Krzysztof Meyer, the composer, also participated in courses with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, a renowned French composer and composition teacher.
Composer Biography
Krzysztof Meyer, the composer, began formal studies at the Kraków Academy at age eleven, studying with Stanisław Wiechowicz and Krzysztof Penderecki.
Composer Biography
Krzysztof Meyer, the composer, served as President of the Polish Composers' Union from 1985 to 1989.
Composition History
Krzysztof Meyer's twelve string quartets span 42 years of his composing career, with the Ninth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Quartets featured on this album.
Performer Biography
The Wieniawski String Quartet, founded in 1998, is composed of members who are all players in the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio.
Composer Biography
Krzysztof Meyer, the composer, is a noted authority on Dmitry Shostakovich, having published a monograph on his life and music that has been translated into several European languages.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Krzysztof Meyer, the composer, views various compositional techniques like serial, sonorist, and aleatoric means as tools to achieve a pre-determined artistic result.
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