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Zygmunt Krauze - Calendar
| 1938 | Born on September 19th in Warsaw. |
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| 1957 | First Prize at the All-Polish Competition of Contemporary Piano Music in Lodz for the interpretation of Karol Szymanowski. |
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| 1962 | M.A. in piano under Maria Wilkomirska, Academy of Music in Warsaw. |
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| 1964 | M.A. in composition under Kazimierz Sikorski, Academy of Music in Warsaw. |
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| 1965 | 2nd Prize for String Quartet at the Competition for Young Composers of the Polish Composers' Union, Warsaw. |
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| 1966 | First Prize at the International Gaudeamus Competition for Performers of Contemporary Music in Utrecht. |
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| 1967 | Founded the Music Workshop ensemble which has performed contemporary music for over 25 years. |
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| 1970 | Invited by the Cleveland State University to teach piano. Lectures and performances at various American universities. |
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| 1971 | Tournée of 52 concerts with the Music Workshop in Scandinavia. |
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| 1973-74 | Artist in Residence in West Berlin at the invitation of DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst). |
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| 1974 | Lectures at the Internationale Ferienkurse in Darmstadt. |
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| 1975 | Awarded the Silver Cross of Merit by the Council of the State, Poland. |
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| 1978 | Awarded Prize for the best film score at the All-Polish TV Contest. |
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| 1979 |
Awarded the Medal of Distinction by Jeneusses Musicales of Poland. Master Classes for composers at the International Summer Courses of Jeneusses Musicales. |
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| 1980 | Elected President of the Polish Society for Contemporary Music. |
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| 1981 | Invited to the jury of the Gaudeamus International Competition for Composers. |
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| 1982 |
Visiting professor at Yale University. Invited by Pierre Boulez as a musical advisor to IRCAM, Paris. |
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| 1984 | Awarded the title Chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. |
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| 1985 | Elected member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Contemporary Music. |
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| 1986 | Invited to the jury of Composers' Forum of the International Music Festival in Pittsburgh and International Compositions Competition in Budapest. |
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| 1987 |
Elected President of the International Society for Contemporary Music. Received Prize from the President of Polish Radio and Television for the TV series Creation of Music. |
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| 1988 |
Awarded annual prize by the Polish Composers' Union. Artistic Director at the International Seminar for Young Composers in Groznjan, Yugoslavia. |
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| 1989 |
Elected President of the Polish Society for Contemporary Music. Received Prize from the Polish Minister of Culture for artistic achievements. Invited for the jury of ISCM, Oslo. |
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| 1991 | Invited by Jerusalem Music Center and Rubin Academy of Music to give master classes for composers and pianists. |
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| 1992 |
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. Chairman of the jury of the Gaudeamus International Competition for Composers. |
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| 1993 |
Member of the Grand Prix Chapter of the Cultural Foundation, Warsaw. Member of the Music Council of the Polish Radio, Warsaw. |
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| 1994 |
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. Founder of the Europa-Europa International Association for Contemporary Music, Rheinsberg (Germany). |
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| 1996 |
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, Musical Taipei Composition Competition, Taipei, Taiwan. |
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| 1997 |
Jury member, International Composition Competition Citta di Trieste, Trieste, Italy. Chairman of the jury of Karol Szymanowski Composition Competition, Warsaw. |
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| 1998 |
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. Chairman of the jury of K. Serocki International Composition Competition, Radziejowice, Poland. |
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| 1999 |
Nominated Honorary Member of ISCM. Concerts: Vilnius, Lvov, Bergen, Bucharest, Radziejowice, Poznan, Bratislava. |
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| 2000 |
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. Chairman of the jury of the K. Serocki International Composition Competition in Radziejowice, Poland. |
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| 2001 |
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. Concert with the Music Workshop Ensemble for the 30th anniversary of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in Great Britain. |
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| 2002 |
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. Chairman of the jury of the K. Serocki International Composition Competition in Radziejowice, Poland. |
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| 2003 |
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. Master classes in composition at the Keimyung University in South Corea and at the Academy for Performing Arts in Hong Kong. |
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| 2004 |
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. Chairman of the jury of the Lutoslawski Award Composer's Competition in Warsaw. |
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| 2005 |
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. Artistic 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 Gesprächkonzert with Zygmunt Krauze and Paul-Heinz Dittrich at the Sächsische Akademie der Künste in Dresden (Germany). |
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| 2006 |
Chairman of the jury of the K. Serocki International Competition for Composers in Radziejowice (Poland). Artistic 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. Member of the jury at the International Competition for Composers in Tarragona (Spain). |
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| 2007 |
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). Artistic director of the Music Gardens Festival in Warsaw. Received the medal Merit for Polish Culture from the Minister of Culture. 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). Lectures and piano recitals at the Fukuoka University and the Tokyo Music College (Japan). |
