Witold Szalonek
Witold Szalonek (born in 1927 in Czechowice-Dziedzice, died in 2001 in Berlin) was a Polish composer.[1] In 1949-56 he studied at the State Higher School of Music in Katowice. Following his first successes at international composers' competitions, he received a grant from Kranichsteiner Musikinstitut in Darmstadt (1960). In 1962-63 he continued his studies with Nadia Boulanger in Paris.
Witold Szalonek
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- Born
- 1927. · Czechowice-Dziedzice.
- Died
- 2001. · Berlin.
- Nationality
- Poland.
- Occupation
- composer, pianist and pedagogue.
- Fields
- music.
- Education
- Academy of Music in Katowice.
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
- Languages
- Polish.
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Witold Szalonek (born in 1927 in Czechowice-Dziedzice, died in 2001 in Berlin) was a Polish composer.[1] In 1949-56 he studied at the State Higher School of Music in Katowice. Following his first successes at international composers' competitions, he received a grant from Kranichsteiner Musikinstitut in Darmstadt (1960). In 1962-63 he continued his studies with Nadia Boulanger in Paris.
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Witold Szalonek (1927–2001) was a composer, pedagogue and pianist, of Polish nationality. The composer was born in Czechowice-Dziedzice and died in Berlin.
Witold Szalonek was educated at Academy of Music in Katowice. Activity centred on music.
The work spans classical and classical music. Languages used include Polish. Honours include Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
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In 1967 he began to teach composition at the Katowice School and in 1970-74 was in charge of the Department of Composition and Theory. In the early 1970s he was invited by the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst to work as artist in residence at West Berlin's Hochschule der Künste. In 1973 he won the competition to succeed Boris Blacher as Professor of Composition there. He has conducted numerous seminars and courses in composition in Poland, Denmark, Germany, Finland and Slovakia. In 1990 he received an honorary doctor's degree from the Wilhelmian University in Münster. In 1963 Szalonek discovered and classified the so-called 'combined sounds' generated by the woodwind instruments. He is also the author of theoretical studies on a wide range of subjects, including combined sounds, sonorism, Chopin and Debussy.
Witold Szalonek studied at Academy of Music in Katowice. Mikko Heiniö and Nikos Drelas are recorded as having studied under Witold Szalonek. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is music. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
• Suite from Kurpie for Alto Solo and 9 Instruments, 1955 • Satire for Orchestra, 1956 • 1+1+1+1 per 1-4 strumenti ad arco, 1969 • O, Pleasant Earth, Cantata for Voice and Orchestra, 1969 • Musica concertante for Double-bass and Orchestra, 1977 • Little Symphony B-A-C-H for Piano and Orchestra, 1981 • Bagattellae di Dahlem, II for Flute and Piano, 1998
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Witold Szalonek is recorded as composer, pianist and pedagogue.
grób Witolda Szalonka i jego rodziców na cmentarzu w Bytomiu-Łagiewnikach
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Witold Szalonek died at Berlin.
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Czechowice-Dziedzice.
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- Szalonek, Witold, Oxford Music Online, 2001
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• Witold Szalonek at Porta Polonica Documentation Centre in Germany • Witold Szalonek at PWM Edition
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Witold Szalonek studied at Academy of Music in Katowice. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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