Musicatlas
Get a $5.00 Music Credit and download a free album for your iPod® or any MP3 player!
Born:
23 November
1933
— Debica
— Poland
Login to upload your own images for this composer.
News for Penderecki
- Penderecki to compose Olympic music
[posted 13 February 2007]The deputy head of the Polish Olympic Committee, Ryszard Parulski, has announced that Krzysztov Penderecki will compose music for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. It is not yet clear what the nature of the composition will be, and what place it will have in the opening ceremony.
[Source: english.eastday.com]
- Honorary degree for Penderecki at Münster University
[posted 23 February 2006]Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki will be given a honorary degree at the Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, Germany. The ceremony will take place on 31 March 2006. The philosophical faculty honors this important composer, who wrote world history 40 years ago, when his famous St. Luke Passion was premiered in this city. [Source: www.uni-muenster.de]
Music
Submit information about the music of Krzysztof Penderecki
Life
Submit biographical information for Krzysztof Penderecki
Sources — links
Concerts
Submit concert announcements for Krzysztof Penderecki
Events
Submit an event (date and year) for Krzysztof Penderecki
17 September 1959: Premiere of Strophen, in Warsaw, Poland.
16 October 1960: Premiere of Anaklasis, in Donaueschingen, Germany.
31 May 1961: Premiere of Threnis “To the Victims of Hiroshima”, in Warsaw, Poland.
16 April 1962: Premiere of Polymorphia, in Hamburg, Germany.
30 March 1966: Premiere of the St. Luke Passion, in Münster, Germany.
4 August 1968: Premiere of Concerto per Violine Grande ed Orchestra, in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
20 June 1969: Premiere of The Devils of Loudon, in Hamburg, Germany.
29 November 1978: Premiere of Paradise Lost, in Chicago, USA.
1 May 1980: Premiere of Symphony no. 2, in New York, USA.
24 July 1983: Premiere of Concerto per Viola (Violoncello) ed Orchestra, in Caracas, Venezuela.
28 September 1984: Premiere of Polish Requiem, in Stuttgart, Germany.
15 August 1986: Premiere of Die Schwarze Maske, in Salzburg, Austria.
20 August 1988: Premiere of Passacaglia, in Luzern, Switzerland.
26 November 1989: Premiere of Adagio, in Paris, France.
6 July 1991: Premiere of Ubu Rex, in Munich, Germany.
© 1995–2012 Jos Smeets — Quixote; Last update: 2005-01-26 15:16:16.