Aleksandra Gryka | |
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Born | 17 May 1977 |
Alma mater | Academy of Music in Kraków |
Occupation | composer |
Awards | Prize of the Christoph and Stephan Kaske Foundation |
Aleksandra Gryka (born 17 May 1977) is a Polish classical composer of experimental music. Her works have been performed at such festivals as the Warsaw Autumn, Sacrum Profanum and Juilliard Focus! Festival.
Aleksandra Gryka was born on 17 May 1977, in Warsaw. [1] [2] She started learning to play the piano at the age of six. In 2003, she graduated with honors in composition [2] under the supervision of Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar [1] [2] and computer composition [3] under Magdalena Długosz [2] [3] at the Academy of Music in Kraków. [2] [4] During her studies, she also took composition courses in Kraków, Helsinki, Buckow [2] and Reichenau. [3] [4]
Her work is characterized as uncompromising [1] [3] and experimental. [1] Although the structure of her works stems from modernist traditions, what is most important to her is originality [1] and timbre. [3] Gryka writes pieces for instruments, although she also explores electronic music. [3] She draws inspiration from various sources, including the works of Iannis Xenakis, Frédéric Chopin and Gérard Grisey. [3] She feels drawn to spectralism [3] and sonorism. [4]
Gryka's compositions have been performed, among others, in Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy and the United States. [2] Her works could be heard at such festivals, as the Warsaw Autumn (2003: world premiere of Interialcell [1] ), Sacrum Profanum [2] and Juilliard Focus! Festival. [5] Gryka's work has appeared in the repertoire of, among others, an_ARCHE new music ensemble and Kwadrofonik. [2] In 2005, she started composing music for theater performances. [2] In 2006, [4] the futuristic ballet Alpha Kryonia xe by choreographer Jacek Przybyłowicz [6] was staged at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw, to which Gryka composed music. [4] The piece was inspired by the works of Stanisław Lem. [4]