Jerzy Maksymiuk
Jerzy Jan Maksymiuk (born 9 April 1936) is a Polish composer, pianist and
Personal life
Maksymiuk was born in
Conducting soon became his principal career, working with symphonic orchestras, mainly the radio orchestra with which he made several recordings.
From 1983 to 1993, Maksymiuk was Chief Conductor of the
Among premieres given by Maksymiuk are A Mind of Winter by George Benjamin in 1981, Still Movement by Harrison Birtwhistle in 1984, The Confession of Isobel Gowdie by James MacMillan in 1990, as well as works by Krzysztof Meyer, Paul Patterson and Kazimierz Sikorski.[1]
In April 1990 he was awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters by
His recordings include the first uncut performance made in the West of Paderewski's massive Symphony in B minor "Polonia", which he has also performed in concert in Poland.
In film
- 2018 - Concerto for Two by Polish documentary film director Tomasz Drozdowicz.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Alain Pâris. Dictionnaire des interprètes et de l'interpretation musicale au XX siècle. Éditions Robert Laffont, Paris, 1995 (p650 ).
- ^ John Rockwell (1 March 1993). "Cracow Philharmonic As an Orchestra In Painful Transition". New York Times. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ^ "Concerto for Two". 24 September 2018.
External links
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