Rudziński, Zbigniew

Rudziński, Zbigniew , Polish composer and teacher; b. Czechowice, Oct. 23, 1935. He went to Warsaw and studied at the State Music School (1949–56), pursued training in English philology at the Univ. (1952–53), and was a composition student of Piotr Perkowski at the State Higher School of Music (1956–60; graduated, 1962). hi 1965–66 he held a French government scholarship to study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, and later held a Dutch government scholarship in the Netherlands in 1970–71. In 1973 he joined the faculty of the State Higher School of Music (later Academy of Music) in Warsaw as a composition teacher, becoming an assoc. prof. in 1975 and a prof. in 1989. From 1981 to 1984 he was also its vice-rector. In 1981–82 he was president and in 1985–86 general secretary of the Polish Composers’ Union, from which he received its Award in 1991.

Works

DRAMATIC: Opera: Manekiny (The Mannequins; Wroclaw, Oct. 29, 1981). ORCH.: Contra fidem (1963–64; Warsaw, Sept. 22, 1964); Moments musicaux I (Warsaw, Sept. 30, 1965), U (Warsaw, Sept. 16, 1967), and III (Warsaw, March 22, 1968); Sym. for Men’s Chorus and Orch. (Warsaw, Sept. 20, 1969); Muzyka nocq (Music at Night) for Small Orch. (Warsaw, Sept. 23, 1970); Campanella for Percussion Ensemble (Copenhagen, June 8, 1977); Trytony (Tritons) for Percussion Ensemble (1979–80; Warsaw, Sept. 22, 1980). CHAMBER: Trio for 2 Clarinets and Bassoon (1958; Warsaw, March 14, 1959); Clarinet Sonata (1959); Sonata for 2 String Quartets, Piano, and Percussion (1960; Katowice, June 1962); String Trio (Warsaw, June 25, 1964); Impromptu for 2 Pianos, 3 Cellos, and Percussion (Warsaw, Sept. 19, 1966); Quartet for 2 Pianos and Percussion (Baden-Baden, Oct. 5, 1969); Trzy portrety romantyczne (Three Romantic Portraits) for 12 Saxophones (1991). piano: Sonata (1975; Hiram, Ohio, June 18, 1976). VOCAL: 4 Folk Songs for Soprano and Piano (1955; Warsaw, June 11, 1956); 4 Songs for Baritone and Chamber Ensemble (1960–61; Warsaw, Oct. 25, 1961); Epigrams for 2 Women’s Choruses, Flute, and Percussion (1962; Warsaw, March 1, 1963); 3 Songs for Tenor and 2 Pianos (1968); Requiem ofiarom wojen (Requiem for the Victims of Wars) for Reciter, Chorus, and Orch. (Kassel, April 9, 1971; also for Chorus and Orch., Warsaw, Sept. 23, 1973); Tutti e solo for Soprano, Flute, Horn, and Piano (Brussels, March 26, 1973); Struny na ziemi (Strings in the Earth) for Soprano and String Orch. (Warsaw, Dec. 15, 1982); Kseiga godzin (The Book of Hours) for Mezzo-soprano and Piano Trio (Abbeville, Nov. 18, 1983); To nie sa sny (These are not Dreams) for Mezzo-soprano and Piano (Schweinfurt, Aug. 8, 1987); Suita polska (Polish Suite) for 8 Women’s Voices or Women’s Chorus and Piano (Warsaw, June 1990); Posluchaj … (Listen…) for Soprano and Piano (1993). other: Studium na c (Study for C) for Ensemble ad libitum (Warsaw, Jan. 23, 1964).

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire