Krzysztof Meyer views various compositional techniques, including serial, sonorist, and aleatoric means, as tools to achieve a predetermined musical result.
Performer Biography
The Wieniawski String Quartet, founded in 1998, is a leading Polish chamber music ensemble whose members are all players in the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio.
Composer Biography
Krzysztof Meyer was President of the Polish Composers' Union from 1985 to 1989 and served on the committee of the Warsaw Autumn Festival from 1974 to 1988.
Composer Biography
Krzysztof Meyer is a noted authority on Russian composer Dmitry Shostakovich, whose opera The Gambler he completed, leading to its premiere in 1984.
Composition History
Krzysztof Meyer's series of thirteen string quartets spans 47 years of his composing career, standing at the center of his achievement alongside his seven symphonies.
Composer Biography
Krzysztof Meyer, the composer, studied at the Kraków Academy with Krzysztof Penderecki and also participated in courses with Nadia Boulanger in Paris.
