Pawel Szymanski
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composer. His music is based on strict technical discipline and the initial sound material of Szymański’s pieces has roots in past conventions but is always processed and composed from the beginning. Szymański himself talks of his music using the qualification “surconventionalism”.
List of selected works
- Epitaph (1974)
- Partita II (1978)
- Gloria (1979)
- Sonata for strings and percussion (1982)
- Appendix (1983)
- Lux aeterna (1984)
- Two Illusionary Constructions (1984)
- Partita III (1986)
- Miserere (1993)
- Piano concerto (1994)
- Works for Piano (2006)
External links
- Szymanski page at the Polish Music Center
- Szymanski biography from the Polish Ministry of Culture