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Composer: Penderecki, Krzysztof (1933-2020)

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Grafenegg Kulturbetriebsgesellschaft m.b.H.

Auditorium Grafenegg

Fri 21 Aug at 19:30

Arafah, Choi, Gillerot, Godard, Kim, Penderecki, Neuwirth

Lubman, Widmann, Tonkünstler-Orchester

© Todd Rosenberg

Culture and Congress Centre: Concert Hall

Fri 4 Sep at 19:30

Penderecki VC2, Dvořák 9, Adams

Honeck, Mutter, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

© Andreas Ortner

Kölner Philharmonie

Sun 6 Sep at 20:00

Penderecki VC2, Dvořák 9

Honeck, Mutter, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

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Dancers Sari Mizoe and Willow Kerensa Fenner © Pete Woodhead

Unnatural Harmony: Requiem to a troubled genius at the Southbank’s Multitudes

By Chris Garlick

Hannu Lintu conducts the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra © Melle Meivogel

Hannu Lintu and the Netherlands Philharmonic wrestle for the soul of Shostakovich

By Laurence Vittes

Robert Plane in rehearsal © Belinda Lawley

Time’s up: Penderecki and Messiaen chamber works at the Southbank Centre

By Christopher Woodley

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Cover of the first edition of Le tombeau de Couperin (1918) designed by Ravel himself © Public domain | Bibliothèque nationale de France

The art of memory: classical music for mourning

Irvine Arditti © Graham Hardy | Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

Changing the face of modern music: Irvine Arditti on the Arditti Quartet at 50

By Tim Rutherford-Johnson

Krzysztof Penderecki (1933–2020) © Mirosław Pietruszyński

The weight of memory: the music of Krzysztof Penderecki

By David Grundy

Fact file

Year of birth	1933
Year of death	2020
Nationality	Poland
Period	Modern

Top works

Duo concertante for violin and double bass Quartet for clarinet and string trio Sextet Threnody "For the Victims of Hiroshima"Violin Concerto no. 2 "Metamorphosen"See all...

List of works

Ciaccona In memoriam Giovanni Paolo II Duo concertante for violin and double bass Quartet for clarinet and string trio Scherzo Sextet String Trio The Awakening of Jacob Threnody "For the Victims of Hiroshima"Violin Concerto no. 2 "Metamorphosen"