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Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki (Polish: [ˈkʂɨʂtɔf pɛndɛˈrɛt͡skʲi] ; 23 November 1933 – 29 March 2020) 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. His 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. His Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for string orchestra and the choral work St. Luke Passion have received popular acclaim. His first opera, The Devils of Loudun, was not immediately successful. In the mid-1970s, Penderecki became a professor at the Yale School of Music. From the mid-1970s his composition style changed, with his first violin concerto focusing on the semitone and the tritone. His choral work Polish Requiem was written in the 1980s and expanded in 1993 and 2005.
Penderecki won many prestigious awards, including the Prix Italia in 1967 and 1968; the Wihuri Sibelius Prize of 1983; four Grammy Awards in 1987, 1998 (twice), and 2017; the Wolf Prize in Arts in 1987; and the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition in 1992. In 2012, Sean Michaels of The Guardian called him "arguably Poland's greatest living composer". In 2020 the composer's Alma Mater, the Academy of Music in Kraków, was named after Krzysztof Penderecki.
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The Cat Of Bridget (2023)
Die Teufel von Loudun - Bayerische Staatsoper (2022)
Day (2021)
As Tristes Lágrimas do Crocodilo (2020)
Beth Gibbons: Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) (2019)
Vesuvius at Home (2018)
Persephone (2016)
Demon (2015)
Wege Durchs Labyrinth - Der Komponist Krzysztof Penderecki (2014)
Maska (2010)
Inventorium of Traces (2009)
Fear Me Not (2008)
Bolimorphy (2008)
Martin Slivka: The Man Who Planted Trees (2007)
Katyn (2007)
Elegy of Life: Rostropovich, Vishnevskaya (2006)
Poles Poles (2003)
The House with Arched Windows (2000)
Silence (1991)
Dominus (1990)
Sonata for Hitler (1989)
The Lonely Voice of Man (1987)
The Preservation of Secret (1986)
Hands Up! (1985)
Cada ver es... (1983)
And The Day Came (1973)
Believe It or Not (1971)
The Devils of Loudun (1969)
Les Gauloises bleues (1969)
Krzysztof Penderecki (1968)
Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime (1968)
Conscience (1968)
The Codes (1966)
Icarus (1966)
The Charm of the Wheels (1966)
Keeping a Distance (1966)
Icons (1966)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)
Sweet Rhythms (1965)
Portrait of a conductor (1965)
Don Juan (1963)
Trap (1962)
Bitterness (1962)
Kidnapping (1962)
Space Travel (1961)
The General and the Fly (1961)
Basilisk Encounter (1961)
Bulandra and the Devil (1959)
Hamlet x 5
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GenderMale
Birthday1933-11-23
Deathday2020-03-29 (86 years old)
Birth NameKrzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki
Birth PlaceDębica, Poland
CitizenshipsPoland
Also Known AsKrystof Penderecki
AwardsKnight of the Order of the White Eagle, honorary citizen of Kraków, Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class, Order of the Three Stars, 3rd Class, Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, Work Flag Order, 1st class, Commander of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, honorary doctor of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Officer's Crosses of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Order of Danica Hrvatska, Grammy Trustees Award, Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, Wihuri Sibelius Prize, State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia, Order of Bernardo O'Higgins, Romano Guardini award, Polish Academy Award for Best Film Score, Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg, Order of the Lion of Finland, Medal for Merit to Culture, Order of the Banner of Work, Grawemeyer Award, Paszport Polityki, Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Order of the Three Stars, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, Order pro Merito Melitensi, Order of Cultural Merit, Order of Polonia Restituta, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Herder Prize, Praemium Imperiale, Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana
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