Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil

Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (born 16 July 1947) is a Polish composer and music educator.

Life[]

Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil was born in Wroclaw, Poland. She studied composition at the State School of Music in Wrocław with and , and in France under Pierre Boulez and Olivier Messiaen. She took courses at the Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique in Paris and studied Iannis Xenakis's music in Aix-en-Provence.^[1]

After completing her studies, Pstrokońska-Nawratil took a position in 1971 at the State School of Music in Wroclaw, becoming a professor in 1993 and later Chair of Composition and Music Theory. Beginning in 1998, she also taught at the Poznan Academy of Music.^[2] Her works have been performed internationally.

Honors and awards[]

• The Tadeusz Baird Young Competition of the Union of Polish Composers in 1968 and 1973
• Grzegorz Fitelberg Competition in 1972
• International Competition for Women Composers in Mannheim in 1975
• 3rd place at the UNESCO International Composers' Tribune in Paris in 1987
• Wroclaw City Award
• Chairman of the Council of Ministers Award for work for children and teenagers in 1997
• Brother Albert Award in 1998

Notable students[]

Works[]

Selected works include:

• Trio-sonata for violin, cello and piano (1967)
• Concerto grosso for clarinet, horn, piano and orchestra (1970–71)
• Fresco I for symphony orchestra (1972)
• Po słońce czerwone voices and 5 instruments (1972)
• Nocturne for cello and prepared piano (1973)
• Alphabet for mixed choir and instrumental ensemble (1973)
• Three Songs for mixed choir (1973)
• Ostinato for percussion ensemble (1974)
• Fresco II - Epitaphios for symphony orchestra (1975)
• The canon of the motor group 4 drums and piano (1976)
• Studio for violino and tam-tam (1977)
• Ymnodia for 3 voices, percussion and tape (1977)
• Fresco III - Icarus for symphony orchestra (1979)'
• La vetrata for piano (1979)
• Incrustation for violin and orchestra (1979)
• Papież Słowiański, cantata for soprano, baritone, narrator, choir and orchestra (1979)
• Arabesque for string quartet (1980)
• Eco for 2 flutes (1980)
• Eco for flute (1980)
• Studio per una batteria (1981)
• The White Eagle Flew to Silesia, oratorio-ballad for 3 sopranos, chorus and orchestra (1981)
• Fresco IV - Concerto alla campana Baird in memoriam for piano and orchestra (1982)
• Bis-Joke for percussion and piano (1985)
• Pieśni niespokojne for baritone and orchestra (1985)
• Pejzaż z pluszczem for soprano and 3 violins (1986)
• Fresco V - éternel for soprano, boys' choir, mixed choir and symphony orchestra (1987)
• In the realm of autumn leaves, a ballet for children (1989)
• Le soleil, concert for percussion and orchestra (1991)
• Triangle! for percussion ensemble (1992)
• Le tambour provençal for 2 cellos and piano (1993)
• Fresco VI - Palindrome I, for string orchestra with harpsichord (1994)
• Lydian Quartet - thinking of Andrew for string quartet (1994)
• Palindrome II "Terra" for male choir and piano (1995)
• Bartok [version] for 2 cellos and piano (1995)
• El Condor (Spring), concerto for two marimbas and chamber orchestra (1996)
• La foret (Autumn) on bass and chamber orchestra (1997)
• ... il neige (Winter) for oboe and chamber orchestra (1997)
• ... como el sol e la March ... (Summer), for flute and chamber orchestra (1998)
• Eco Music "Klimop" for orchestra (1998)
• Fresco VII - Uru-Anna for tenor, mixed choir and large symphony orchestra (1998–99)
• Hectoriana (1999)
• In search of a wandering echo for two violins (2000)
• Bartok [version II] for marimba and chamber orchestra (2000)
• Algorithm dream of a big city for solo marimba (2001)
• Birds on the horizon, the twilight for viola and double bass (2002)

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