Aleksander Tansman, a Polish composer, left Poland for France in 1919 and gained international fame through a world tour in 1932-1933, during which he met figures like the Emperor of Japan and Mahatma Gandhi.
Compositional Technique
Despite Neo-Baroque stylistic suggestions, Wajnberg's Trio Op. 24 (1945) also incorporates lamenting chants typical of Jewish music.
Performer Biography
The Wajnberg Trio, consisting of Piotr Sałajczyk (piano), Szymon Krzeszowiec (violin), and Arkadiusz Dobrowolski (cello), debuted in 2016 at the Tansman Festival in Łódź and focuses on works by 20th-century Polish composers.
Composition History
Wajnberg's Trio Op. 24 (1945) was written at a time when he did not know the fate of his family, who later died in a concentration camp, and is dedicated to his wife, Natalia Wowsi.
Composer Biography
Andrzej Czajkowski, born Robert Andrzej Krauthammer, adopted his new name after successfully escaping the Warsaw ghetto with his grandmother.
Composer Biography
Mieczysław Wajnberg, a Polish composer, escaped Warsaw in September 1939 and settled in Moscow in 1943 with the support of Dmitry Shostakovich.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Aleksander Tansman's aesthetic program, published in 1925, advocated for a strong reaction against Post-Romantic pathos, impressionism, and subjectivism, emphasizing the absolute and formal-constructive aspects of music.
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