Zdzisław Wysocki

Zdzisław Wysocki is a composer, born in 1944 in Poznań(Posen) Poland.^{[1][2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Studied Composition in Poznań (1963–1968)^[12] and later at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna wirh Erich Urbanner Became Austrian Citizen 1976

Activities

• 1968 - 1969 Hochschule für Musik Posen, Posen: Piano Korrepitition
• 1968 - 1971 Musiklyzeum Posen, Posen: Teaching (harmony, orchestration, piano improvisation)
• 1972 - 1973 Korrektor Universal Edition Vienna 1973
• Teacher (Music history, score reading, piano, composition, political science)
• University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna Vienna 1974 - 1976
• 1997 guest professorship, department of church music (composition, music theory) University for Music and the Performing Arts Graz
• ChoIr director and conductor
• Pianist

Works (a choice of major compositions)

• Op 30 (1979) Missa in honorem Joannis Pauli Secundi^[2][13]
• Fantasia per violoncello e pianoforte Op.33 (1981)
• Elegia 1943 in memoriam of the Warzaw Uprising Op.37 (1982-1985)
• Etudes (more than 100 pieces collected in 5 books)
• Etudes I Op. 54 ( Etudes Nr. 1-12 for various ensemble types) (1995-1996)^[14]
• Etudes II-IV for different chamber music ensembles Nr. 13-84 (book II-IV Opp. 56, 60 and 65)
• Etudes Nr. 85-98 (book V Op. 69, first part)
• Three Etudes for Orchestra (Etudes Nr. 99-101) (2013) ^[14]
• Quattro Miniaturi per Violine e Pianoforte Op.35 (1983)
• Quartetto op. 46 ^[14][15]
• Movimenti for 4 saxophones Op.47 ^[14]
• Quasi Divertimento op. 49 ^[14][15]
• Horntrio op. 51 ^[15]
• De finibus temporum op. 52 für Sopran und 16 Spieler ^[15]
• Quintettino op. 53 (1994/95) für Akkordeon und Streichquartett
• Trio for Violin, Violoncello and Piano Op.55 (1995)
• Trio for Flute, Viola and Harp Op.57 (1995)
• Momenti op. 59 (1997) für Violine, Klarinette, Saxophon und Klavier ^[14]
• "Concerto Doppio" Op. 67(2002/03) für Harfe und Posaune ^[14]
• "Double Concerto" Op. 63 (Double Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra) ^[14][16][17]
• Musica di natale Op.68 ^[11]
• Two Bagatelles for 38 wind instrumentalists and 2 percussion players Op.72 ^[14]
• Cello Concerto Op.71

Wysocki´s works have been performed widely in Europa by the Ensemble Wiener Collage and its artistic director Rene´ Staar : at the Salzburg Festival in 2003, the Kölner Philharmonie in 2000, the Festival "Stars of the While Nights" in 2007, at the Wiener Konzerthaus in 1996, and at numerous other occasions. His work "Double Concerto" has been premiered by Kent Nagano in San Francisco in 2002, his three orchestra Etudes (Nr. 99-101) were premiered in February 2014 by the McGill Symphony Orchestra, Montreal under the baton of Alexis Hauser. Numerous commissions by Ensemble Wiener Collage.

His work melts elements of the 2nd Vienna School and the Polish Avantgarde, namely Witold Lutosawski, into a very own musical language, in which segments of rhythmical impact and freedom of expression create new forms of interaction . While his work seems to be intellectually conceived, it surprises public and reviewers with its great spectrum of different ideas and instrumental colors, which he permanently develops further especially in his Etudes. This big collection of differentiated pieces has become a centerpiece of Wysocki´s output over the years, and is an example of the development of Wysockis style. Once apostrophed as Miniature Dramolets, the Etudes present an ideal counterpart to Wysockiy´s bigger pieces, such as his Double Concerto or the recently written Cello Concerto.

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