Jan Pogány born 23 June 1960) is a Polish classical

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and

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. His music adopts the romantic style and is a symbiosis of the modern form of romantic harmony and lyrical melodic line.

Biography

Pogány was 23 June 1960 in

Kołobrzeg Kołobrzeg (; ; ) is a port and spa city in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in north-western Poland with about 47,000 inhabitants (). Kołobrzeg is located on the Parsęta River on the south coast of the Baltic Sea (in the middle of the section ...

. He is a graduate of cello and conducting studies in

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Conservatory in

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, Germany). He studied at the Music Academy in

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

, Poland. He works with numerous orchestras such as the ones

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as well as

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companies. He founded the Polish Chamber Orchestra Camerata-Wrocław. He was Director General of the International Brahms Festival Wrocław.

Recognition

*2008 – the II prize at the International Composers Competitions in Torrevie (

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), *2009 – the III prize at the International Composers Competitions in

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Works

* 2002 – Film music for the German TV crime series ''

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'' * 2005 – Cantata of Kołobrzeg for two sopranos, tenor, baritone, choir and orchestra, the composition was written on the jubilee 750th anniversary of Kolobrzeg * 2006 – Fantasia in D minor for cello and orchestra * 2007 –

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“La Voce del Destino” for tenor, violin and orchestra * 2008 – Opera "Acrobat" composer is also the author of the libretto, first performance was at the Munich Philharmonic Hall. * 2008 – Introduction and Waltz of fate. * 2009 –

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a-moll for opera singer Antonina Kawecka. * 2009 –

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“Cruise” * 2011 – Requiem

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in memoriam. First performance was in the Polish Radio Concert Hall in

in the first anniversary of plane crash in

. **...''my Requiem gives hope and not force to cry. The open space of human life is closing from the absolute key of the time but it is only a prelude to eternity'' -Jan Pogány * 2011 – “ Rhapsody of

” for tenor, choir and orchestra. * 2014 - Oman's Serenade for violin and orchestra.The world premiere of Oman's Serenade
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