Marcel Chyrzyński

Polish composer Marcel Chyrzyński was born in 1971. He has been described as "a polystylist with an enormous sense of humour, and a lover of rhythm and jazz improvisation".^[1] Chyrzyński's works have been performed throughout Europe, as well as in South Korea^[2], Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the USA and Canada.^[3]

He completed a master's degree at the Academy of Music in Kraków in 1995, where he studied composition with Marek Stachowski, orchestration with Krzysztof Penderecki, and computer music with Marek Choloniewski, Richard Boulanger, Cindy McTee and Rodney Oaks.^[4] Since 1994 he has been a lecturer at the Academy of Music in Kraków, and in 2010 became an associated professor in the Departament of Composition, Conducting and Theory of Music. In 1998 he was awarded a doctorate in composition. Since 2014 he has been a director of the Institute of Composition, Conducting and Music Theory.^[5]

Chyrzyński has received many awards and prizes, including 1st prize in the A.Krzanowski Competition for Young Composers in Bielsko-Biała, 1st prize at the 3rd All-Polish Adam Didur Composers' Competition in Sanok (1994), a citation in the Composers' Competition of the Polish Radio in Warsaw (1996), 3rd prize at the 2nd All-Polish Composition Competition Musica Sacra in Warsaw (1996), 3rd prize at the 3rd All-Polish Composers' Competition Musica Sacra in Warsaw (1997), and 1st prize at the Tadeusz Baird Composition Competition for Young Composers in Warsaw (1997).^[6]

In 1995 Chyrzyński became a member of the Polish Composers' Union, and at various times has served on that organisation's board. In 2005 he became a member of the Polish Society for Electroacoustic Music.^[7] Since 2014 Chyrzyński has been the director of the International Festival of Kraków Composers.^[8]

The list of compositions below is sourced from the composer's official website.^[9]

Orchestral Works

Extended Perception of Echo for Strings, 1992 (ca 7’30’’)
(8,8,8,8,4) or (6,5,4,4,4)

La Musique d’adieu pour orchestre à cordes, 1993 (ca 13’30’’)
(6,5,4,3,2)

Piece for String Orchestra, 1994/95 (ca 9’)
(6,5,4,3,2)

Piece for Orchestra, 1994/95 (ca 9’)
(2,2,2,2/4,2,2,0/tmp/strings)

Trans-At-LAN-Tic, 2006 (ca 7’35’’)
for symphony orchestra and tape, (3,3,3,2,1/4,3,2,1/3batt+tmp/pfte/strings)

Ukiyo-e, 2012 (ca 12’)
for string orchestra (6,5,4,3,1)

Work for soloist and Orchestra

Concerto 2000, 1999/2000 (ca 26’)
for clarinet and symphony orchestra (cl solo/3,3,3,3/4,2,2,1/2batt+tmp/ar/pfte/strings)

Chamber Concerto 2000, 1999/2000 (ca 26’)
for clarinet and string orchestra (cl solo/6,5,4,3,2) 2nd version of Concerto 2000

Meditation No. 1, 2010/11 (ca 15’30’’)
for alto saxophone and symphony orchestra (sax solo/3,3,3,3/4,3,3,1/batt (4esec)/ar/pfte/strings 16,12,9,8,6)

Malchera, 2014 (ca 16’)
for harp and symphony orchestra (ar solo/2,2,2,2/4,2,2,1/batt (4esec)/ar/pfte/strings 16,12,9,8,6)

War Game, 2014/15 (ca 17’)
Concerto for alto saxophone and large chamber ensemble (sax solo/1,1,1,1/1,1,1,0/batt (2esec)/ar/pfte/strings 1,1,1,1,1)

Ukiyo-e No. 2, 2015 (ca 18’)
Concerto for flute and symphony orchestra (fl solo/2,2,2,2/4,2,2,0/batt (1esec)/cel/strings)

Ukiyo-e No. 3, 2016 (ca 19’)
Concerto for violoncello and symphony orchestra (vc solo/3,3,3,3/4,3,3,1/batt (3esec)/hp/pfte/strings)

Chamber Music

Three Preludes, 1990 (ca 4’)
for clarinet and piano

Three dialogues, 1993/94 (ca 11’-12’)
for oboe and bassoon

In C, 1996 (ca 6’)
for clarinet, viola (cello) and piano

Ferragosto per tromba, pianoforte e batteria, 1997 (ca 17’)
batt (3esec)

Tribute To Miles, 1999 (ca 8’40’’)
for trumpet and one percussion player

Reflection No. 1, 2003 (ca 9')
for string quartet

Strade di Venezia, 2005/6 (ca 11’)
for flute, clarinet and bassoon

Dry Pieces, 2007/8 (ca 9’)
for woodwind quintet

Reflection No. 3, 2013 (ca 10’30’’)
for two pianos

Farewell, 2013 (ca 10’30’’)
for violoncello and piano

Dance of Death, 2013 (ca 5’)
for clarinet and piano

Betelgeuse, 2014 (ca 10’30’’)
for violin, violoncello and piano

Haiku No. 2, 2016 (ca 6’)
for clarinet and piano

Reflection No. 4, 2016 (ca 13')
for flute, clarinet, violoncello, percussion and piano (percussion 1 player: 2 suspended cymbals, 1 large tam-tam, vibraphone)

Donghwasa, 2017 (ca 9’)
for violin, sanjo gayageum and piano

Solo Works

Miniatura, 1988 (ca 4’)
for solo clarinet

For you', 1991 (ca 3’)
for solo vibraphone

Quasi Kwazi, 1994 (ca 2’45’’)
for solo clarinet

Quasi Kwazi II, 1997 (ca 4’45’’)
for solo clarinet

Quasi Kwazi III, 1998 (ca 7’)
for solo clarinet

ForMS..., 2001 (ca 7')
for solo cello

Reflection No. 2, 2005 (ca 4’22’’)
for solo harpsichord

Vocal Works

Pamiętam... / I Do Remember... 1992 (ca 9’30’’)
for soprano and string quartet
text: Jan Kasprowicz

Cztery liryki miłosne / Four Love Lyrics, 1994 (ca 12’)
for baritone and piano
text: Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Bolesław Leśmian

Fuyu no sakura, 2011 (ca 11’25’’)
for mezzo-soprano and violoncello
text: Shinkawa Kazue

Psalm 88, 1996 (9’50’’)
for unaccompanied mixed choir (SS, AA, TT, BB)

Per diem clamavi in nocte coram te, 1996/97 (ca 11')
for unaccompanied mixed choir (SS, AA, TT, BB)

2nd version of Psalm 88

...similes esse bestiis, 1997 (ca 5’)
for unaccompanied mixed choir (SS, AA, TT, BB)
text: Ecclesiastes

Psalm 23 (Dominus regit me), 2013 (6’)
for unaccompanied mixed choir (SS, AA, TT, BB)

Elactro-acoustic and Electronic Works

Haiku, 1991 (ca 12’30’’)
for voice, clarinet (EWI), processing and computer

Nju MoDeL, 1994 (ca 10')
for clarinet, processing and computer

Coś tam underground, 1994 (ca 9')
for trumpet, viola, double bass, percussion and computer

Überraschung Cfaj, 1995/96 (ca 5')
for clarinet, processing, two synthesisers and computer

EXCH-33, 2002 (ca 7’30’’)
for EWI (electronic wind instrument) and tape

Mahamudra, 2006 (ca 10’09’’)
for electronic sounds

Beelden, 2006 (ca 15’)
for amplified blockflute, harpsichord and tape

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