Agata Zubel (born 1978 in Wrocław, Poland)[1] is a Polish composer and singer.[2]
Life
editZubel is a graduate of Wrocław's Karol Szymanowski High School of Music (percussion and music theory) and the Karol Lipiński University of Music, where she studied composition with Jan Wichrowski. She is a member of the Youth Circle of the Polish Composers' Union and a recipient of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage scholarship. Currently she teaches at the Academy of Music in Wrocław (full professor).[3] In 2013 she was honoured by the International Music Council’s International Rostrum of Composers[4] with the best composition title for Not I, which she wrote for soprano, instrumental ensemble and electronics.[5]
In October 2017 she was awarded the Bronze Medal "Gloria Artis". She is an ordinary member of the Polish Composers' Union.[6]
Selected works
edit- Lumiere pour percussion (1997)
- Nocturne for solo violin (1997)
- Three Miniatures for piano (1998)
- Birthday for mixed a cappella choir; text by Wisława Szymborska (1998)
- A Song about the End of the World for voice, reciter and instrumental ensemble; text by Czesław Miłosz (1998)
- Meditations for mixed a cappella choir; text by Jan Twardowski (1999)
- Ragnatela for bassoon and string orchestra (1999)
- Ludia and Fu for solo guitar (1999)
- Ballad for voice, percussion and tape (1999)
- Photographs from an Album for Marimba and String Quartet (2000)
- Trivellazione a percussione for percussion (2000)
- Re-Cycle for five percussionists (2001)
- Lentille for string orchestra, voice and accordion (2001)
- Symphony No. 1 for orchestra (2002)
- Nelumbo for four marimbas (2003)
- Unisono I for voice, percussion and computer (2003)
- Unisono II for voice, accordion and computer (2003)
- Concerto grosso for recorder, baroque violin, harpsichord and two choirs (2004)
- Stories for voice and prepared piano (2004)
- Symphony No. 2 for 77 performers (2005)
- String Quartet No. 1 for four cellos and computer (2006)
- Maximum Load for percussion and computer (2006)
- Cascando for voice, flute, clarinet, violin and cello (2007)
- nad Pieśniami (of Songs) for soprano (mezzosoprano), cello, mixed choir and orchestra (2007)
- Between – opera/ballet for voice, electronics and dancers (2008)
- Not I for voice, ensemble and electronics; text by Samuel Beckett (2010)
- Symphony No. 3 for a double Bell trumpet and symphony orchestra (2010)
- Aphorisms on Miłosz, for soprano and ensemble (2011)
- Violin Concerto (2014)
- where to for soprano and chamber ensemble (2015)
- Double Battery for instrumental ensemble (2016)
- Bildbeschreibung, opera form for two voices, instrumental ensemble and electronics; text by Heiner Müller (2016)
- Cleopatra's Song for voice and ensemble; text by William Shakespeare (2017)
- Fireworks for large symphony orchestra (2018)
- Chamber Piano Concerto (2018)
- 3x3 for ensemble (2019)
- Triptyque for ensemble (2020)
- Memory of Bronze for carillon (2021)
- Outside the Realm of Time for hologram-soloist and orchestra (2022)
References
edit- ^ "Wprost i Kultura—SUDDEN RAIN/BETWEEN". Wprost (in Polish). 5 June 2006. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "Soprano Agata Zubel". Deutsche Welle. 21 August 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "Prof. Dr hab. Agata Zubel-Moc - Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Lipińskiego we Wrocławiu".
- ^ "International Rostrum of Composers 60th Anniversary".
- ^ "Zubel with UNESCO Prize for a Musical Beckett". Culture.pl. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ^ "The Koussevitzky Music Foundation | Previous Grants". www.koussevitzky.org. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
External links
edit- Agata Zubel at PWM Edition
- Profile at culture.pl
- Profile at sfcmp.org Archived 2019-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Review of "Where To" in San Francisco Chronicle
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