Krzysztof Penderecki

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Krzysztof Penderecki was a renowned Polish composer and conductor, celebrated for his innovative and often avant-garde orchestral and choral works that made him one of the leading figures in contemporary classical music.

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Krzysztof Penderecki canonical 8
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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish composer
Polish conductor
classical composer
composer
conductor
human
awardReceived Grammy Award
Order of Polonia Restituta
Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
surface form: Order of the White Eagle

Wolf Prize in Arts
countryOfBirth Poland
countryOfCitizenship Poland
dateOfBirth 1933-11-23
dateOfDeath 2020-03-29
educatedAt Academy of Music in Kraków
employer Academy of Music in Kraków
familyName Krzysztof Penderecki self-linksurface differs
surface form: Penderecki
fieldOfWork choral music
opera
orchestral music
genre contemporary classical music
sacred music
givenName Krzysztof
influenced Polish contemporary composers
influencedBy Anton Webern
Igor Stravinsky
languageOfWorkOrName Polish
movement avant-garde music
sonorism
name Krzysztof Penderecki self-link
notableFor avant-garde choral writing
innovative orchestral textures
notableWork Anaklasis
Cello Concerto No. 1
Cello Concerto No. 2
Credo
De natura sonoris No. 1
De natura sonoris No. 1
surface form: De natura sonoris No. 2

Polish Requiem
St. Luke Passion
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 7 "Seven Gates of Jerusalem"
Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
Utrenja
Violin Concerto No. 1
Violin Concerto No. 2 "Metamorphosen"
occupation composer
orchestral conductor
placeOfBirth Dębica
placeOfDeath Kraków
positionHeld rector of the Academy of Music in Kraków
spouse Elżbieta Penderecka

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Glenn Gould Prize notableLaureate Krzysztof Penderecki
Anne-Sophie Mutter commissionedWorkFrom Krzysztof Penderecki
Léonie Sonning Music Prize notableLaureate Krzysztof Penderecki
Katyn (2007 film) musicBy Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki name Krzysztof Penderecki self-link
Krzysztof Penderecki familyName Krzysztof Penderecki self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Penderecki
Breitkopf & Härtel hasPublishedWorksBy Krzysztof Penderecki