{"id":7047,"date":"2022-05-11T19:22:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T19:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsm.art.pl\/?page_id=7047"},"modified":"2022-05-15T18:11:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T18:11:27","slug":"blazewicz-marcin-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wsm.art.pl\/?page_id=7047","title":{"rendered":"B\u0141A\u017bEWICZ Marcin EN"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Composer and music life organiser, b. 28 Feb. 1953 in Warsaw, d. 5th April 2021 in Podkowa Le\u015bna. In 1974-75 he studied philosophy at the Academy
of Catholic Theology in Warsaw (now the Cardinal Wyszy\u0144ski University), later \u2013 in 1977-82 \u2013 composition with Marian Borkowski at the Academy of Music
in Warsaw, from which he graduated with honours. He also participated in international courses for composers conducted by Fran\u00e7ois-Bernard M\u00e2che (P\u00e9cs 1980), Iannis Xenakis (Salzburg and Delphi 1985) and Olivier Messiaen (1987).<\/p>

He has received a number of awards for his compositions, incl. in 1981\u00a0\u2013 3rd prize in the 1st Polish National Competition for a work for a cappella choir
in Legnica for his Pens\u00e9es<\/em> for 3 choral groups (1977) and an honorable mention in the 2nd Polish National Composition Competition for a chamber work
in Bia\u0142ystok for Kammerkonzert<\/em> for 14 soloists\u00a0\u2013 chamber musicians (1981); in 1983\u00a0\u2013 1st prize in the category of choral works in the Warsaw Composition Competition organised by the Polish Composers’ Union for Locomotive<\/em> for 4-part children’s choir a cappella to Julian Tuwim’s poem (1983); in 1985 \u2013
a special award in the „Music Today 1985” International Composition Competition in Tokyo for Thanatos<\/em> for flute solo (1984-85).<\/p>

He was a professor of composition at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, where he also taught score reading, introduction to composition
and instrumentation, which was the focus of his interests. In 1999-2002 and 2005-2008, he was vice-dean of the FCUM Department of Composition, Conducting and Theory of Music, and in 2008-2012 dean of this department. In 2012-2016, he was head of the Department of Composition. He supervised doctoral dissertations of, among others, Dariusz Przybylski, Eunho Chang, Krzesimir D\u0119bski and Ignacy Zalewski.<\/p>

For many years he has been engaged in the promotion of musical culture. He organised over 200 concerts devoted mainly to contemporary music, including the series: Presentations of Young Composers, Encounters with Contemporary Music, Young Musicians for Young Audiences (Warsaw, 1979-81). In 1983-87 he was the organiser and artistic director of the International New Music Forum in Warsaw. In 1990-92 he was president of the Jeunesses Musicales
de Pologne, and in 1990-94\u00a0\u2013 vice-president of Percussive Arts Society Poland. Simultaneously, in 1986-98 he was music director of the Polish Radio Theatre and an editor in the Polish Radio „BIS” Programme. Together with Stanis\u0142aw Skoczy\u0144ski and Mariusz Stowpiec he founded the Modus Group. He was
a musical advisor to the French Institute in Warsaw and a jury member of the International Radio Festival Prix Italia (Peruggia 1989). In 2000 he founded
a periodical about music and related arts\u00a0\u2013\u00a0„Muzyka21”\u00a0\u2013 of which he was editor-in-chief until 2001.\u00a0He was also chairman of the classical music section
of the\u00a0ZAiKS Association of Authors (2006-2013) and its treasurer (since 2006).<\/p>

Marcin B\u0142a\u017cewicz was associated with Edition Svitzer (Denmark), which represented him since 2008. His composition Concerto rustico<\/em> was published
in Edition Schott series. His works were commissioned by institutions such as the Institute of Music and Dance, Polish Radio SA, French Government, Kolberg Percussion Stuttgart, Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra, Svitzer Edition, International Guitar Festival in Tychy, the city of Stuttgart, Westdeutscher Rundfunk K\u00f6ln, World Brass Ensamble, the US Embassy in Poland, Australian Embassy in Poland, French Institute, Krakow Opera, national philharmonics
and theatres.<\/p>

His works are performed in many countries around the world: from China through Europe to the United States. They are routinely performed by such soloists and ensembles as Piere-Yves Artaud (France), Stephanie Strait, Matthew Coley and Mark Ford (USA), Jessie Chang (China), Stefan Diaconu (Romania), Tiit Joannes (Great Britain), Johan Bridger (Denmark), Daniel Belikov and Denis Morozov (Russia), Marta Klimasara and Flugeschlag-Quartett (Germany), World Brass Ensemble and many others. In Poland his music is performed by Agata Igras-Sawicka, Monika Woli\u0144ska, Tadeusz Domanowski, Stanis\u0142aw Skoczy\u0144ski, Leszek Lorent, \u0141ukasz D\u0142ugosz, Klaudiusz Baran, Karolina Miko\u0142ajczyk, and Ivo Jedynecki. Five original CDs with the works of Marcin B\u0142a\u017cewicz have been released so far.<\/p>

His work has been the subject of many publications and seminars in Poland and abroad (Germany, USA), as well as master’s theses, doctoral and postdoctoral theses. In 2015, Leszek Lorent published a book\u00a0Ineffabilis<\/em>\u00a0dedicated to the composer’s percussion pieces.<\/p>

Marcin B\u0142a\u017cewicz received the Stanis\u0142aw Wyspia\u0144ski Award for\u00a0lifetime achievement as a composer (1988) and\u00a0\u2013 twice\u00a0\u2013 the Prix Italia (1989, 1990).\u00a0In 2018, he received the 100th Anniversary Award\u00a0of the\u00a0ZAiKS\u00a0Association of Authors.<\/p>

From 1998 he was a member of the Polish Composers’ Union.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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