Włodzimierz Kotoński

(*1925, +2014)

Composer, precursor of electroacoustic music in Poland, one of the first collaborators of the Polish Radio Experimental Studio. Kotoński constructed his composing language by reinterpreting the global trends in new music: serialism, sonorism, and concrete music. He has also come up with intriguing sound qualities by employing percussion instruments, which he knows inside out. Kotoński’s compositions resemble a solitaire of sound objects: punctualistic, singular acoustic effects interlaced with complex developments and alterations. (AM)

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3rd String Quartet

year of composition: 2013
duration of the piece: 14'
genre: chamber (from 2 to 9 performers)
programme edition: 2012/13
commission: Związek Kompozytorów Polskich
materials accessible until: 6 May 2016
recording accessible until: indefinitely

details:

3RD STRING QUARTET premiere, held on 14 May 2013 at the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

performers:

Wilanów Quartet