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Jorge León Schidlowsky Gaete (; 21 July 1931 – 10 October 2022) was a Chilean-Israeli composer and painter. He wrote music for orchestra, chamber ensemble, choir, and instruments including the piano, violin, cello, flute, mandolin, guitar, harp, organ. About 65 pieces were written in graphic notation. His compositions have been performed in numerous countries, with orchestra conductors including
Aldo Ceccato Aldo Ceccato (born 18 February 1934) is an Italian conductor. Ceccato was born in Milan. He worked as assistant to Sergiu Celibidache and was music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra from 1973 until 1977. Then, from 1976 until 1982, he ...
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Clytus Gottwald Clytus Gottwald (20 November 1925 – 18 January 2023) was a German composer, conductor, and musicologist who focused on choral music. He was considered by music critics to be a key figure in contemporary choral music, and is known for his arra ...
,
Erhard Karkoschka Erhard Karkoschka (March 6, 1923 – June 26, 2009), was a German composer, scholar and conductor. Karkoschka was born in the German linguistic enclave of Moravská Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, and subsequent to World War II became a violinist for th ...
,
Herbert Kegel Herbert Kegel (29 July 1920 – 20 November 1990) was a German conductor. Kegel was born in Dresden. He studied conducting with Karl Böhm and composition with Boris Blacher at the Dresden Conservatory from 1935 to 1940. In 1946 he began co ...
,
Lukas Foss Lukas Foss (August 15, 1922 – February 1, 2009) was a German-American composer, pianist, and conductor. Career Born Lukas Fuchs in Berlin, Germany in 1922, Foss was soon recognized as a child prodigy. He began piano and theory lessons with J ...
,
Zubin Mehta Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mehta's father was the foun ...
and
Hermann Scherchen Hermann Scherchen (21 June 1891 – 12 June 1966) was a German conductor. Life Scherchen was born in Berlin. Originally a violist, he played among the violas of the Bluthner Orchestra of Berlin while still in his teens. He conducted in Riga ...
. The scores of his graphic music have been shown in exhibitions such as
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and the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in
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. Schidlowsky worked as a professor of composition both in Chile and Israel, influencing many students.


Life and career

León Schidlowsky was born in Santiago de Chile on 21 July 1931. He studied there at the Instituto Nacional from 1940 to 1947, and the piano with Roberto Duncker at the Conservatorio Nacional of the
Universidad de Chile The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.
from 1942 to 1948, completing with a diploma. He then studied composition with
Juan Allende-Blin Juan Allende-Blin (born 24 February 1928) is a Chilean composer and academic teacher who lives in Germany. Career Born in Santiago de Chile, Allende-Blin studied first with his uncle, Pedro Humberto Allende, and with , a pupil of Anton Webern. ...
and , as well as philosophy and psychology. He completed his studies in Germany at the Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie (later
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) in
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. He met his future wife there, Susanne they married in 1953.


Chile (1954–1968)

After his return to Chile in 1954, Schidlowsky became a member of the avant-garde ensemble Grupo Tonus in Santiago and served as its director from 1958 to 1961. This ensemble wanted to spread avant-garde and contemporary music in Chile. In 1956 Schidlowsky produced ''Nacimiento'', considered the first electroacoustic work composed in Latin America. Between 1956 and 1959 he was member of the
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and between 1956 and 1961 a musical adviser of the pantomime ensemble Grupo Noisvander. He served as director of the music library at the Instituto de Extensión Musical in 1961 and 1962, and as secretary-general of the Asociación Nacional de Compositores from 1961 to 1963. He also served as director-general of the Instituto de Extensión Musical, of the university from 1962 to 1966. In this period the Institute achieved distinction, with the performance of music that had never been played in Chile before, and with the performance of at least one work by a Chilean composer every year. Besides that, a number of orchestral conductors, soloists, and foreign orchestras visited Chile and made a substantial contribution to the musical culture of the country. In 1964, Schidlowsky was, together with
Luigi Dallapiccola Luigi Dallapiccola (February 3, 1904 – February 19, 1975) was an Italian composer known for his lyrical twelve-tone compositions. Biography Dallapiccola was born in Pisino d'Istria (at the time part of Austria-Hungary, current Pazin, Croa ...
and
Alberto Ginastera Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (; April 11, 1916June 25, 1983) was an Argentinian composer of classical music. He is considered to be one of the most important 20th-century classical composers of the Americas. Biography Ginastera was born in Buen ...
, a member of the jury in a composers' competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The same year he took part in the music symposium ''Latin America and the music of our time'' (América Latina y la música de nuestros tiempos) in Lima, Peru. In 1965, Schidlowsky was appointed Professor of Composition at the Conservatorio Nacional, serving until 1968. In 1966 he participated in the Inter-American Festival in Washington, D.C., U.S., as well as the Festival Interamericano de Música in Caracas, Venezuela. In 1967, he took part in the Festival of Music from Spain and Latin America, in Madrid, Spain. He participated in the Festival of the Three Worlds in Mérida, Venezuela, in 1968, with lectures and discussions with the composers
Krzyztof Penderecki Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki (; 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'', ''A ...
and
Luigi Nono Luigi Nono (; 29 January 1924 – 8 May 1990) was an Italian avant-garde composer of classical music. Biography Early years Nono, born in Venice, was a member of a wealthy artistic family; his grandfather was a notable painter. Nono beg ...
. The city of Mérida nominated him a Distinguished Guest of the City. In the same year he received a Fellowship from the
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in order to write an
opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...
, which he completed in Germany.


Israel

In 1969, Schidlowsky was appointed Professor for Composition and Music Theory at the Samuel Rubin Academy of Music at the
Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...
. In 1979 he was granted a sabbatical year, which he spent in Hamburg. He has given many conferences in Berlin,
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, Vienna,
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, and
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. Schidlowsky received several fellowships from the
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(DAAD), and stayed in Berlin twice for an extended period, where he composed and painted. During one of these sojourns, in 1999, his wife Susanne died; she was buried in
Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
. He served at the university until 2000. Schidlowsky gave courses in composition in several countries; and he has helped to form and influence a whole generation of composers in Israel, including Avraham Amzallag,
Chaya Arbel Chaya Arbel ( he, חיה ארבל ; 1921 – 2007) was an Israeli composer. She is one of Israel's best known female classical composers and the recipient of the ACUM Prize. Biography Arbel studied piano and composition in Germany, until she imm ...
, Mary Even-Or, Rachel Galinne,
Betty Olivero Betty Olivero ( he, בטי אוליברו; b. 16 May 1954) is an Israeli music educator and composer. Biography Olivero was born in Tel Aviv, Israel to parents Dora Kapon and Eli Olivero. She graduated with a Bachelor in Music from the Rubin Acad ...
, Jan Radzynski, Ruben Seroussi, Ron Weidberg, Moshe Zorman.


Personal life

Schidlowsky's wife, Susanne Schidlowsky, died in 1999. They had five children (David, Elias, Judith, and twins Yuval and Noam). Schidlowsky died in
Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
on 10 October 2022, at the age of 91.


Awards

Schidlowsky received various awards for his music, such as at the Festivales de Música Chilena, with works of his being awarded the Chilean Prize CRAV. In 1996 he received the First Prize for his work ''Absalom'' in the 60th anniversary competition of the
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (abbreviation IPO; Hebrew: התזמורת הפילהרמונית הישראלית, ''ha-Tizmoret ha-Filharmonit ha-Yisra'elit'') is an Israeli symphony orchestra based in Tel Aviv. Its principal concert venue ...
. In 2000 he was awarded the ACUM Prize for his entire oeuvre by the Israel Composers Association. The following year, during a visit to Chile, the Chilean Chamber Orchestra declared him an Honorary Member, the
Universidad de Chile The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.
appointed him an Honorary Professor in its Arts Faculty, and the Chilean Ministry of Education conferred on him the with the rank of "Caballero" ("Knight"). He received the Engel Prize for his original work and his research into
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, awarded by the city of Tel Aviv in June 2007. On 21 August 2014, Schidlowsky was awarded the Chilean National Prize for Musical Arts, accompanied by several homages, press articles and interviews in the local press.


Works

Many of Schidlowsky's works make reference to his Jewish-Israeli identity and to the history of the Jewish people, as well as to his interest in history and the political and social situation in Chile and Latin America. There is also in his works a musical response to his personal life and experience, such as the death of his wife Susanne (1999) and his son Elias (2004), or the destiny of many personal and professional friends, or personalities of his time. As an admirer of
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´s music, Schidlowsky began his career as a composer in the tradition of the
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. His music is also highly influenced by
Edgard Varèse Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse (; also spelled Edgar; December 22, 1883 – November 6, 1965) was a French-born composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States. Varèse's music emphasizes timbre and rhythm; he coined ...
, specially on his concern with
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and freedom of
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. Later he began to use serial techniques, and to experiment with various tonal concepts (
atonal Atonality in its broadest sense is music that lacks a tonal center, or key. ''Atonality'', in this sense, usually describes compositions written from about the early 20th-century to the present day, where a hierarchy of harmonies focusing on a s ...
,
aleatoric Aleatoricism or aleatorism, the noun associated with the adjectival aleatory and aleatoric, is a term popularised by the musical composer Pierre Boulez, but also Witold Lutosławski and Franco Evangelisti, for compositions resulting from "action ...
, graphic notation), but always on the understanding that music has a deeper significance which transcends absolute art, which can open up a path for a human being to find a way to himself (Schidlowsky: "Art itself has not only one meaning. It includes and encompasses all senses, questions and all answers. I think that art is a way to us."). His compositions have been performed in numerous countries with orchestra conductors including
Aldo Ceccato Aldo Ceccato (born 18 February 1934) is an Italian conductor. Ceccato was born in Milan. He worked as assistant to Sergiu Celibidache and was music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra from 1973 until 1977. Then, from 1976 until 1982, he ...
, ,
Clytus Gottwald Clytus Gottwald (20 November 1925 – 18 January 2023) was a German composer, conductor, and musicologist who focused on choral music. He was considered by music critics to be a key figure in contemporary choral music, and is known for his arra ...
, ,
Erhard Karkoschka Erhard Karkoschka (March 6, 1923 – June 26, 2009), was a German composer, scholar and conductor. Karkoschka was born in the German linguistic enclave of Moravská Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, and subsequent to World War II became a violinist for th ...
,
Herbert Kegel Herbert Kegel (29 July 1920 – 20 November 1990) was a German conductor. Kegel was born in Dresden. He studied conducting with Karl Böhm and composition with Boris Blacher at the Dresden Conservatory from 1935 to 1940. In 1946 he began co ...
,
Lukas Foss Lukas Foss (August 15, 1922 – February 1, 2009) was a German-American composer, pianist, and conductor. Career Born Lukas Fuchs in Berlin, Germany in 1922, Foss was soon recognized as a child prodigy. He began piano and theory lessons with J ...
,
Zubin Mehta Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mehta's father was the foun ...
,
Hermann Scherchen Hermann Scherchen (21 June 1891 – 12 June 1966) was a German conductor. Life Scherchen was born in Berlin. Originally a violist, he played among the violas of the Bluthner Orchestra of Berlin while still in his teens. He conducted in Riga ...
, and . The scores of his graphic music have been shown in various exhibitions linked to concerts, such as in the
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, Kunsthaus Hamburg, the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum,
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, and the Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken. Schidlowsky's works include:A full list of his works can be found at www.schidlowsky.com * ''Caupolicán'', text by
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, for speaker, mixed chorus, 2 pianos, 6 percussionists * ''Tríptico'' for orchestra * ''Kristallnacht'', text: fragment from a traditional Jewish prayer, for tenor, male chorus, orchestra * ''Invocation'', text by the composer, for soprano, speaker, orchestra * ''Llaqui'', text by
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, for speaker and orchestra] * ''New York'' for orchestra * ''Epitafio para Hermann Scherchen'' for orchestra * ''Amereida'' *# ''Llaqui'', text by
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, for speaker and orchestra *# ''Memento'', text by Heraud, for soprano and orchestra *# ''Ecce Homo'', text after fragments of
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), for soprano and orchestra, 1969 * ''In Eius Memoriam'', for orchestra * ''Amerindia'' *# ''Preludio'' for orchestra *# ''Los heraldos negros'', text by
César Vallejo César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza (March 16, 1892 – April 15, 1938) was a Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist. Although he published only two books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators ...
), for speaker and orchestra *# ''Sacsahuamán'', for orchestra *# ''Era el crepúsculo de la iguana'', text by
Pablo Neruda Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973), better known by his pen name and, later, legal name Pablo Neruda (; ), was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Nerud ...
, for speaker and orchestra *# ''Yo vengo a hablar'', text by Neruda, for speaker and orchestra * ''Missa in Nomine Bach'', text from the Mass, for mixed chorus and ensemble (8 players) * ''Nacht'', text by the composer, for mixed chorus * ''Lux in Tenebris'', for orchestra * ''In memoriam Luigi Nono'', for viola, cello and double bass * Arabesque for transverse flute * ''Silvestre Revueltas'', text by Neruda, for speaker and chamber ensemble * ''Prelude to a Drama'', for orchestra * ''
Absalom Absalom ( he, ''ʾAḇšālōm'', "father of peace") was the third son of David, King of Israel with Maacah, daughter of Talmai, King of Geshur. 2 Samuel 14:25 describes him as the handsomest man in the kingdom. Absalom eventually rebelled ag ...
'', for orchestra * ''Three Dialogues'' for 2 violins * ''In memoriam Jorge Peña'', text by the composer, for speaker and orchestra * ''And death shall have no dominion'' for orchestra * ''Job'' for orchestra * ''L´inferno'' for orchestra * Partita for cello * ''In memoriam György Ligeti'' for orchestra * Nocturno, text by Neruda, for narrator and orchestra * ''Soledad'', text in
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and Spanish, for voice, oboe, horn and cello * ''Lautaro'', text by Neruda, for narrator and orchestra * ''Valparaíso'', text by Álvaro Gallegos, narrator and orchestra Examples from his graphic notation music include: * ''Kolot'' for harp * ''Trigon'' for violin or viola, cello and piano * ''Actions for Piano * ''Vera la morte'', text by
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, for voice and percussion * ''Hommage to Picasso'', text by
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, for voice * ''Tetralog'' *# ''Music for Piano and Winds'' *# ''Music for Piano and Strings'' *# ''Music for Piano and Percussion'' *# ''Music for Piano and Voice'' * ''Dadayamasong'', text by
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, for soprano, saxophone, piano and percussion * '' Misa Sine Nomine (In Memoriam Víctor Jara)'' *# ''Bereschít bará elohím et haschamáim weét haáretz'' text from the Bible, for two mixed choruses and percussion *# Kyrie eleison for large mixed chorus *# ''Lied'', text by George Grosz, for speaker and organ *# Gloria, for large mixed chorus and four gongs (1 player) *# ''Chile'', text by the composer, for 20 mixed voices *# Credo, for speaker, large mixed chorus, organ and four bass drums (1 player) *# Benedictus, for 36 mixed voices and four suspended cymbals (1 player) *# ''Ich komme'', text by Vladimir Mayakovsky, for 36 mixed voices *# Dona nobis pacem, for large mixed chorus *# ''Babel'', text from the Bible, for 6 sopranos, 6 altos, 4 tenors, 4 basses *# ''Epilog'', text from the Bible, for speaker, small mixed chorus, large mixed chorus, organ, 4 percussion * ''Palindrom'' for women's chorus * ''Am Grab Kafkas'', text by
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), for women's voice (+ crotales) * ''Greise sind die Sterne geworden'', texts by
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, and the Bible, for soprano, alto, baritone, speaker, mixed chorus, piano, organ, harpsichord, celesta, 3 percussion * ''Deutschland ein Wintermärchen'', for chorus, speaker, soloist, piano, and percussion ensemble Among his numerous works, Schidlowsky also wrote three operas: * ''Die Menschen'', opera in four acts, libretto by the composer, after
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* ''Der Dybbuk'', opera in three acts, libretto by the composer, after
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* ''Before Breakfast'', opera in one act, libretto by the composer, after
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References


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Recordings

* ''Obras sinfónicas. Compositores chilenos'' Vol. 4. Academia Chilena de Bellas Artes. Santiago de Chile 2013. CD 7126709014223 * ''Leon Schidlowsky zum 75. Geburtstag. Werke von 1952 bis 2005'', live from , Berlin-Kreuzberg, 23/24 September 2005 and 16/17 September 2006. musikart Ingo Schulz, CD 4260031182342 * ''Greise sind die Sterne geworden. Eine moderne Passion'', live recording of the world premiere on 25 March 2000". musikart Ingo Schulz, CD 4012831190634 * ''Misa sine nomine'', live concert on 12 September 1998. CD 4012831190436


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