Kulenty, Hanna

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Kulenty, Hanna

Kulenty, Hanna, Polish composer; b. Bialystok, March 18, 1961. She studied composition with Wtodz-imierz Kotonski at the Warsaw Academy of Music (1980–86) and with Louis Andriessen at the Royal Cons, of Music in The Hague (1986–88). In 1990-91 she was in Berlin under the auspices of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst. Her music makes use of various advanced techniques, including an extensive employment of glissandos, toward a personal style she describes as “polyphony of the arcs.”

Works

dramatic:Przypowiesc o ziarnie (Parable on Grain), monodrama (Torun, March 18, 1985); The Mother of Black-Winged Dreams, opera (1995; Munich, Dec. 9, 1996). orch.:Muzyka podwodna (Underwater Music; 1984); Ad Unum (Groningen, Sept. 27, 1985); Quatro for Chamber Orch. (1986); 3 syms.: No. 1 (1986; Warsaw, Sept. 22, 1989), No. 2 for Chorus and Orch. (1987; Berlin, May 26, 1989), and No. 3 (1998); Breathe (1987); Perpetuus for Chamber Orch. (Arnhem, Oct. 20, 1989); Trigon for Chamber Orch. (Rotterdam, Nov. 29, 1989); 2 piano concertos: No. 1 for Piano and Chamber Orch. (Arnhem, Oct. 13, 1990) and No. 2 for 2 Pianos and Orch. (1991); Air for Chamber Orch. (1991); 2 violin concertos: No. 1 for Violin and Chamber Orch. (1992; also for Violin with Delay and Orch., 1993; Warsaw, Sept. 18, 1994) and No. 2 (1996); Passacaglia for

Chamber Orch. (1992); Sinequan forte B for Cello (Amplified and Delay) and Chamber Orch. (1994; Hilversum, May 1996); Sinequan forte A for Cello (Amplified and Delay) and Orch. (1994); Going Up 2 for Chamber Orch. (Warsaw, Sept. 19, 1995); Certus (Amsterdam, Dec. 9, 1997); Elfen for Chamber Orch. (1997). chamber: Trzy minuty (Three Minutes) for Double Bass (1983; Warsaw, April 7, 1984); 2 string quartets: No. 1, Piesn (Song; 1983-84) and No. 2 (Huddersfield, Dec. 1, 1990); Martwa natura ze skrzypcami (Still Life with a Violin) for Violin (Warsaw, May 20, 1985); Arci for Percussion (1986; Zürich, Nov. 20, 1987); Ride for 6 Percussionists (Warsaw, June 21, 1987); One by One for Marimba (1988; Warsaw, May 17, 1990); Arcus for 3 Percussionists (1988; Munich, Feb. 24, 1989); Cannon for Violin and Piano (1988); aaa Tre for Viola, Cello, and Double Bass (1988; Krakow, Nov. 6, 1989); Cadenza for Violin and Delay (1992); Still Life with a Cello for Cello (Schleswig- Holstein, Aug. 6, 1993); Sinequan for Cello (Warsaw, Nov. 1993); A Cradle Song for Violin, Cello, and Piano (1993; Munich, May 1994); A Fifth Circle for Alto Flute and Delay (Dresden, Oct. 1994); A Fourth Circle for Violin or Viola or Cello and Piano (Odense, Nov. 1994); Going Up 1 for Violin and Double Bass (Munich, May 7, 1995); A Sixth Circle for Trumpet and Piano (1995; Los Angeles, April 4, 1998); Sierra for Violin and Cello (Munich, Dec. 1996); Blattinus for Saxophone Quartet (1996; Amsterdam, Feb. 8, 1997); Stretto for Flute, Clarinet, Cello, and Guitar (Warsaw, Sept. 21, 1998); Rapidus for Saxophone Quartet (1998); Harmonium for Harmonium (1999); MM-blues for 2 Pianos and 2 Percussion (1999). keyboard: piano:Sesto (1985); Quinto for 2 Pianos (1986; Warsaw, Sept. 23, 1987); A Third Circle (1996). harpsichord:E for E (1991; Warsaw, Sept. 26, 1992). other:Prosba o stonce (Request for the Sun) for Tape (1984); Lysanxia for Gamelan Ensemble and Tape (Amsterdam, Oct. 1994); Waiting for…for Piano and Human Voice (1997).