Krzysztof Penderecki
Born: 23rd November 1933, Debica, Poland
Died: 29th March 2020, Krakow, Poland
Nationality: Polish
Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki was a Polish composer and conductor. His best known works include Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, Symphony No. 3, his St Luke Passion, Polish Requiem, Anaklasis and Utrenja. Penderecki's oeuvre includes four operas, eight symphonies and other orchestral pieces, a variety of instrumental concertos, choral settings of mainly religious texts, as well as chamber and instrumental works.
Born in Dębica, Penderecki studied music at Jagiellonian University and the Academy of Music in Kraków. After graduating from the Academy, he became a teacher there and began his career as a composer in 1959 during the Warsaw Autumn festival.
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Penderecki: St Luke Passion
Sigune Von Osten (soprano), Stephen Roberts (baritone), Kurt Rydl (bass), Edward Lubaszenko (narrator) Cracow Boys Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Chorus, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki
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Gorecki: Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'
Beth Gibbons Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki
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Hommage à Penderecki
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki
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Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2 & Halffter: Cello Concerto No. 2
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Krzysztof Penderecki, Cristóbal Halffter
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Grammy Awards, 30th Awards (1987), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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