The Wieniawski String Quartet, founded in 1998, is a leading Polish chamber music ensemble whose members are also players in the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio.
Compositional Technique
Krzysztof Meyer, the composer, is considered a leading string quartet 'specialist' by music dictionary Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, having composed twelve quartets between 1963 and 2005.
Composer Biography
Krzysztof Meyer, the composer, studied piano from age five and composition with Stanisław Wiechowicz from 1954, later graduating with distinction from the College of Music in Kraków.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Krzysztof Meyer's, the composer's, fascination with string quartets stems from listening to chamber music concerts at home as a child, which fundamentally shaped his interests.
Composer Biography
Krzysztof Meyer, the composer, has been a professor of composition at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne since 1987 and frequently lectures on contemporary music internationally.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Krzysztof Meyer, the composer, aims for his works to be meaningful sound-stories that engage the listener, rather than just a stream of acoustic stimuli.
Composer Biography
Krzysztof Meyer, the composer, was a student of Nadia Boulanger, a renowned French composition teacher, in France in 1964, 1966, and 1968.
