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Born in 1980, he began his musical education at the age
of seven. Upon graduating from a secondary music school in Warsaw in 1999,
he started taking lessons in composition from W1odzimierz KotoYski. In
19992003 he studied composition at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague
under the guidance of Louis Andriessen, Diderik Wagenaar, Martijn Padding
and Gilius van Bergejk. He also studied composition and electronic music
with Brian Ferneyhough, Jonathan Harvey and Tristan Murail at ircam in
Paris (20022003).
Between 1994 and 1999 he won prizes at five composers1 competitions (including
the Tadeusz Baird Competition in Warsaw and the Andrzej Panufnik
Competition in Kraków). He was a finalist of the International
Competition for Young Composers at the Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam
(2000). In 19942002 he participated in courses for composers in Poland,
Germany, Hungary and France (Royaumont and Acanthes). In 2001 he
participated (alongside, among others, Luciano Berio and Louis Andriessen)
in the Bach project of the European Union, contributing a commission for a
piece based on Die Kunst der Fuge. He also received commisions from the
Warsaw Autumn Friends1 Foundation.
His pieces have been performed in Poland, Holland, Germany, Britain, the
United States, France, Italy and Hungary. He has collaborated with such
artists and groups as Ed Spanjaard, Nieuw Ensemble, Maarten Altena
Ensemble, the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the New Music Orchestra and
Adrian Brand.
Adam Falkiewicz also writes film music and takes part in multimedia
installations (recent projects with Lukas Gloor at the Korzo Theater in
The Hague and with Bo›ena Biskupska at the Centre of Polish Sculpture in
OroYsko).
Selected works: Hypnos for tape (1999), Manitou for two transverse flutes,
two modern flutes and two pianos (1999), Counterpoint Seven for orchestra
and live electronics (2001), Schwarz Weiss Grau for video and quadrophonic
tape (2001), Spatial Counterpoint for 30 performers (three groups of brass
and percussion instruments) (2001), Canto to Ezra Pound for chamber
ensemble and quadrophonic tape (2002), Trois Chants d1une Anomalie for
voice and chamber ensemble (200203), Altitude 4810 for quadrophonic tape
(2003)
Fearful Symmetry
The piece was written in 2003. I used the material I started to work on
two years ago. By generating rhythmic and harmonic structures
I worked with a computer, and, more precisely, with the Oopen music1
programme. I also used a computer to process the sounds of bass clarinet,
trombone, harp, cello and double-bass. Duration is ca. 101
Adam Falkiewicz
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