Jerzy Sapieyevski

Jerzy Sapieyevski (born Jerzy Sapiejewski in Łódź, 20 March 1945), is a Polish-born pianist, composer and conductor who settled in the United States in 1967.[1]

Sapieyevski's 1979 setting of poems by his then wife, Anne Lindbergh

Career

Jerzy Sapiejewski was born in Łódź[2][3] and began music and engineering studies in his native Poland and settled in the USA 1967. In 1968 he received a scholarship from the Koussevitzky Foundation and participated as a pianist and composer at the Tanglewood Music Festival. In the following year he worked as an assistant at the Catholic University of America and in 1971 he was a finalist at an international conducting competition in France. For a while he was married to Anne Lindbergh, some of whose poems he set to music in 1979.[4]

Sapieyevski's music blends popular and classical styles and he has experimented with interactive works in which electronic instruments have featured. In 2005 the composer was decorated with the Knight Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. Currently he is a professor emeritus at the American University in Washington.[5][6]

Compositions
  • 1971 Lament for Igor Stravinsky
  • 1973 Sinfonia Americana
  • 1974 Concerto for viola and winds
  • 1975 Morpheus: wind symphony
  • 1976 Aria for alto saxophone and string ensemble
  • 1977 Trio for an Italian journey : violin, cello, piano
  • 1977 Summer overture: for orchestra
  • 1978 Concerto for trumpet and orchestra ("Mercury")
  • 1979 Love Songs (to poems by Anne Lindbergh) for soprano and piano
  • 1980 Carolina concerto for flute and oboe
  • 1981 Aria: for flute and strings or piano
  • 1981 Games for Brass and Percussion
  • 1981 Scherzo di Concerto for Wind Ensemble
  • 1982 Toada in memory of Heitor Villa-Lobos: for clarinet and piano, commissioned by the Delmar Foundation for the Dumbarton Concerts
  • 1984 Aesop suite: for brass quintet and narrator, commissioned by the Annapolis Brass Quintet[7]
  • 1986 Mazurka: variations for string quartet,commissioned by the Library of Congress[8]
  • 1989 Arioso for trumpet and woodwind quintet, commissioned by The International Trumpet Guild
  • 1990 Carolina Concerto for flute and oboe
  • 1990 Dance of the Planets, for orchestra and synthesizer
  • 1992 Echoes of the spirit, for synthesizer and organ
  • 1992 "Songs of the Rose", for synthesizer, chorus and African drum
  • 1995 New Century Music, for electronic instruments
  • 1996 Illuminata, commissioned by the Washington Ballet,
  • 1997 Clio's Triumph, commissioned by the Washington Ballet
  • 2004 Concerto, for solo piano and computer
  • 2006 Painted Music, for orchestra and painters[9]

References
  1. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, 2013
  2. Krzywicki, Paul (2016-03-16). From Paderewski to Penderecki: The Polish Musician in Philadelphia. Lulu.com. p. 340. ISBN 978-1-4834-4267-9.
  3. Dziębowska, Elżbieta; Muzyczne, Polskie Wydawnictwo (2007). Encyklopedia muzyczna PWM: część biograficzna. S-Sł. T. 9 (in Polish). Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne. p. 37. ISBN 978-83-224-0865-0.
  4. New York Times, obituary, 12 December 1993
  5. American University
  6. Biography and listed compositions at Ambassador Theater International Cultural Center
  7. A performance on YouTube
  8. A performance on YouTube
  9. A performance on YouTube


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