Hanna Kulenty (born March 18, 1961, in
Białystok
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) is a Polish composer of
contemporary classical music
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. Since 1992, she has worked and lived both in
Warsaw
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(
Poland
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) and in
Arnhem
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(
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).
Musical education
After studying piano at the
Karol Szymanowski
Karol Maciej Szymanowski (; 6 October 188229 March 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. He was a member of the modernist Young Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Szymanowski's early works show the inf ...
School of Music in Warsaw from 1976 to 1980, Kulenty studied composition with
Włodzimierz Kotoński
Włodzimierz Kotoński (23 August 1925 – 4 September 2014) was a Polish composer.
Biography
Born in Warsaw, Kotoński studied there with Piotr Rytel and Tadeusz Szeligowski at the PWSM, graduating in 1951. In an initial period of activity he ...
at the
Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw. From 1986 to 1988 she studied
composition
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with
Louis Andriessen
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at the
Royal Conservatory in
The Hague
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. In 1984 and 1988 she participated in
Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music. In 1983 and 1990 she was participant in the International Courses for Young Composers in
Kazimierz
Kazimierz (; la, Casimiria; yi, קוזמיר, Kuzimyr) is a historical district of Kraków and Kraków Old Town, Poland. From its inception in the 14th century to the early 19th century, Kazimierz was an independent city, a royal city of the ...
, organised by the Polish section of the
ISCM
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The organization was established in Salzburg in 1922 as Internationale Gesellschaft für Neue Musik (IGNM) following the ...
— where she attended lectures with
Iannis Xenakis
Giannis Klearchou Xenakis (also spelled for professional purposes as Yannis or Iannis Xenakis; el, Γιάννης "Ιωάννης" Κλέαρχου Ξενάκης, ; 29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Romanian-born Greek-French avant-garde ...
,
Witold Lutosławski
Witold Roman Lutosławski (; 25 January 1913 – 7 February 1994) was a Polish composer and conductor. Among the major composers of 20th-century classical music, he is "generally regarded as the most significant Polish composer since Szyman ...
, Thomas Kessler and
François-Bernard Mâche
François-Bernard Mâche (born 4 April 1935, Clermont-Ferrand) is a French composer of contemporary music.
Biography
Born into a family of musicians, he is a former student of Émile Passani and Olivier Messiaen and has also received a diplom ...
.
Main activities
From 1989 Kulenty worked as a free-lance composer, and received numerous commissions and scholarships. She has composed 2
opera
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s and 12 works for large
orchestra
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. She has written numerous works for solo instruments and chamber groups. Since 2007 she is also involved in writing music for television plays and for film.
In 1990 she was for one-year guest composer at the
German Academic Exchange Service
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(DAAD) in
Berlin
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. In 1998 she was invited as guest lecturer at three universities around
Los Angeles
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. In 1999/2000 she was composer-in-residence with Het Gelders Orkest in the Netherlands. In November 2000 a portrait concert was organized by
Deutschlandfunk
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History
Broadcasting in the ...
in
Cologne
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(released on the CD ‘Arcs & Circles’). She lectured at the
Other Minds 10 festival (
San Francisco
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) and at Soundstreams Canada 2005 in
Toronto
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. In 2007 she was guest professor at the
ESMUC
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, Music Academy in
Barcelona
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.
She was a jury member during
Munich
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Biennale in 1995, during the
Gaudeamus International Composers Award
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2002 in
Amsterdam
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, during the
Kazimierz Serocki
Kazimierz Serocki (3 March 1922 – 9 January 1981) was a Polish composer and one of the founders of the Warsaw Autumn contemporary music festival.
Life
Serocki was born in Toruń. He studied composition with Kazimierz Sikorski and piano w ...
9th International Composers’ Competition in Warsaw (2003), during the International New Chamber Opera Competition "Orpheus-
Luciano Berio
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2003–2004" in
Spoleto
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History
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, and in 2005 and 2007 during the International Competition of Contemporary Chamber Music in
Cracow.
Style and technique of composition
"Hanna Kulenty’s music is permeated with images of organic transformation and growth. The intuitive shaping of evolving sound patterns, extended phrases and richly detailed textures in these works results from Kulenty’s original compositional technique which she calls ‘the polyphony of arches’ or ‘arcs’. The works include many layers of simultaneous ‘arches’ which may begin at different points of their trajectories and proceed at different speeds.
Her compositional style has evolved during the years since her dazzling orchestral debut, ''Ad Unum'', a powerful, dissonant, dramatic and well-crafted study of convergence towards musical unity. Since that work, Kulenty's preferred medium has been the symphony orchestra.
Through the 1990s the composer developed an original version of ‘post-minimalist’ style, characterized by a reduction of the number and density of musical layers, in comparison with the earlier, saturated and dramatic style of the ‘polyphony of arches’. She called this style her version of the ‘European trance music’. Kulenty seldom used sudden textural cuts and shifts in this period. Instead, she often structured her compositions as single, powerful arches, slowly evolving in time, gradually increasing their gripping intensity of emotion.
Her penchant for musical drama and intensity of emotion found a suitable expression in her music for stage. The ‘intuitive constructivism’ coupled with a heightened emotional intensity of her music is well-suited for highlighting dramatic situations. Kulenty's mastery of time and her ability to structure her musical material into layers moving inexorably, inevitably towards powerful climaxes brings a symphonic dimension to her other theatrical compositions.
Kulenty's latest compositional technique of the ‘polyphony of time dimensions’ emphasizes the circularity of time and the simultaneity of time-events occurring on different temporal planes."
Awards
In 1985 Kulenty was awarded the second prize of the European Young Composers’ Competition organized in Amsterdam with ''Ad Unum'' for orchestra (1985).
In 1987 she was awarded the Stanislaw Wyspianski Award (2nd class).
In the same year she was awarded the second prize by the Young Composers’ Competition of the Polish Composers’ Union with ''Ride'' for 6 percussionists (1987).
She was also awarded prizes in the Composers’ Competition from the Warsaw branche of the Polish Composers’ Union: ''Quinto'' for 2 piano's (1986), first prize; ''Breathe'' for string orchestra (1987), first prize;''Cannon'' for violin and piano (1988) third prize; ''aaa TRE'' for viola, cello and double bass (1988) second prize 1989.
In 2003 her composition ''Trumpet Concerto'' (2002) won the first prize at the 50th
International Rostrum of Composers The International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) is an annual forum organized by the International Music Council that offers broadcasting representatives the opportunity to exchange and publicize pieces of contemporary classical music. It is funded by c ...
, for which she received the
UNESCO Mozart Medal The UNESCO Mozart Medal is an award named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and administered by UNESCO.
Recipients
* Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, 1991
* Alicia Terzian, 1995
* Elfi von Dassanowsky, 1996
* Igor Moiseyev, 2001, for "outstanding contribution ...
from the
International Music Council
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.
Her compositions ''Preludium, Postludium and Psalm'', for cello and accordion (2007) and ''String Quartet No. 3 – Tell me about it'' (2008), were respectively chosen among the ten best Dutch compositions of 2007 and 2008 during the ‘Toonzetters’ contest in Amsterdam.
About the performances
Kulenty's compositions have been premiered at festivals throughout the world, such as the
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
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,
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
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History
The festival was founded in 1986 by German concert pianist Justus Frantz.
In 2006, the 21 ...
,
Munich Biennale
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,
Warsaw Autumn
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, and
Musica Polonica Nova. Her numerous orchestral pieces have been performed by symphony orchestras in the Netherlands (
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest
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), Denmark (
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
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), Poland, and Germany (
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin), with conductors such as
David Porcelijn
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David Porcelijn studied flute, composition and conducting at the Royal Conservatoire of Music in The Hague. He also studied the baroque flute, specialising ...
,
Antoni Wit
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,
Peter Hirsch
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,
Peter Eötvös
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,
Ingo Metzmacher
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, Renato Rivolta, and
Ronald Zollman
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. Soloists such as Isabelle van Keulen,
Elisabeth Chojnacka
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, Krzysztof Bąkowski,
Marco Blaauw
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, and Frank Peters have performed her work, as have the Dutch ensemble De Ereprijs, who commissioned her to write pieces on several occasions. In 2008 the
Kronos Quartet
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performed her String Quartet No. 4. Since the success of her opera ''The Mother of Black-Winged Dreams'' at the Munich Biennale 1996 she is considered "one of the leading figures on the Polish composers’ scene".
Kulenty's compositions are published by
Donemus Donemus (compounded from Documentatiecentrum nederlandse muziek) is the Dutch institute dealing with the documentation of contemporary music composed in the Netherlands.
Originally a publisher of scores, between 1960 and 2000 Donemus also publis ...
(part of
Music Center the Netherlands
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) in Amsterdam and by PWM Edition in Cracow.
List of works (by genre)
Operas and other stage works
* ''Hoffmanniana'' (2003) – opera in two acts
* ''The Mother of Black-Winged Dreams'' (1995) – opera in one act
* ''Przypowieść o ziarnie''
arable on grain(1985) – chamber opera / monodrama
* ''Island'' (2006) – stage work for trumpet solo, voice, ensemble and tape
* ''Lost & Found twenty-five'' (2008) – music-dance theater for ensemble and tape
Symphony orchestra and chamber orchestra
* ''Ad unum'' (1985) – symphony orchestra
* ''Breathe'' (1987) – chamber orchestra
* ''Certus'' (1997) – chamber orchestra
* ''Part One'' (1998) – symphony orchestra
* ''Passacaglia'' (1992) – chamber orchestra
* ''Piano Concerto No. 2'' (1991) – piano, symphony orchestra
* ''Piano Concerto No. 3'' (2003) – piano, symphony orchestra
* ''Quatro'' (1986) – chamber orchestra
* ''Trigon'' (1989) – chamber orchestra
* ''Sinequan Forte A'' (1994) – solo amplified cello with delay, symphony orchestra
* ''Sinequan Forte B'' (1994) solo amplified cello with delay, chamber orchestra
* ''Symphony No. 1'' (1986) – symphony orchestra
* ''Symphony No. 2'' (1987) – symphony orchestra, mixed choir
* ''Symphony No. 3'' (2000) – symphony orchestra
* ''Trumpet Concerto'' (2002) – trumpet, symphony orchestra
* ''Violin Concerto No. 1'' (1993) – violin, symphony orchestra
* ''Violin Concerto No. 2'' (1996) – violin, symphony orchestra
Large ensemble
* ''A few minutes for Ereprijs'' (1992) – ensemble
* ''Air'' (1991) – ensemble
* ''Elfen'' (1997) – ballet music for ensemble
* ''Flute Concerto no. 1'' (2001) – flute (amplified, delay) and chamber orchestra
* ''Going Up 2'' (1995) – ensemble
* ''Mezzo Tango'' (2004) – brass band
* ''Mezzo Tango 2'' (2005) – ensemble
* ''Piano Concerto No. 1'' (1990) – piano, ensemble
* ''Perpetuus'' (1989) – ensemble
* ''Postcard from Europe'' (2004) – ensemble
* ''Violin Concerto No. 1'' (1992) – violin, ensemble
Chamber groups
* ''Arcus'' (1988) – three percussionists
* ''aaa TRE'' (1988) – viola, cello, double bass
* ''A Cradle Song'' (1993) – violin, cello, piano
* ''A Fourth Circle'' (1994) – violin (or viola/cello) and piano
* ''A Sixth Circle'' (1995) – trumpet, piano
* ''Asjaawaa'' (2001) – mezzo-soprano, flute, harp, piano, percussion, electronics
* ''Blattinus'' (1996) – saxophone quartet
* ''Brass No.'' 2 (2005) – for horn and trumpet
* ''Cannon'' (1988) – violin, piano
*'' Crossing Lines'' (2001) – violin, clarinet, piano
* ''Decimo'' (2000) – for choir, six voices
* ''Going Up 1'' (1995) – violin, double bass
* ''Kisses & Crosses'' (2007) – for piano and percussion
* ''Lysanxia'' (1994) – gamelan, tape
* ''MM-blues'' (1999) – two piano's and two percussions
* ''Preludium, Postludium and Psalm'' (2007) – for cello and accordion
* ''Quinto'' (1986) – two pianos
* ''Rainbow 3'' (2003) – flute, bass clarinet, piano
* ''Rapidus'' (1998) – saxophone quartet
* ''Ride'' (1987) – six percussionists
* ''Run'' (2004) – flute and piano
* ''Sierra'' (1996) – violin, cello
* ''Stretto'' (1998) – flute, clarinet, cello, guitar
* ''String Quartet no. 1'' (1984)
* ''String Quartet No. 2'' (1990)
* ''String Quartet No. 3 – Tell me about it'' (2007)
* ''String Quartet No. 4 (A Cradle Song)'' (2007)
* ''Tap-Blow-Dance4*'' (2020) 2 bass clarinets, violoncello, vibraphone
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* ''Sugar-Fela Tango'' (2009) – for piano and four instruments
* ''Tell me about it 1'' (2006) – for clarinet, cello, trombone and piano
* ''Tell me about it 2'' (2006) – for bass clarinet, cello, trombone and contra bas
* ''Waiting for…'' (1997) – voice, piano
Solo instruments
* ''Arci'' (1986) – percussion solo
* ''A Fifth Circle'' (1994) – alto flute with delay
* ''A Third Circle'' (1996) – piano solo
* ''Brass No. 1'' (2004) – trumpet solo
* ''Brass No. 2'' (2004) – horn and trumpet
* ''Brass No. 3'' (2005) – horn solo or trumpet solo
* ''Brass No. 4'' (2007) – tuba solo
* ''Cadenza'' (1992) – violin solo with delay
* ''Drive Blues'' (2000) – piano solo
* ''E for E'' (1991) – harpsichord solo
* ''Harmonium'' (1999) – harmonium solo
* ''One by One'' (1988) – marimba solo
* ''Preludium and Psalm'' (2007) – harmonium solo or another keyboard instrument
* ''Sesto'' (1985) – piano solo
* ''Sinequan'' (1993) – cello solo with optional delay
* ''Sinequan'' (rev. 1993) – cello solo with delay
* ''Still Life with a Cello'' (1993) – cello solo
* ''Still Life with a Violin'' (1985) – violin solo
* ''Three Minutes for the Double Bass'' (1983) – double bass solo
Electroacoustic music
* ''Prośba o Słońce''
equest for the Sun(1984) – electroacoustic tape
* ''Souvenir from a Sanatorium'' (1988) – computer music
See also
*
Polish composers
This is a list of notable and representative Polish composers.
Note: This list should contain notable composers, best with an existing article on Wikipedia. If a notable Polish composer is missing and without an article, please add the name he ...
*
Music of Poland
The Music of Poland covers diverse aspects of music and musical traditions which have originated, and are practiced in Poland. Artists from Poland include world-famous classical composers like Frédéric Chopin, Karol Szymanowski, Witold Lutosł ...
*
List of Poles
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Science
Physics
* Czesław Białobrzeski
* Andrzej Buras
* Georges Charpak ...
*
List of 20th century classical composers by birth date
Notes
References
* Chłopecki, Andrzej. 1997. "Kulenty, Hanna". ''Encyklopedia Muzyczna PWM''
WM Music Encyclopedia(biographical part, ed. by Elżbieta Dziębowska), Cracow: PWM.
* Kapuściński, Marek. 1987. "Hanna Kulenty". Biographical note on record sleeve of Ad Unum. Warsaw: Arston Records, Poland.
* Thomas, Adrian. 2001. "Kulenty, Hannah". ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan.
* Trochimczyk, Maja
"Polish Composers: Hanna Kulenty" Extended biography on USC Polish Music Center. Retrieved on 2009-02-02.
*
Von der Weid, Jean-Noël, ''La musique du XX
e siècle'', Paris, Fayard, coll. Pluriel, 2010, p. 232–233.
External links
*
Polish Music CenterPolish Music Information CentreDonemus, Dutch publisherPWM, Polish publisherInternational Society for Contemporary Music
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