Joanna Wozny, born in Poland in 1973, earned a master's degree in philosophy before pursuing composition and music theory studies in Graz, Austria.
Recording & Production
This album features recordings from various festivals and venues across Europe, including Wien Modern, Warsaw Autumn Festival, Ultraschall Festival, and musikprotokoll.
Composer's Artistic Vision
A central theme in Joanna Wozny's music is constant transformation, where elements always seem to have begun changing and could continue endlessly.
Compositional Technique
In her piece "as in a mirror, darkly," Joanna Wozny uses 'impurities' like dust particles and scratches on old film as a metaphor for blurring and obscuring initial clear gestures.
Compositional Technique
Joanna Wozny's piece "Return" explores various forms of repetition, from short musical passages to formal units, though these repetitions are not always clear or precisely localized.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Joanna Wozny's musical thinking is deeply dialectical, mediating between concretization and abstraction, and between massing and refinement.
Performer Biography
Klangforum Wien, an ensemble of 24 musicians from nine countries, has premiered approximately 500 new pieces and has a discography of over 70 CDs.
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