Tomasz sikorsky biography template

Polish composer and pianist

Tomasz Sikorski (19 May &#; 12 November ) was a Polish composer and pianist.

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The son of the composer Kazimierz Sikorski, he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory with Zbigniew Drzewiecki. Later, thanks to a scholarship from the French government, he studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. From –76, as a recipient of a Senior-Fulbright Scholarship from the US government, he worked at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York City.

His works

He is the main so-called "Polish minimalist" (the other: Zygmunt Krauze). In addition to piano works and radio opera, Sikorski composed numerous instrumental works, among them:

• Sequenza I for Symphony Orchestra ()
• Homophony for 4 Trumpets, 4 Horns, 4 Trombones, Piano and Gong ()
• Holzwege ()
• Vox humana for Mixed Choir, 2 Solo Pianos, 12 Brass Instruments, 4 Gongs and 4 Tam-tams ()
• Other voices for 24 Wind Instruments, 4 Gongs and Chimes, ()
• Sickness unto Death