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Krauze, Zygmunt (b.
September 19, 1938, Warsaw). Polish composer of mostly stage, orchestral,
chamber, and piano works that have been performed throughout the world; he is
also active as a pianist.
Prof. Krauze studied composition with Kazimierz Sikorski and piano with Wanda
Wilkomirska at the Frédéric Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, where he earned
his MA in piano in 1962 and his MA in composition in 1964. He also studied
composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris in 1966-67, on a scholarship from the
government of France.
Among his honors are First Prize in the All-Polish Contemporary Piano Music
Competition in Lódz (1957), Second Prize in the youth competition of the Polish
Composers Union (1965), Honorable Mention and First Prize in the Gaudeamus Performers
Competition (1965-66), and a residency in Berlin from the Deutscher
Akademischer Austauschdienst (1973-74). He has also received the Silver Cross
of Merit in Poland (1975), the Annual Prize for Best Film Score in the
All-Polish TV Competition (1978), the Medal of Distinction from Jeunesses
Musicales in Poland (1979), and a residency at the MacDowell Colony (1982).
In addition, he was named a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in
France (1984) and earned the Prize of the President of Polish Radio and TV
(1987, for The Creation of Music) and the Prize of the Polish
Composers Union (1988). He has also received the Prize of the Ministry of
Culture in Poland (1989) and the Chopin Gold Medal from the Chopin Foundation
(1994), was named an honorary member of ISCM (1999) and served as
composer-in-residence in Osaka (2000) and Santa Barbara (2001).
In 1967, he founded the Music Workshop, a new music ensemble in Warsaw, and
served as its artistic director and pianist from 1967-89. The Music Workshop
commissioned works from more than 100 composers throughout the world. He has
also maintained a solo career and has worked with many of the great conductors
and orchestras in the world.
Prof. Krauze is also active in other positions. He served on the repertoire
committee of the Warsaw Autumn Festival from 1970-81 and as a music advisor to
IRCAM in 1982-83, produced weekly avant-garde broadcasts for Radio France in
1983-84 and co-wrote a pedagogic film series, The Creation of Music,
in 1986. He also served as president of the Polish Society for Contemporary
Music from 1980-83, vice-president from 1983-89 and president from 1989-2001
and served as president of ISCM from 1987-90. Since 2003, he has served as
president of the Witold Lutoslawski Society.
From 1993-2001, he was a member of the Grand Prix chapter
of the Cultural Foundation in Warsaw and from 1993-98, he was a member
of the music council of Polish Radio. From 1995-97, he served as an artistic
advisor to the French ambassador to Poland and since 1997, he has served as a
music advisor to the Kronenberg Bank Foundation in Warsaw. He is also a regular
jury member at competitions throughout the world.
He has given composition and piano masterclasses in Chile, China, Croatia, the
Czech Republic, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, The Netherlands, Poland, South
Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, and the USA. In 1976, he lectured at Darmstadt and
in 1982, served as Visiting Professor at Yale University. Since 1996, he has
been an eminent corresponding professor at Keyimiung University in Taegu (South
Korea) and since 2002, he has been Professor of Composition at the Academy of
Music in Lódz.
In addition to the works listed below, he has written many film scores.
Éditions Durand, PWM and Universal Edition publish most of his music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: zkrauze@hotmail.com
Street address (Poland): Prof. Zygmunt Krauze, Barcicka 7, 01-807 Warsaw, Poland
Telephone (Poland): + 482 2834 7874
Cellular phone (Poland): + 4806 0180 1526
Street address (France): Prof. Zygmunt Krauze, 50 Blvd. de la Villette, 75019 Paris, France
Telephone (France): + 331 4018 3398
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: The Star (1 act opera, libretto by Helmut Kaizar), 1981,
revised 1994; olyeucte (incidental music, play by Pierre Corneille),
1986; Le Public (incidental music, play by Federico García Lorca), 1987;
Réveille-toi Philadelphie (incidental music, play by François
Billedoux), 1988; Operette (incidental music, play by Witold
Gombrowicz), 1988; Macbeth
(incidental music, play by Eugène Ionesco), 1992; Arloc (incidental
music, play by Serge Kribus), 1996; Balthasar (2 act opera, libretto by
Ryszard Peryt, after Stanislaw Wyspianski), 2001
ORCHESTRAL: Piece for Orchestra No. 1, 1969; Piece for
Orchestra No. 2, 1970; Voices, small orchestra (15 players),
1972; Folk Music, 1972; Aus aller Welt Stammende, 10 strings,
1973; Fête galante et pastorale, 4 folk players (hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes,
folk violin, fife), orchestra, 1975 (version of spatial work); Piano
Concerto, 1976; Suite de dances et de chansons, harpsichord,
orchestra, 1977; Violin Concerto, 1980; Tableau vivant, small
orchestra, 1982; Piece for Orchestra No. 3, 1982; Arabesque,
piano, small orchestra, 1983; Symphonie parisienne, 1986; Terra
incognita, piano, 10 strings, 1994; Rhapsod, string orchestra, 1995;
Piano Concerto No. 2, 1996; Serenade, 1998; Emille Bell,
string orchestra, 2000; Adieu, upright piano, orchestra, 2001
CHAMBER MUSIC: Polychromie, clarinet, trombone, cello, piano,
1968; String Quartet No. 2, 1970; String Quartet No. 3,
1982; Quatuor pour la naissance, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1984; For
Alfred Schlee, string quartet, 1991; Piano Quintet, piano, string
quartet, 1993; P-53, any player(s), 1994 (collaboration with
Chris Cutler, Lutz Glandien, Marie Goyette, Otomo Yoshihide); Pastorale,
flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1995
CHORAL: Trois Chansons (text by Claude Lefebvre), small mixed
chorus, 1996
VOCAL: Malay Pantuns (texts from traditional Malaysian poems),
female voice, 3 flutes, 1961; La terre (text by Yves Bonnefoy), soprano,
orchestra, 1995; Five Songs (text by Tadeusz Rózewicz), baritone, piano,
2000
PIANO: Five Piano Pieces, 1958; Prelude, Intermezzo,
Postlude, 1958; Seven Interludes, 1958; Five Unistic Piano
Pieces, 1963; Triptych, 1964; Esquisse, 1966; Fallingwater,
1971; Gloves Music, 1972; Stone Music, 1972; Music Box Waltz,
1977; Ballade, 1978; From Keyboard to Score, 1987; Nightmare
Tango, 1987; La chanson du mal aime, 1990; Refrain, 1993
ELECTROACOUSTIC: Idyll, 4 folk players (hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, folk
violin, fife), tape, 1974; Soundscape,
4 amplified players (zither, melodica, recorders, sheep bell, glass,
harmonica), tape, 1975; Rivière souterraine, amplified ensemble
(clarinet, trombone, electric guitar, cello, piano, accordion, percussion),
tape, 1987 (version of spatial work)
SPATIAL COMPOSITIONS: Musical-Spatial Composition No. 1,
6 tapes, 1968 (collaboration with architect Teresa Kelm, sculptor Henryk
Morel); Musical-Spatial Composition No. 2, 2 tapes, 1970
(collaboration with architect Teresa Kelm); Fête galante et pastorale,
13 ensembles (52 players total), 13 tapes, 1974 (also orchestral version); Rivière
souterraine, amplified ensemble (clarinet, trombone, electric guitar,
cello, piano, accordion, percussion), 7 tapes, 1987 (collaboration with
architects Jan Muniak, Wieslaw Nowak; also electroacoustic version)
DISCOGRAPHY
The Star (excerpts). (AAS: 0003)
Piano Concerto No. 2; Serenade; Arabesque. (PR:
118)
Fête galante et pastorale (spatial version). (ORF: 0120094)
Tableau vivant; Symphonie parisienne; Quatuor pour la
naissance; Aus aller Welt Stammende. (Edition Pro Viva: ISPV 113)
Quatuor pour la naissance. (Collins Classics: 13932)
Piano Quintet; String Quartets Nos. 2-3; Stone
Music. (Thesis: TH 82059)
For Alfred Schlee. (Montaigne Auvidis: MO 782027)
Music Box Waltz. (Nonesuch: 79011)
From Keyboard to Score. (Gaudeamus: 1)
Polyeucte; Le Public; Réveille-toi Philadelphie; Operette;
Macbeth. (Thesis: TH 82055)
Le Public; Macbeth. (Cézame: CEZ 4012)
Pastorale. (Hungarian Radio: 011)
P-53. (Megacorp: 17)
Rhapsod. (DUX: 0393)
(Last updated on March 5, 2003)
