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Krzysztof Meyer (born 11 August 1943) is a Polish composer, pianist, and music scholar, formerly dean of the Department of Music Theory (1972–1975) at the State College of Music (now Academy of Music in Kraków), and president of the Union of Polish Composers (1985–1989).
Krzysztof Meyer (b. 11 August 1943, Kraków). Polish composer, now resident in Germany, of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been performed throughout the world; he is also active as a writer.
Krzysztof Meyer is a composer whose creative self-awareness is deeply intellectual. As part of a survey conducted in 1971 by the periodical Res Facta, the composer, aged twenty-six at the time, wrote: When I first tried composing my own works, I began with twelve-note technique ( 1st Piano Sonata ).
Apr 10, 2018 · Krzysztof Meyer is one of the leading contemporary composers in Poland. From the age of five he studied piano and, in 1954, he began studying theory and composition with Stanisław Wiechowicz.
Feb 3, 2023 · Krzysztof Meyer is, however, no ordinary musicologist. The foremost authority in Eastern Europe on the life and works of Dmitri Shostakovich, he pulls no punches about Shostakovich’s oppression by the Communist state, an attitude that made him less than popular among Soviet diehards.
Dec 14, 2019 · Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943)Symphony No. 4 Op. 31 (1973)in three movementsPolish Radio National Symphony Orchestra Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor Recorded in 1975Po...
May 11, 2024 · Contemporary Polish composer Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943) grew up in an Eastern European musical climate dominated by nearly every mood of 20th century postmodernism. However, Continue Reading.
