Sunday, 7 December 2008, 8:00 P.M.
Edmonton Public Library, Stan A Milner Theatre
Tickets $15 (adults) and $10 (seniors and students) available at the door
 
 

DUO CH&K
Marek Chołoniewski: audiovisual interactive instruments
Włodzimierz Kiniorski: saxophones, percussion

Music: Original Compositions by Marek Chołoniewski & Włodzimierz Kiniorski; audiovisual improvisations

This presentation is another concert in the Edmonton Composers’ Concert Society’s New Music Alberta Series. Prepare to be immersed in a sonic environment that will mesmerize you and captivate your musical spirit!

Historically, Polish music has been on the cusp of creativity and the Avant-garde movement since early after World War II. Many exponents of the art of electro-acoustic composition and performance have emerged from schools developed within the first electronic music studios. The earliest pioneers of the art form include such luminaries as Andrzej Dobrowolski, Włodzimierz Kotoński and Zbigniew Wiszniewski. Two of the new generation of Polish electroacoustic composers and performers that have emerged in the current generation include Włodzimierz Kiniorski (b. 1952) and Marek Choloniewski (b. 1953) who comprise the visiting electro-acoustic and multi-media duo CH&K.

Born in Kraków, Marek Chołoniewski studied composition with Bogusław Schaeffer at the Krakow Academy of Music, where he has been Professor of Composition at the Electroacoustic Music Studio there since 1976. His work has made him world-renowned as a lecturer, composer, “live computer music” performer, and the author of audio-visual computer projects. As the artistic director of several prestigious festivals of New Music in his homeland, he has collaborated with composers and performers in his specialised musical genres from all over the globe.

Włodzimierz Kiniorski, from Zagnansk, near Kielce, earned renown as a jazz musician, specifically as a saxophone virtuoso. As a member of a variety of performing groups including the Polish reggae band Izrael, Kiniorski has also been involved in the domains of composition (primarily for films and theatre), as well as multi-media.