Krzysztof Penderecki Interview: Turning History Into Avant-Garde
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2024
- "I did not live in easy times", says Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki in this rare interview. Having witnessed Auschwitz and the Stalin-period in the 1950's, Penderecki explains "I had to react with my music."
Krzysztof Penderecki (b. 1933), one of the world's most renowned contemporary composers, visited Copenhagen for the premier of his avant-garde opera "The Devils of Loudun" at the Royal Danish Opera. Originally written at the end of the 1960's, the opera was an outright critic of the role of the church in society, and it caused a lot of turmoil in catholic countries such as Poland, Italy and the southern parts of Germany.
Art played a vital role during a period where half of Europe was suppressed by the Communist ideology, Penderecki explains. Young artists defined themselves as being against systems and authorities. Influenced by historic events such as World War II and the occupation of Poland, the young generation of the 1950's chose to look forward and tried to shape something new. The artists who joined the avant-garde movement inspired each other cross borders, listening to each other, recognizing each other - but no more than that. "Artists do not need so much to be connected with a group, we build a group." Penderecki says, and goes on to explain: "All the artists i remember from the past, they were really lonely. Me too." Furthermore, Penderecki explains that his famous compositions, which have been used for Hollywood-productions such as The Exorcist and The Shining, were not written for those films, but was in stead adopted by them. Originally these experimental scores were composed in the late 1950's and early 1960's.
Today though, the borders between avant-garde and mainstream music have become less clear, Penderecki says. Living in a free and open society, culture does not play the same role anymore, that it used to some decades ago. Thus Penderecki has rewritten "The Devils of Loudon" reducing the number of instruments played in the opera. "Which orchestra today is able to play a hundred voices", Penderecki asks.
Krzysztof Penderecki was interviewed by Marc-Christoph Wagner.
Camera: Martin Kogi
Produced by: Martin Kogi and Marc-Christoph Wagner, 2013.
Music by Krzysztof Penderecki.
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Rest in peace, Mr. Penderecki. I just heard he has passed literally today. 😢😢
One of the best has gone, R.I.P. maestro Penderecki.
Penderecki is the greatest living composer for the symphonic orchestra. He is living to see his work take true hold.
It's not even avant-garde anymore, or postmodern, but found culture. We need to return to it to rediscover the soul of Western music, which is becoming lost in lack of innovation and has forgotten how to be powerful.
Oh, and his English is very good.:)
he was not, you may not eve know of the Last Master alive, named Arvo Part. Penderecki was great in Chamber orchestras and small ensembles. by the way, he was my teacher.
@@Zaleskee We have Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Brian Ferneydough, and many more great composers to come!
@@ZaleskeeWhat do you think about Jonny Greenwood's music?
@@Bati_ Sublime!!!
@@Zaleskee That’s so cool! Are you open to having conversations via email? I’d love to chat with you about Penderecki, Greenwood, and music in general so I’d appreciate it!
He is BRILLIANT!!! What a feel he has for the material !!
May his music live on
Rest in Peace, Maestro Penderecki
So grateful for this wonderful interview; the Genius of Krzysztof Penderecki is so authentic,so universal,so humble..DZiekuje
"Song of Cherubim" is some of his greatest work !!
I discovered his work for the first time yesterday. wow very moving composition.
Truly an amazing man. One of the greatest composers to ever live by far.
A beloved composer. Rest in Peace, Krzysztof.
The opera in question, Die Teufel von Loudun, is one of the last of Penderecki’s experimental stage. It is an EXTREMELY under appreciated work. Frank Zappa was a famous fan of the work. Very shockingly, the great Tatiana Troyanos created the main role of Abbess Jeanne.
awesome!! the BRILLIANT polish composer himself!! Oh what a feel he has for the material! Equisite!
thx for posting this! Big fan...back in High School I volunteered to do the Penderecki essays while everyone was running in the opposite direction fast [where Mozart and Bach were offered]
Thank you for the wonderful enlightening interview!
Penderecki es un genio. que este brillando en las estrellas como otros genios de la música pronto
I love this man!
It was nice of Penderecki’s dermatologist to lend his pictures to the documentarians.
Greatest composer alive today! One of my favorite composers ever!
I wanna meet him someday. What a genius
Bao Lg well he died yesterday so unless there’s afterlife you won’t be able to
Wojciech Zylinski wait whattttt!!!!
@@baobanger He died on Sunday, 29/03/2020.
Wojciech Zylinski I know I am soo sad
I could have left Mozarteum to meet him, but was unaware of the importance UNFORTUNATELY rip
I am Alive with you
RIP
RIP :(
Where was this interview shot?
At the royal theater in Copenhagen
How old were you sir when you experienced the Auschwitz and the Stalin period?What do you remember from those times?
Penderecki is to me, the absolute pinnacle of atonal music. But it wasn't just notes for the sake of notes, there's a lot of emotion in his pieces. I'm not normally a fan of the overly abstract works of his contemporaries, but I feel he stands among the greats because his music feels so human. I could imagine Beethoven would appreciate his works, as I feel Grosse Fugue was a very early hint at what would become more commonplace among modern composers. Even touches of Stravinsky at times.
3:45 Stuttgart is not "a very Catholic city", Mr Penderecki. It is and has always been a mainly Lutheran town.
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