1972 |
born in Złotów (Poland) |
1980-92 |
music schools in Złotów and in Piła (Violin) |
1992-93 |
studied musicology at the Poznań University (Poland) |
1993-99 |
studied composition at the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań with Andrzej Koszewski and Lidia Zielińska |
1997-98 |
studied theory of music and new media at the Hochschule für Musik und Dastellende Kunst in Stuttgart (Germany) with Matthias Hermann and Helmut Lachenmann (musical analysis) and David Mason (electroacoustic music) |
2001-04 |
postgraduate studies in composition a.o. with Jörg Birkenkötter at the Hochschule für Musik und Dastellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) |
2004-05 |
attended courses at the faculty of theatre direction at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main with Hans Hollmann |
2005 |
ordinary member of the Polish Composer's Union
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2009 |
presentation of the own compositions at the international symposium "Contemporary Composers + Composing on the Continent" in Görlitz-Zgorzelec, organized by Meetingpoint Music Messiaen e.V. |
2009-2023 |
jury member in the composition competition for electroacoustic music "Jeu de Temps – Time Play" (JTTP), organized by CEC (Canadian Electroacoustic Community) |
since 2015 |
Edition of musical works at Ebert Musik Verlag Leipzig (Germany) - Link |
since 2020 |
member of Cologne Society for New Music (KGNM) |
since 2024 |
member of the network „Elektronik + Klangkunst“ (Electronic + Sound Art) |
2024 |
presentation of the own musical work on the Online Radio 674.fm (FUNKT sessions) |
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Courses and workshops:
1995, 1996, 1997 |
International Workshop for New Music and Computer Stuttgart-Cracow |
1996 |
International Summer Courses for Young Composers in Radziejowice, Poland |
1997 |
International Academy for New Composition in Schwaz, Austria |
1998, 2000, 2002, 2006 |
Darmstadt New Music Summer Courses, Germany |
1999 |
Centre Acanthes Course in Avignon, France |
2005 |
Performance workshop with Anton Lukoszevieze ("Apartment House", Great Britain) in Dresden/Germany |
2010 |
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIO ACADEMY Matrix 10 (Freiburg, SWR) |
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Awards and grants:
1996 |
2nd prize in the “Tadeusz Baird Composition Competition” in Warsaw/Poland |
1997 |
KulturKontakt Austria scholarship |
1997-98 |
Polish Ministry of Culture and Art scholarship |
1999 |
honourable mention in the “Tadeusz Baird Composition Competition” in Warsaw |
1999 |
Centre Acanthes scholarship |
1998, 2000 |
International Music Institute in Darmstadt scholarships (Summer Courses) |
2001-04 |
Peter Fuld Stiftung scholarship (Frankfurt/Germany) |
2003 |
Frankfurter Verein für Künstlerhilfe support prize (Jürgen-Mülder-Prize) |
2005-06 |
music scholarship Hellerau III (Dresden/Germany) |
2010 |
Scholarship of the Experimental Studio SWR for the Experimental Studio Academy Matrix10 in Freiburg |
2012 |
Composer in residence in the Künstlerhaus Lukas in Ahrenshoop (Mecklenburg-Western
Pomerania) |
2020, 2021, 2022 |
Art sholarship „Auf geht's” by the Ministry of Culture of Nordrhine-
Westphalia |
2021 |
Composer in residence in the Künstlerhaus Otte 1 in Eckernförde (Schleswig-Holstein) |
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Festivals and concert series:
1996 |
Music in Old Cracow (Cracow/Poland) |
1996 |
Ryszard Bukowski Music Days (Wrocław/Poland) |
1998 |
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati Music Days (Cracow) |
1998 |
Festival for New Music “Eclat” (Stuttgart/Germany |
1998 |
Bodensee Festival – (Friedrichshafen/Germany) |
1999 |
Festival d‘Avignon (Avignon/France) |
2004 |
Festival International de la Musique et Créations Électroniques "Synthèse" (Bourges/France) |
2004 |
Forum Neue Musik (Hessian Broadcasting Corporation, Frankfurt am Main) |
2005 |
Symphonic Concerts with Thüringer Symphoniker (Rudolstadt and Saalfeld) |
2005 |
Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival (USA) |
2006 |
Forum Neues Musiktheater (Dialog - Neue Musik im Römerkastell, Stuttgart) |
2006 |
Dresden Days of Contemporary Music (Dresden/Germany) |
2006 |
Budapest Autumn Festival (Budapest/Hungary) |
2006 |
Festival "Kasseler Musiktage" (Kassel/Germany) |
2009 |
YOUrope togehter - Polen (Philharmonic Essen) |
2010 |
Neue Musik im Ostseeraum (Lübeck) |
2016 |
Unerhörte Musik (BKA Theatre Berlin) |
2018 |
Concert of the Landesbühnen & Philharmonie of Saxony for the End of the Year
(Dresden, Radebeul) |
2022 |
ProvinzLärm – 8. International Festival for New Music Eckernförde> |
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Compositions (selection):
- Sonata (1992-93)
for Violin and Piano 15'
- Two Preludes (1993/94)
for Piano 4' Premiere: Poznań 1994; Małgorzata Kurpisz
- Ars amandi (1994)
for Baritone and Piano Text: Ovid 4,5' P: Poznań 1994; Tomasz Mazur and Katarzyna Kujawa
- Psalm 88 (1994)
for Mixed Choir 3,5' P: Poznań 1995; Choir „Fermata”, cond. Mateusz Sibilski
- Decisions and Hesitations (1994)
for Violin 6,5' P: Poznań 1995; Urszula Walarowska
- Impresja (Impression) (1994-95)
for Baritone, Oboe, Percussion, Violin and Cello Text: Stefan Flukowski 6' P: Poznań 1995; Tomasz Mazur, Dobromira Kur, Natalia Juśkiewicz and Tomasz Lisiecki
- Powódź (Flood) (1995)
for Baritone, Oboe, Percussion, Violin and Cello Text: Stefan Flukowski 5'
- Transgressio (1995)
for Trombone, Percussion, Piano, Harp and Cello 8' P: Stuttgart 1995; Łukasz Hodor, Jan Pilch, Tomoko Hemmi, Renie Yamahata and Werner Taube cond. Matthias Hermann
- Meandry Labiryntu (Meanders of the Labyrinth) (1995)
for Cello and Computer 7' P: Stuttgart 1995; Werner Taube, Marek Chołoniewski and Magdalena Buchwald
- Arras (1995)
for Flute and String Orchestra 8' Honourable mention in the Tadeusz Baird Composition Competition (Warsaw 1999) score extract
- Claritas (1996)
for Trumpet and Tape 3,5' P: Poznań 1996; Marek Galubiński and Magdalena Buchwald
- Nocturne (1996)
Electroacoustic Music 3' P: Poznań 1996
- Intermezzo (1996)
for String Quartet 5' P: Radziejowice 1996; Silesian String Quartet
- Trois petites conversations (1996)
for Guitar and Cello 6,5' P: Stuttgart 1998; Andreas Ogger and Stefan Gräßle score extract
- Warstwy i węzly (Coats and Knots) (1996)
for Clarinet, Percussion, Piano, Double Bass, Tape and Live- Electronics 7' 2nd Prize by Tadeusz Baird Composition Competition (Warsaw 1996) P: Stuttgart 1998; Bernhard Schleiß, Oliver Prechtl, Anja Füsti, Markus Steiner, Magdalena Buchwald; cond. Jens Schroth
- Syrinx (1996)
for Flute and Tape 4' P: Poznań 1996; Elżbieta Turczyńska and Magdalena Buchwald score extract
- Mane, Thekel, Fares (1997)
for Symphony Orchestra 8' score extract
- Apollo and Marsyas (1997)
Electroacoustic Music 4' P: Poznań 1997
- „Mehr Licht...“ (1997)
for Viola and Live-Electronics 5,5' P: Stuttgart 1997; Axel Porath, Marek Chołoniewski and Magdalena Buchwald
- Elegy (1997)
for Alto Saxophone, Trombone, Piano, Tape and Live-Electronics Text: Ecclesiastes 7' P: Schwaz 1997; David Pituch, Mato Santek, Marlies Nussbaumer, Marek Chołoniewski and Magdalena Buchwald
- Zeit sehen, Farben hören (1998)
for Violin, Viola, Cello and Percussion 11' P: Stuttgart 1998; members of Ensemble Zementwerk
- Maris Stella (1998)
for Orchestra 6,5' Work commissioned by the Ministry of Science, Culture and Research of Baden-Württemberg P: Stuttgart 1998; Orchestra of Four Music High Schools: Stuttgart-Poznań-Łódź-Trossingen, cond. Marcin Sompoliński
- Metamorphose of Syrinx (1998)
Experimental Radiophonic Piece Text: Ovid 12' Work commissioned by the Ministry of Science, Culture and Research of Baden-Württemberg P: Marbach, Deutsches Literaturarchiv 1998
- Entelecheia (1998-99)
for Large Symphony Orchestra 15'
- Berceuse (1999)
for Flute, Bass Clarinet, Percussion, Violin, Viola and Cello 6' P: Avignon 1999; members of L’Orchestre Lyrique de la Région d’Avignon-Provence, cond. Sylvio Gualda
- Angorum catena (2001)
Electroacoustic Music 10' Work commissioned by the Experimental Studio of Polish Radio in Warsaw, dedicated to Krzysztof Szlifirski P: Warsaw 2001
- „Perhaps the road is a net of chains“ (2002)
for Piano 13' P: Frankfurt am Main 2003; Tomoko Iizuka score extract extract Youtube
- ex externo (2002)
for Trombone 6,5' P: Frankfurt am Main 2002; Uwe Dierksen score cover
https://www.ebert-musikverlag.de/werkdetail.php?ismn1=1539-2
- Zuviel Blau (2002)
Theater/Ballet Music for Tape Text: Reinhard Gehret - Maikäferlikör 12' P: Frankfurt am Main 2002; Tobias Mangold (speaker/ actor), students of the Ballet Faculty of the Musikhochschule Frankfurt; Dieter Heitkamp (choreography)
- Es spricht der Schnee (2003)
for Soprano and Flute Text: Tomas Venclova 10' P: Frankfurt am Main 2003; Annette Fischer and Jens Josef score extract
- Adagio des Dahlen-Gorski (2003)
for Orchestra 14' P: Frankfurt am Main 2004; Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt; cond. Lucas Vis concert poster score extract
- Moment (non) musical (2003)
Electroacoustic Music 1,5'
- “...vom Klang blättert Schatten ab“ (2003-05)
for Speaking Voice and 4-Channel Tape Text: Tomas Venclova 14' Work commissioned by Frankfurter Verein für Künstlerhilfe P (revised version): Frankfurt am Main 2006; Annette Fischer and Christoph Schulte score extract
- Feuer (2004)
Installation-Performance for Tape, Video and Dance 6' P: Frankfurt am Main 2004; Chris Deutsch, Harry Glatz (video), Mirjana Doric (dance), Dieter Heitkamp (choreography)
- Die Lebenskunst (2005)
for Soprano and Piano Text: Friedrich Schiller and Norbert Oellers 14' Work commissioned by the Institute for Contemporary Music of the Musikhochschule Frankfurt P: Wiesbaden 2005; Carola Schlüter and John-Noël Attard score extract
- Verzerrter Marsch (2006)
for Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet, Percussion, Piano, Violin, Viola, Double Bass and 6-Channel Tape 7' Work commissioned by the European Centre of Arts Hellerau P: Dresden 2006; Martin Posegga, Péter Solymosi, Ewa Korolczyk, Andrea Mudronova, Oleksandr Bersutsky, Daniel Schultze, Stefan Pliquett, Hendrik Manook, cond. Csaba Szakács-Ajtony score extract
- Clamavi (2006)
for Soprano Saxophone and Trumpet, Percussion, Piano, Violin, Viola and Double Bass 7' Work commissioned by the European Centre of Arts Hellerau P: Dresden 2006; Martin Posegga, Péter Solymosi, Ewa Korolczyk, Andrea Mudronova, Oleksandr Bersutsky, Daniel Schultze, Stefan Pliquett, cond. Csaba Szakács-Ajtony
- „...erfüllt...“ (2006)
for Flute, Clarinet, Percussion, Piano, Violin, Viola and Cello 7' Work commissioned by the festival "Kassel Music Days" P: Kassel 2006; Ensemble Modern; cond. Manuel Nawri score extract
- Lichtfenster. Auszüge aus einem Tagebuch (2007)
for Trumpet and Accordion 8' score extract
- eine gefüllte Leere (2008-10)
for Flute, Oboe and Bassoon 30' score extract
- Nocturne & Clearness - zwei nostalgische Impressionen (1996/2009)
Electronic Music/ Video Czesław Buchwald - Video 7' P: Görlitz 2009
- Labyrinth. Exit (2010)
for Double-Bell Trumpet 11' Work commissioned by Hanseatic City of Lübeck P: Lübeck 2010; Marco Blaauw score cover
https://www.ebert-musikverlag.de/werkdetail.php?ismn1=1587-3
- Postcard from Złotów (2011)
electroacoustic work 4'
- Doppelaufnahme (2012)
for Voice and Soundtrack Text: Tomas Venclova 10' Piece composed within the framework of the sholarship of Mecklemburg-Western Pomerania in Künstlerhaus Lukas (Ahrenshoop) P: Ahrenshoop 2012, Magdalena Buchwald score extract
- Das Sprechen der Seele (2005, rev 2015)
for Soprano and Piano Text: Friedrich Schiller and Norbert Oellers 13' P: Berlin 2016; Irene Kurka and Martin Schneuing
- Les fenêtres de la mémoire (The Windows of the Memory) (2021)
Sound Installationa Work comissioned by the Museum in Złotów
8' P: Złotów 2021 https://muzeum-zlotow.pl/les-fenetres-de-la-memoire-okna-pamieci2021/
- Mentes (2021)
for String Quartett, Live-Electronics and Video Projection 17' Work composed in the framework of the art sholarship „Auf geht's!” of the Ministry of Culture of
Nordrhine-Westphalia 2021
- Missa Covidiana (2022)
for Bass-Baritone With Vocoder, Vocal Trio (SAT) and E-Piano 25' Work composed in the framework of the art sholarship „Auf geht's!” of the Ministry of Culture of
Nordrhine-Westphalia 2022
- Syrinx II (2023)
for Flutes Ensemble 6' Work commissioned by Cologne Society for New Music (KGNM) P: Zagrzeb 2023, KGNM Flutes Ensemble
CD Cover
- Transitiones (2024)
for E-flat Clarinet and Piano 7' Work commissioned by Duo Kermani-Gentili P: Hamburg 2024, Kymia Kermani, Alba Gentili-Tedeschi
- ASMR Lullaby #01 (2024)
for Violin and Live-Electronics 15' Work composed for Soirée Sonique of LTK4 P: Cologne 2025, Magdalena Buchwald
- A Winter Story (2024)
Electroacoustic Piece 5' Work composed in the framework of the project FUNKT sessions x-mas mixtape P: Online Radio 674.fm, 2024
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Publications and documentations
- Biographical entry in the encyclopedic dictionary Kompozytorzy polscy 1918-2000, ("Polish Composers 1918-2000"), Red. M. Podhajski (Gdańsk-Warszawa 2005, ISBN 978-83-89444-83-7), part 2, p. 133-134, in Polish language
- Article about the works Metamorphose of Syrinx, Nocturne & Clearness and eine gefüllte Leere in the book documenting the symposium Contemporary Composers + Composing on the Continent (Meetingpoint Music Messiaen, 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-036084-8), in German language
- Article about the work Doppelaufnahme and some score pages in: Ahrenshooper Seiten (Edition Hohes Ufer, Ahrenshoop 2012, ISBN 978-3-934216-63-1), in German language
- Przyjaciele (bajka bez morału) ("The Friends (A Fable Without Moral)") (1992-93), edited by Instytut Kaszubski, Gdańsk-Złotów 2014, in Polish language, with own illustrations, photos: Czesław Buchwald and Magdalena Buchwald, ISBN 978-83--63368-45-6
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- Meet the author session (Złotów, 21.10.2015):
https://zlotow.naszemiasto.pl/spotkanie-z-magdalena-buchwald-w-zlotowie/ar/c8-3547100
https://zlotowskie.pl/artykul/magdalena-jak-mickiewicz/486288
- Interview (2017, in polish):
https://zlotowskie.pl/artykul/dom-moja-twierdza/478328
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Streaming media:
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