(Krzysztof Penderecki (1933 - 2020) was a Polish composer and conductor. He
studied composition privately with Franciszek Skołyszewski and then
(1954–8) with Malawski and Wiechowicz at the State Higher School of
Music (now the Academy) in Kraków. Later, he joined the staff of the
school as a teacher of composition. His first major success came in 1959
when Strofy, Emanacje and Psalmy Dawida were awarded the top three
prizes at a competition organized by the Union of Polish Composers.
Soon afterwards he came to the attention of publisher Hermann Moeck
and Heinrich Strobel, director of the music division at SWF. As the
director of the Donaueschingen Music Days, Strobel commissioned several
of Penderecki's works and Penderecki earned subsequently a reputation as
one of the most innovative composers of his generation, especially for
his experiments in notation, the perception of time, and extended
instrumental techniques).
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