- Zygmunt Krauze
Zygmunt Krauze (b.
September 19 ,1938 ) is a Polish composer ofcontemporary classical music and pianist.He studied piano with
Maria Wilkomirska and composition withKazimierz Sikorski , and studied withNadia Boulanger inParis in 1966 and 1967.In 1967 he founded, in Poland, the Warsztat Muzyczny (Musical Workshop) ensemble, which performed new works of contemporary classical music, and commissioned works from more than 100 composers. [http://www.zygmuntkrauze.com/biography.htm]
From 1982 to 1989 he served as the artistic advisor of
IRCAM . He served as chairman of theInternational Society for Contemporary Music from 1987 to 1990. Since 2006 he has been a professor at theFryderyk Chopin Music Academy inWarsaw .He composes in a
unistic style (called "muzyka unistyczna" in Polish); that is to say that his works avoid tension or contrast, and are as homogeneous as possible. [http://www.zygmuntkrauze.com/biography.htm] This style was influenced by the Unistic paintings ofWładysław Strzemiński .His music has been recorded by the Muzy, Dux, ORF, Nonesuch, Thesis, Musical Observations (CP2), Collins Classics,
Recommended Records , and EMI labels.External links
* [http://www.zygmuntkrauze.com/ Zygmunt Krauze official site]
* [http://www.culture.pl/en/culture/artykuly/os_krauze_zygmunt Zygmunt Krauze page]
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