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Penderecki

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Penderecki
Krzystof . born 1933, Polish composer, noted for his highly individual orchestration. His works include Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima for strings (1960), Stabat Mater (1962), Polish Requiem (1983--84), and the opera Ubu Rex (1991)


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The jury, headed by Polish composer and conductor Krzysztop Penderecki, awarded Jakob Koranyi of Sweden, 26, second place in the competition with a 7,000-euro prize as well another prize of 2,500 euros for best interpretation of Shostakovich's first concerto for cello.
We had a dark 45 years, first the Germans then the Russians, and now we feel the release," Penderecki told Reuters after a rehearsal.
My feeling is that not a single note is superfluous, and that Eben's musical language in this opus, which retrospectively takes in his whole life, is maturing into the freedom, lucidity and intimacy that Shostakovich for example reached by a different route, or to which Penderecki was probably moving.
 
 
 
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