Piotr Moss (born 13 May 1949 in

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...

) is a Polish composer of contemporary classical music. Since 1981, he has lived in Paris and since 1984 has been a French citizen. Moss studied in Poland with

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and, from the late 1970s onwards, in Paris with

Nadia Boulanger Juliette Nadia Boulanger (; 16 September 188722 October 1979) was a French music teacher and conductor. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and organist. From a ...

. His important work as a composer is characterized by a permanent search for new sounds and new eclectic stylistic associations in a genre related to

Alfred Schnittke Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (russian: Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке, link=no, Alfred Garriyevich Shnitke; 24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer of Jewish-German descent. Among the most performed and re ...

's style of music. In 2011, his concerto for clarinet ''d' un silence...'' was recorded by

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/ref> See the Polish article to have a complete list of Moss' compositions.

Awards and recognition

Piotr Moss received a number of main awards an various musical competitions in Poland, France, and elsewhere. He is also a recipient of the following major awards and decorations: *2000: Knight of the

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and Letters) is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is ...

(Order of Arts and Letters), France *2009

Decoration of Honor Meritorious for Polish Culture The Decoration of Honor Meritorious for Polish Culture ( pl, Odznaka Honorowa "Zasłużony dla Kultury Polskiej") or Meritorious for Polish Culture, is a Polish departmental decoration in Arts awarded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heri ...

."Piotr Moss"
a biography. Culture.pl, *2009: Special award from the

Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Poland) Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego) is a governmental administration office concerned with various aspects of Polish culture. It was formed on 31 October 200 ...

on the occasion of the 60th anniversary and 40 years of musical work *2016: Officer of the

(Order of Arts and Letters), France

References

External links

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