Peter Machajdík

Peter Machajdík
Background information
Birth name Peter Machajdik
Born (1961-06-01) 1 June 1961
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia
Genres Classical, Contemporary classical music, Film music
Occupation(s) Composer
Instruments Keyboards
Years active 1988–present
Labels Decca Records, Azyl Music, Musica slovaca, Albany Records, Amadeus Arte, Pavlik Records, Czech Radio
Website www.machajdik.de

Peter Machajdík ['maxajɟik] (born 1 June 1961) is a contemporary composer and sound artist.[1] He was born and grew up in Bratislava, Slovakia and lives in Berlin, Germany.

In the 1990s, he took part in seminars with Vinko Globokar, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Clarence Barlow, Konrad Boehmer, and others. In 1992, he was the guest of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program.

Machajdik has composed music in nearly all genres, including orchestra, band, chorus, chamber music, works for solo instrument, works for piano and organ, as well as liturgical works and hymns. His music is published primarily by Musica Slovaca, Alea Publishing,[2] Zimbel Press,[3] and Edition Hudba.

Peter Machajdík's music often asks questions about the society in which we live. It calls for humanity and responsibilitiy that human beings should have to each other and to the world.

Machajdik's orchestral works have been premiered by the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra,[4] State Philharmonic Orchestra of Košice, Pomeranian Philharmonic,[5] Lugansk Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Europea,[6] Capella Istropolitana, Ensemble Metamorphosis, Cluster Ensemble, and many others. He has also worked with Jon Anderson from Yes, harpist Floraleda Sacchi, vocalist & drummer David Moss, clarinetists Martin Adámek and Guido Arbonelli, and violist Sasha Mirković just to name a few.

Film credits include Machajdik’s scores for 4 Schüler gegen Stalin (2005),[7] Wild Slovakia (2015)[8] and Miloš and the Lynxes (2010).[9] Machajdik has worked with choreographers and dancers such as Dorothea Rust, Studio tanca, Petra Fornayova, Tina Mantel, Lucia Kašiarová, and others.

Peter Machajdík is currently Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Arts in Košice.

Selected works

Discography

On the 2008 CD NAMAH, Machajdík worked with singer Jon Anderson from Yes,[17] harpist Floraleda Sacchi, vocalist & drummer David Moss, clarinet virtuoso Guido Arbonelli, cello player Jozef Lupták, and others.

References

  1. ↑ "Biography".
  2. ↑ "Alea Publishing".
  3. ↑ "Zimbel Press".
  4. ↑ "Biography".
  5. ↑ "Pomeranian Philharmonic".
  6. ↑ "Biography".
  7. ↑ "4 Schüler gegen Stalin".
  8. ↑ "Wild Slovakia".
  9. ↑ "Miloš and the Lynxes".
  10. ↑ "Ich war in dir".
  11. ↑ "Munk".
  12. ↑ "Double Bayan Concerto".
  13. ↑ "Album NAMAH".
  14. ↑ "Album INSIDE THE TREE".
  15. ↑ "Album THE IMMANENT VELVET".
  16. ↑ "Album ELEKTRICKÁ GITARA".
  17. ↑ Interview with Peter Machajdík

Bibliography

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