Elżbieta Sikora
Elżbieta Sikora (born 20 October 1943 in Lwów, other sources write 1944 or 1945) is a Polish composer who has been resident in France since 1981. She has composed stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and electroacoustic works as well as film scores. Sikora studied under Pierre Schaeffer, François Bayle, Tadeusz Baird, Zbigniew Rudzinski.
Elżbieta Sikora
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- Name
- Elżbieta Sikora
- Born
- 20 October 1943 Lwów, Second Polish Republic (now Ukraine)
- Nationality
- Poland · France
- Occupation
- composer
- Fields
- music
- Education
- Chopin University of Music
- Teachers
- Tadeusz Baird · Zbigniew Rudziński · Pierre Schaeffer · François Bayle
- Honours
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres · Member of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- Languages
- Polish
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Elżbieta Sikora (born 20 October 1943 in Lwów, other sources write 1944 or 1945) is a Polish composer who has been resident in France since 1981. She has composed stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and electroacoustic works as well as film scores. Sikora studied under Pierre Schaeffer, François Bayle, Tadeusz Baird, Zbigniew Rudzinski.
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She received numerous honors including First Prize in the GEDOK competition in Mannheim (1981, for Guernica, hommage à Pablo Picasso), the Prix de la Partition Pédagogique and the Prix Stéphane Chapelier-Clergue-Gabriel-Marie, both from SACEM (both 1994) and the SACD Prix Nouveau Talent Musique (1996). Her operas are Ariadna (1977), Derrière son Double (1983), L'arrache-coeur (1992) Madame Curie (2011) and Dorian Gray (2025). Her ballets are Blow-up (1980), Waste Land (1983), La Clef De Verre (1986).
Elżbieta Sikora studied at Chopin University of Music. Training under Tadeusz Baird, Zbigniew Rudziński and Pierre Schaeffer is recorded. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is music. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are electronic and opera. Residence is recorded at Paris. Distinctions recorded are Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and Member of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.
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• Name — Elżbieta Sikora • Born — 20 October 1943 Lwów, Second Polish Republic (now Ukraine) • Era — Contemporary 20th Century Classical
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Elżbieta Sikora born at Lviv.
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- 1.Pendle, Karin. Women & music: a history. Indiana University Press. 2310. 2001. 978-0-253-21422-5.
- 2.Pendle, Karin. Women & music: a history. Indiana University Press. 293–294. 2001. 978-0-253-21422-5.
- 3.Sadie, Julie Anne. The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton. 424. 1994. 978-0-393-03487-5.
- 4.Sto lat w auli. Gazeta Wyborcza. 1 October 2003.
- 5.Muzyka ponad granicami. Gazeta Wyborcza. 2 August 1996.
- 6.Sadie, Stanley. The New Grove dictionary of opera. Grove's Dictionaries of Music. 603. 1992. 978-0-935859-92-8.
- 7.Cohen, Aaron I. International encyclopedia of women composers. Books & Music USA. 642. 1987. 978-0-9617485-1-7.
- 8.Dla Sikory. Gazeta Wyborcza. 3 October 2003.
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