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Krzysztof Penderecki (Composer)

Born: 23rd November 1933, Debica, Poland

Died: 29th March 2020

Nationality: Polish

Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki was an internationally renowned Polish composer and conductor. His best known works include Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, Symphony No. 3, his St. Luke Passion, Polish Requiem, Anaklasis and Utrenja. Penderecki's oeuvre includes four operas, eight symphonies and other orchestral pieces, a variety of instrumental concertos, choral settings of mainly religious texts, as well as chamber and instrumental works.

Born in Dębica, Penderecki studied music at Jagiellonian University and the Academy of Music in Kraków.

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Interview, Kent Nagano on Penderecki's St Luke Passion

The American conductor talks to David about his recent recording of the late Krzysztof Penderecki's searing setting of the St Luke Passion with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.

Obituary, Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)

The Polish composer, whose talent for creating uncanny sonorities inspired film-directors including Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese, has died aged 86.

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