Wojciech Michniewski

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Wojciech Michniewski (born 4 April 1947) is a Polish composer and conductor.

Michniewski studied with Stanisław Wisłocki as well as Andrzej Dobrowolski at the State Music Academy in Warsaw. From 1973 to 1978 he was the conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. With Krzysztof Knittel and Elżbieta Sikora he founded the composer group KEW (1973–77). [1] For his piece Whisperetto he received the Premio RAI of the Italian radio and television in 1975. [2] He won the 1977 Cantelli Award [3] and the bronze medal at Ernest Ansermet competition in Geneva the following year. [4]

From 1979 to 1981 Michniewski was artistic director of the Teatr Wielki in Łódź, parallel to that, he was music director of the stage for contemporary music of the Warsaw Chamber Opera until 1983. From 1984 to 1987 he was a permanent guest conductor of the Polska Orkiestra Kameralna and played a key role in its transfer to the Sinfonia Varsovia. From 1987 to 1991 he directed the Filharmonia Poznańska, and thereafter worked as a guest conductor with various orchestras, including the National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sinfonia Varsovia and the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

He directed the world premieres of the operas Wyrywacz serc by Elżbieta Sikora (1995), The Music Programme by Roxanna Panufnik (2000), and Ignorant i szaleniec by Paweł Mykietyn (2001) at the Teatr Wielki Michniewski. [5] He was awarded the Fryderyk in 1996 for a recording of Witold Lutosławski's works and in 1999 for a gala concert with Rossini's music. For his services to contemporary Polish music, Michniewski received the Prize of the Polish Composers' Union (Związek Kompozytorów Polskich).

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  2. ↑ Aleksandra Bęben, Ewa Kowalska-Zając, Marta Szoka (2001). Łódzkie środowiska kompozytorskie 1945-2000. Akademia Muzyczna. p. 127. ISBN   9788390113531.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Polish Music Volumes 11-12. Authors Agency. 1976. p. 18.
  4. ↑ International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory Volume 12. Melrose Press. 1991. p. 588.
  5. ↑ Przekrʹoj Issues 2915-2931. Czytelnik via the University of Michigan. 2001. p. 64.
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