztof Penderecki was born in DÄ~Ybica on 23 November, 1933. He
studied composition privately with Franciszek SkoÅ~Byszewski and
then (1955-8) with Artur Malawski and StanisÅ~Baw Wiechowicz at
the State Higher School of Music in Kraków, where he also taught,
being appointed its rector (i.e., president) in 1972 (in the 1980s
the School was renamed "Academy of Music). Penderecki's career had
a very auspicious beginning. In 1959 he came suddenly to prominence
when three of his works won first prizes in a national competition
organized by the Polish Composers' Union (he submitted them under
different pseudonyms). His reputation quickly spread abroad, notably
through perfomances of such works as Anaklasis (written for the 1960
Donaueschigen Festival) and Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima. The
latter piece, as well as the Passion according to St. Luke of 1963-5,
found an unusually wide audience for contemporary works, and Penderecki
soon received important commissions from diverse organizations in
Europe and the USA. He has also appeared widely as a lecturer and in
1972 began to conduct his own compositions.
Penderecki has won numerous domestic and foreign prizes including
the First Class State Award (1968, 1983), the Polish Composers'
Union Prize (1970), the Herder Prize (1977), the Sibelius Prize
(1983), the Premio Lorenzo Magnifico (1985), the Israeli Karl Wolff
Foundation Prize (1987), a Grammy Award (1988), a Grawemeyer Award
(1992), and a UNESCO International Music Council Award (1993). He has
honorary doctorates from universities in Rochester, Bordeaux, Leuven,
Belgrade, Washington, Madrit, PoznaÅ~D, Warsaw and Glasgow. He is an
honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in London, Accademia
Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Musikaliska Academien in Stockholm,
Akademie der Kunste in Berlin, Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes
in Buenos Aires, Academie Internationale de Philosophie et de I'
Art in Bern, Academie Internationale des Sciences, Belles-lettres
et Arts in Bordeaux, and the Royal Academy of Music in Dublin. In
1990 he received the Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of
the Federal Republic of Germany, in 1993 the Order of Cultural Merit
(Monaco), and in 1994 an Austrian honorary distinction For Achievements
in Science and Arts. In 1993 he was decorated with the Commander's
Cross with the star of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Penderecki's teaching career developed in Germany, the U.S. and
Poland. He taught composition at the Volkwang Hochschule fur Music,
Essen (from 1966 to 1968); in 1973-78 he lectured at Yale University
in New Haven. In 1982-87 he was rector of the Academy of Music in
Kraków, in 1987-1990 he served as the artistic director of the Cracow
Philharmonic. Since his conductor's debut with the London Symphony
Orchestra (1973), he has performed with prominent symphony orchestras
in the United States and Europe, and he is chief guest conductor
of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk Orchestra in Hamburg. Apart from his
own works, his conducting repertoire covers the works of composers
from various epochs, with a preference for 19th-century and early
20th-century compositions. In 1997 he published a book entitled "The
Labyrinth of Time. Five Lectures at the End of the Century (Warsaw,
"Presspublica"). In 1996 the performance of his piece Seven Gates of
Jerusalem, commissioned by the city, commemorated the celebrations of
"Jerusalem - 3000 Years." in Israel.
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18:04, 17 January, 2014
YEREVAN, JANUARY 17, ARMENPRESS. The series of "Days of Krzysztof
Penderecki in Armenia" events devoted to the Polish prominent composer
and conductor was concluded by the display of "Paths of Labyrinth" film
which tells about life and work activity of Krzysztof Penderecki. All
the way Krzysztof Penderecki called "20th century Beethoven" passed
was introduced 87 -minute film made in 2013.
"It is a huge event that one of the greatest composers of our times
is in Armenia. A great festival was held. It is wonderful we were
able to listen to his colorful works of various genres it was an
invaluable event. A person as great as Penderecki should perform
with Philharmonic as our band can satisfy his level and we saw that
Philharmonic introduced itself extraordinarily in the eve," Artistic
Director and General Conductor of the State Philharmonic Orchestra
of Armenia Eduard Topchyan stated it in a conversation with Armenpress.
The series of events entitled "Days of Krzysztof Penderecki in Armenia"
commenced solemnly in "Aram Khachaturian" concert hall with the joint
performance of State Youth Orchestra of Armenia and cellist Bartosz
Koziak on January 13.
Krzysztof Penderecki was born in DÄ~Ybica on 23 November, 1933. He
studied composition privately with Franciszek SkoÅ~Byszewski and
then (1955-8) with Artur Malawski and StanisÅ~Baw Wiechowicz at
the State Higher School of Music in Kraków, where he also taught,
being appointed its rector (i.e., president) in 1972 (in the 1980s
the School was renamed "Academy of Music). Penderecki's career had
a very auspicious beginning. In 1959 he came suddenly to prominence
when three of his works won first prizes in a national competition
organized by the Polish Composers' Union (he submitted them under
different pseudonyms). His reputation quickly spread abroad, notably
through perfomances of such works as Anaklasis (written for the 1960
Donaueschigen Festival) and Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima. The
latter piece, as well as the Passion according to St. Luke of 1963-5,
found an unusually wide audience for contemporary works, and Penderecki
soon received important commissions from diverse organizations in
Europe and the USA. He has also appeared widely as a lecturer and in
1972 began to conduct his own compositions.
Penderecki has won numerous domestic and foreign prizes including
the First Class State Award (1968, 1983), the Polish Composers'
Union Prize (1970), the Herder Prize (1977), the Sibelius Prize
(1983), the Premio Lorenzo Magnifico (1985), the Israeli Karl Wolff
Foundation Prize (1987), a Grammy Award (1988), a Grawemeyer Award
(1992), and a UNESCO International Music Council Award (1993). He has
honorary doctorates from universities in Rochester, Bordeaux, Leuven,
Belgrade, Washington, Madrit, PoznaÅ~D, Warsaw and Glasgow. He is an
honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in London, Accademia
Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Musikaliska Academien in Stockholm,
Akademie der Kunste in Berlin, Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes
in Buenos Aires, Academie Internationale de Philosophie et de I'
Art in Bern, Academie Internationale des Sciences, Belles-lettres
et Arts in Bordeaux, and the Royal Academy of Music in Dublin. In
1990 he received the Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of
the Federal Republic of Germany, in 1993 the Order of Cultural Merit
(Monaco), and in 1994 an Austrian honorary distinction For Achievements
in Science and Arts. In 1993 he was decorated with the Commander's
Cross with the star of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Penderecki's teaching career developed in Germany, the U.S. and
Poland. He taught composition at the Volkwang Hochschule fur Music,
Essen (from 1966 to 1968); in 1973-78 he lectured at Yale University
in New Haven. In 1982-87 he was rector of the Academy of Music in
Kraków, in 1987-1990 he served as the artistic director of the Cracow
Philharmonic. Since his conductor's debut with the London Symphony
Orchestra (1973), he has performed with prominent symphony orchestras
in the United States and Europe, and he is chief guest conductor
of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk Orchestra in Hamburg. Apart from his
own works, his conducting repertoire covers the works of composers
from various epochs, with a preference for 19th-century and early
20th-century compositions. In 1997 he published a book entitled "The
Labyrinth of Time. Five Lectures at the End of the Century (Warsaw,
"Presspublica"). In 1996 the performance of his piece Seven Gates of
Jerusalem, commissioned by the city, commemorated the celebrations of
"Jerusalem - 3000 Years." in Israel.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/746605/krzysztof-penderecki-becomes-honorary-member-of-armenia%E2%80%99s-composers-union.html