Zygmunt Krauze - Calendar

Awarded the Medal of Distinction by Jeneusses Musicales of Poland.

Visiting professor at Yale University.

Elected President of the International Society for Contemporary Music.

Awarded annual prize by the Polish Composers' Union.

Elected President of the Polish Society for Contemporary Music.

Received Prize from the Polish Minister of Culture for artistic achievements.

As the president of the Polish Composers' Union organized ISCM World Music Days in Warsaw.

Artist in Residence at the Center for the Arts, Smyrna Beach, Florida.

Member of the Grand Prix Chapter of the Cultural Foundation, Warsaw.

Master classes in composition, East-West Music and Dance Encounter, Bangalore, India.

Master classes in composition, International Colloquium for New Music, Rheinsberg, Germany.

Visiting lecturer: Osaka Academy, Kobe University (Japan), Seoul National University (Korea), Baptist College (Hong Kong), Yale University in New Haven and Columbia University in New York.

Jury member of SAMRO Oversees Scholarship, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Chopin Gold Medal awarded by TiFC, Warsaw.

Nominated Corresponding Eminent Professor at Keimyung University, Daegu (South Korea).

Artistic Director of International Workshop for Composers and Choreographers, Rubin Academy of Music, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

Chairman of the jury at the Serocki International Composition Competition, Warsaw.

Jury member, International Composition Competition Citta di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.

Chairman of the jury of the Musical Taipei Composition Competition, Taipei, Taiwan.

Jury member of BMW-Preis, International Composition Competition, Munich.

Member of the Artistic Committee of the International Symposium The Art of Composition Towards 21st Century, Rubin Academy of Music, Jerusalem.

Nominated Honorary Member of ISCM.

First Performance of Five Songs for the poetry of Tadeusz Rozewicz, The Royal Castle in Warsaw.

Master classes in composition, piano recital and chamber music concert, Academy for Performing Arts in Hong Kong.

Piano recitals in Chile: Santiago, La Serena, Valdivia, Temuco.

Performance of Piano Concerto No. 1 and Violin Concerto in Kiev.

Performance of Piece for Orchestra No. 1 at the Warsaw Autumn Festival.

Master class in chamber music, Universite d'Evry in Paris.

Performance of Piano Concerto No. 1, National Philharmonic in Minsk.

Piano recitals in Chicago, New York, Madrid and Wroclaw.

Master class in composition, piano recital and chamber music concert at the University of California in Santa Barbara.

Concerts with orchestra in Budapest and Bratislava.

Premiere of Balthazar at the Warsaw Chamber Opera.

Along with Ryszard Kubiak organized the 1st Music Gardens Festival at the Courtyard of The Royal Castle in Warsaw.

Recital and lecture (Annual Paderewski Lecture) at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

Received professor's nomination from the Polish President, Aleksander Kwasniewski.

Along with Ryszard Kubiak founded the Music Gardens Foundation.

Piano recitals in Bucharest and Warsaw.

Piano recitals in Pittsburg, New York, Kansas City, Columbus and Brunswick.

Master classes in composition and lectures in USA: Columbia University (New York), Bowdoin College (Brunswick), Conservatory of Music (Kansas City), Hartford College, The Ohio State University (Columbus).

Elected the President of the Witold Lutoslawski Society.

First performance of Adieu for upright piano and orchestra at the Warsaw Autumn Festival.

First performance of excerpts from Ball in Opera at the Festival des Rencontres Musicales in France.

Lectures at the Conservatory of Music in Oslo.

Concerts with orchestra in Kielce, Wroclaw and Katowice.

Piano recitals in Odessa and Budapest.

Member of the jury of the ISCM World Music Days in Zagreb.

Chairman of the jury of the K. Serocki International Composition Competition in Radziejowice, Poland.

Premiere of concert version of the opera Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy at the Theatre Sylvie Monfort in Paris.

Received the Prize for Contribution to Polish and French Relationships founded by the French Industrial and Trade Chamber in Poland.

Received the Annual Prize of the Ministry of Culture, Warsaw, Poland.

Music director of the Music Gardens Festival in Warsaw.

Member of the jury at the Musica Settimana International Composers' Competition in Stresa (Italy) and George Enescu International Composers' Competition in Bucharest (Romania).

Lectures and master classes for composers at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, the National University of Arts in Taipei and Keimyung University in Daegu (South Corea).

Chairman of the jury of the Lutoslawski Award Composer's Competition in Warsaw

Chairman of the jury of the K. Serocki International Competition for Composers in Radziejowice, Poland.

Music director of the Music Gardens Festival in Warsaw.

First performances of the opera Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy at the Warsaw Autumn Festival in Warsaw.

First performance of Ball in the Opera in Lodz, Poland.

Piano recital at Musiques d'Automne 2006 Festival, Chinon, France.

Chairman of the jury at the 6th International Tansman Festival and Competition of Musical Personalities in Lodz, Poland.

Chairman of the jury at the Lutoslawski Award Competition for Composers in Warsaw.

Premiere of the opera Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy at the Polish National Opera in Warsaw.

Piano recital at the festival Towards the 75th Anniversary of the National Composers Union of Ukraine in Kiev.

Member of the jury at the 3rd International Composition Competition Settimane Musicali di Stresa 2007, Italy.

Residency and piano recital at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in Chengdu (China).

Received nomination from the President of the French Republic for the officier medal of the French Légion d'honneur.

Chairman of the jury at the Tadeusz Baird Composers' Competition in Warsaw.

Guest Composer at the Music 2007 Festival at the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, USA.

Music director of the Music Gardens Festival in Warsaw.

Piano recitals, lectures, seminars and master classes in USA: Tufts University in Medford/Boston, Buffalo University, Cornell University in Ithaca and Roosevelt University in Chicago.

Opening of the sound installation Aria at the Museum of Modern Art in Lodz, Poland.

Moderator at the international conference Interculturalism in Contemporary Music and Theatre and guest pianist at the ISCM-ACL Festival in Hong Kong.

Master class for composers at the Academy for Performing Arts in Hong Kong.

Colloquium, piano recital, improvisation workshop and composition seminar at the National Chiao Tung University in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Piano master class, composition seminar and piano recital at the National Sun Yat-Sen University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Symposium with Sukhi Kang and Joij Yuasa at the Kurashiki Sakuyo University, Japan.

Received the officer medal of the French Légion d'honneur, French Embassy, Warsaw.

Chairman of the jury of the Competition for Composers in Sichuan Conservatory of Music, Chengdu, China.

Member of the jury at the Prokofievs' Competition for Composers, Sankt Petersburg, Russia.

Music-Image-Space - Symposium dedicated to Zygmunt Krauze for the 70th anniversary, Lodz, Poland.

Music director of the Music Gardens Festival in Warsaw.

Chairman of the jury of the K. Serocki International Competition for Composers in Radziejowice, Poland.

First performances of Fanfare for 4 trumpets and Hymn for Tolerance for symphony orchestra, composed for the ceremony of unveiling the Statue of Tolerance in Jerusalem.

Chairman of the jury at the 7th International Tansman Festival and Competition of Musical Personalities in Lodz, Poland.

Piano recital and a lecture at the Moscow Autumn Festival, Russia.

Chairman of the jury at the Lutoslawski Award Competition for Composers in Warsaw.

A TV production of the opera Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy, National Opera, Warsaw.

Performance of the opera The Star with a new arrangement for soprano and a computer, Music Gardens Festiwal, Warsaw.

First performance of the play by Sophocles Oedipus Rex directed by Jorge Lavelli, music by Zygmunt Krauze. The critics award for the best music of the festiwal. Festival de Teatro Clásico, Merida, Spain.

Performances of Piano Quintet, with Onibaton Plus Quintet, Cinncinati, Ohio, USA.

Performances of Arabesque for piano and orchestra, with Lodz Philharmonic Orchestra, concerts in Lviv and Vinnytsia, Ukraine.

Performances of Voices for Ljubljana for 7 instruments, Ljubljana (Slovenia), Festiwal Meridia Bucharest (Romania), Contemporary Music Festival Trieste Prima, Triest (Italy).

Concert version of the chamber opera The Star, Festival "Świętokrzyskie Dni Muzyki", Kielce, Poland.

Hymn for Tolerance performed by The National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michal Klauza, Festival of Polish Permieres, Katowice, Poland.

Five Songs performed by Rupert Bergman - baritone, Maryna Mochriakowa - piano, Festival "2 Days 2 Nights of New Music", Odessa, Ukraine.

Refrain performed by Rolf Hind - piano, broadcasted by BBC 3, "Sounds New" Contemporary Music Festival, Canterbury, UK.

First performance Fields and Hills - Silence by CoMA Ensemble, "Sounds New" Contemporary Music Festival, Cantenbury, UK.

Piano recital: Chopin, Paderewski, Szymanowski, Lutoslawski, Krauze; Auditorio Caja de Avila, Avila, Spain.

Piano recital: Szymanowski, Lutoslawski, Schaeffer, Krauze; lecture Composer's Experience, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai, China.

Lecture Composer's Experience, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China.

Composer in residence at the Festival "Beijing Modern": performances of Quatuor pour la Naissance, Piano Quintet and Hymn for Tolerance performed by National Ballet of China Symphony Orcherstra, conducted by Zhang Yi, Beijing, China.

Piano recital: Chopin, Krauze; Biederman Palace, Lodz, Poland.

Artistic director of "Music Gardens" Festival, Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland.

Concert devoted to Krauze's vocal music: Monologue of Balthasar (from the opera Balthasar), Refrain, Nightmare Tango, Five Songs, performed by Stanislaw Kierner - baritone, Julia Samojlo - piano, Zygmunt Krauze - piano, Summer Festival of Polish Songs, Warsaw, Poland.

Member of the Jury of the International Composers Competition, Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy.

Member of the Jury of George Enescu International Composers Competition, Bucarest, Romania.

Member of the Jury International Composers Competition, Auditorio National de Musica, Madrid, Spain.

Chairman of the Jury of Grazyna Bacewicz International Composers Competition, Academy of Music, Lodz, Poland.

Chairman of the jury of George Mitropoulos International Composers Competition, Athens, Greece.

Lectures and piano recitals: Toronto (Glen Gould Studio, Gallery 345, University of Toronto), Pittsburgh (Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh), Cinncinati (Conservatory of Music, Ohio State University).

Performance of Serenade, Orquestra Nacional de Tarragona, Antoni Wit - cond., Pamplona, Spain.

Premiere of Moliere's El Avaro ("The Miser"), Jorge Lavelli - director., Zygmunt Krauze - music, Centro Dramatico Nacional, Madrid, Spain. Tournee of circa 90 performances in France, Italy and Spain.

First performance of Voyage de Chopin (Podróż Chopina) for chamber choir and four soloists playing folk instruments; Camerata Silesia, Anna Szostak - cond., Music Workshop Ensemble. Festival "Folle Journée de Varsovie - Chopin Open." Warsaw, Poland.

Member of the Acreditation Panel Committee at the Royal Conservatory of Music, The Hague, Netherlands.

Music Director of the "Musical Gardens" Festival, Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland.

Performance of Voyage de Chopin, "Musical Gardens" Festival, Warsaw, Poland.

Master class of composition, International Summer Academy Mozarteum. Salzburg, Austria.

Piano recital: Chopin, Krauze; Mozarteum University, Salzburg, Austria.

Performance of Voyage de Chopin, recorded by Mezzo Television, Opera Comique, Paris, France.

First Performance of The Letters for 4 pianos and orchestra, The National Philharmonic Orchestra in Warsaw, Reinbert de Leeuw - cond., Anna Górecka, Magdalena Lisak, Iwona Mironiuk, Małgorzata Walentynowicz - piano, "Warsaw Autumn Festival", Warsaw, Poland.

Chairman of the Jury of Alexander Tansman International Competition for Composers, Lodz, Poland.

Premiere of the opera Polieukt, Jorge Lavelli - director, Zygmunt Krauze - music; performers: soloists, orchestra and choir of the Warsaw Chamber Opera,Ruben Silva - cond., Warsaw, Poland.

Piano recital: Chopin, Lutoslawski, Krauze; performance of Piano Quintet, Zahir Ensemble and Zygmunt Krauze, Conservatorio Superior de Musica Manuel Castillo, Sevilla, Spain.

Lecture Composición actual, Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Piano recital: Chopin con improvvisazioni, Festival Nuova Consonanza, Rome, Italy.

Piano recital: Chopin, Krauze; Theatre La Comete, Chalons-en-Chapagne, France.

Performance of the concert version of the opera The Star, Agata Zubel- soprano, Cezary Duchnowski - electroacoustic adaptation and piano recital Piano et Film, Grand Theatre de Reims, Festival "Reims Scenes d'Europe", Reims, France.