Martin Kutnowski
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Martin Kutnowski
Martin Kutnowski is a contemporary composer and music theorist native from Argentina, currently living in Canada. In his works, which are in general firmly rooted in the tonal idiom, references to the musical past are often embedded within folk materials of Latin America. His pieces, ranging from solo instrument to orchestra, have been performed or broadcast worldwide. Disks and scores with his music are available on the independent label Contrapunctus, on FJH Publications [1], and on Ricordi[2]. His music is also featured in global shows such as MTV's Room Raiders[3] and Soapography[4].
An active theorist, Kutnowski has read papers on aspects of both tonal and post-tonal repertoires—tonal rhythm in Mozart and Scriabin, atonal voice leading in Peter Maxwell Davies, relationship between music and the moving image in popular culture—at national and international conferences such as the MTSNYS[5], the Schenker Symposium[6], The Fifth International Music Theory Conference in Tallinn[7] and Montreal Ed Media 2005 [8]; published articles in Latin American Music Review (Austin, Texas)[9], Musica Clasica (Buenos Aires, Argentina), and ex-tempore (Edmonton, Alberta), and he has also given public lectures about music in the USA, Canada, England, Spain, Argentina, Estonia, Switzerland, and the People’s Republic of China. He is also a contributor to the scholarship of teaching and learning in post-secondary education, with articles in About Campus[10] [11]and Community College Journal[12]. Previous to his affiliation with Saint Thomas University, Kutnowski taught at Queensborough Community College in New York, the Aspen Music Festival and School in Colorado, and at Conservatorio Municipal Manuel de Falla, in Buenos Aires[13].
Mr. Kutnowski has been granted scholarships and prizes by:
National Endowment for the Arts of Argentina[14]
Argentine Board of Education
Fulbright
Archibald Mourier Foundation
NMJCLA
ASCAP
North/South Consonance
Personal website of Martin Kutnowski:
http://www.contrapunctus.com/
Articles by Martin Kutnowski:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/latin_american_music_review/v023/23.1kutnowski.html
http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Content/ContentGroups/CC_Journal/Apr_May_2004/april20_26.pdf
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/110430912/ABSTRACT?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/110568797/ABSTRACT
Video Clip of one of Martin Kutnowski's public lectures (in English):
http://media.acc.qcc.cuny.edu/video/PresidentalLectures/Kutnowski/Kutnowski.wmv
Reviews of Martin Kutnowski's Music:
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-142338507.html
http://www.eldia.com.ar/ediciones/20021109/espectaculos7.asp
Recordings:
http://www.corodiocesidiroma.com/musica-sacra.htm
== Catalog of Compositions
Solo Piano ==
"Solfeggilonga" (2006)[15]
"Echoes, Pictures, Riddles and Tales for Piano Solo," ed. Helen Marlais. FJH Contemporary Editions" (May 2005) [16]
"Five Tango Etudes" (2001). Premio Tribuna Argentina de Compositores 2004
"Postcards" (1999)
"Lullaby for an Ancient Grandfather" (1997) First Prize NMJCLA 1998
"The Well Transfigured Clavier" (1996)
== Solo Clarinet ==
"Momentum" Dedicated to Venancio Rius Marti (1996)
== Chamber Music ==
"Five Argentinean Folk Pieces" For Viola, Flute, and Piano (2002)
"Three Tango Steps." For Violin and Piano (2000)
"Buenos Aires Y2K. For Piano Trio (2000)
"Transformations" For Viola, Clarinet, and Piano (1998)
"Trio Sonata" For flute, clarinet and cello (1997)
"Remember" For solo baritone, choir and organ. Based on a poem by Christina Rosetti (1996)
"Affaire Buenos Aires-Nocturno" For Piano Quartet (1991)
"Elegía" For Piano Quartet (1990)
== Chamber Orchestra ==
"Five Argentinean Folk Pieces" Commissioned by the Minnesota Symphonia, Minneapolis/St. Paul (2002)
"Elegie: Fantasia quasi una Sonata" (1996)
== Chorus and Orchestra ==
"Il Sonno di Maddalena" For Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra, with text by Sandro Gindro. Commissioned by Incontri di Musica Sacra Contemporanea 2005, sponsored by Associazione Psicoanalisi Contro
"Preghiera per un addio" For mezzosoprano, mixed chorus, and orchestra. Dedicated to Guillermo Castillón, in memorian. Commissioned by Incontri di Musica Sacra Contemporanea 2001, sponsored by Associazione Psicoanalisi Contro [17]and by Associazione Romana Musicale Religiosa
