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Based in Cracow, he studied composition and
theory of music with Bogusław Schaeffer at the Academy of
Music in Cracow (1965-70). He composes in many genres,
especially electroacoustic and computer music, as well as
multimedia music, in co-operation with the painters Andrzej
Ziębliński and Ewa Horawa-Ławrusiewicz. In 1977, as a
scholar of the French government, he worked in the Groupe de
Recherches Musicales and the Institut de Recherche et
Coordination Acoustique/Musique in Paris. His works were
performed at many festivals of new music, including the
Warsaw Autumn', the Poznań Musical Spring' and the iscm
festival. His With Subtitle - Euridice's Dream won an award
at the 7th International Competition of Electroacoustic
Music in Bourges (1978). He also writes incidental music for
the theatre and film music. For many years he has
co-operated with the Studio of Cartoon Films in Cracow
(Parade by Jerzy Kucia, Metamorphoses by Łucja Mr-z-Raynoch
- his music for the latter was awarded at the State Festival
of Short Films in Cracow in 1989). The composer collaborates
with Jerzy Ridan, the director of documentary and feature
films (The Marymont Sonata, Cinéma-Théâtre).
He has been associated for many years with the Juliusz Słowacki
Theatre in Cracow. In 1991-1998 he was the director of its
Department of Music and Sound Realisation. He is a
co-founder of the Spatial Music Studio, linked to the
theatre.
Selected works: 2m91 for tape (1991), Aura
I for tape (1992), Logo for tape (1994), Between Night and
Day (pantomime, 1996), Invocazioni intorno for horn and
percussion (1997), The January Fantasia for piano (2000), In
principio erat Verbum for choir and tape (2000), Ave Crux
for choir (2001), The Sun Gate II for tape (2001), Fantasia
for baroque violin and electroacoustic layer (2002).
Composing my Fantasia for baroque violin
and electroacoustic layer, I was thinking about connecting
the solo violin part with the accompaniment' realised by
using the electronic and computer devices. Although I was
aware of the historical distance dividing these two means of
expression (I felt it especially strongly when I started
working on this idea), I decided to explore this subject
because I saw the possibility of creating a common ground of
expression. The source material is based on the motifs
performed by Agnieszka Rychlik on the baroque violin.
Józef Rychlik
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