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Foto: Pavel Kastl |
Peter Kolman (29. 5. 1937 Bratislava) Classical Music: composition | ||||
1951 – 1956 studied composition at the Conservatory in Bratislava • 1956 – 1960 studied composition at the Academy of Music and Drama in Bratislava • 1961 – 1965 worked in the Czechoslovak Radio as music editor • 1965 – 1966 participation in Internationale Kurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt • 1965 – 1977 founder and head of the Electroacoustic Studio of the Slovak Radio in Bratislava • 1967 – 1968 member of the Board of the Union of Slovak Composers; following the 1968 events, he was evicted from the Union and subsequently persecuted – performance of his works and his publishing activities were banned • 1977 left Czechoslovakia and settled in Austria, where he lives presently • till 2002 worked as editor in Universal Edition in Vienna
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List of Compositions | |
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Orchestral works – orchestra + voices | |
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Concerto for orchestra (1995) • 3.3.3.3 – 4.4.3.1 – bat(3) – cel, pf, ar – archi • 25' ,ED. UE Wien Movement. Music for wind instruments and percussion (1971) • 3fl, 3ob, 3cl, 3fg, 4cr, 4tr, 4tn, 4bat • 8' ,ED. C. F. Peters, New York Monumento per 6,000.000 (1964) (rev. 1996) • 3.3.3.3 – 4.4.4.0 – bat, ar – archi • 13' ,ED. UE Wien |
Four pieces for an orchestra (1963) (rev. 1996) • 3.2.2.3 – 4.4.4.0 – bat, cel, xlf, vbf, ar, pf – archi • 8' ,ED. UE Wien Funeral music (1958) (rev. 2000) • 3.3.3.3 – 4.4.3.1 – perc, cel – archi • 15' ,ED. HF |
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Orchestral works – orchestra + 1 soloist | |
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Concerto for violin and orchestra (1960) • vn solo – 3.2.2.3 – 4.4.3.1 – bat – archi • 17' ,ED. HF |
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Chamber works instrumental – piano solo | |
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Nota bene (1978) • pf • 9' ,ED. UE Wien |
Three pieces for piano in memory of Arnold Schönberg (1960) • pf • 8' ,ED. UE Wien |
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Three pieces for organ Laudatio, Interludium, Jeu de touches (1982–1986) • org • 22' ,ED. UE Wien |
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Chamber works instrumental – duo | |
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„...wie ein Hauch von Glückseligkeit“ (1978) • vn, pf • 7' ,ED. UE Wien Molisation mobile (1965) • fl, vib • 6' |
Sonata canonica (1963) • cl, clb • 5' ,ED. HF |
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Chamber works instrumental – trio | |
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String Trio (1957) • vn, vl, vc • 13' ,ED. HF |
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Chamber works instrumental – quartet | |
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Two pieces (1960) • fl, cl, vn, pf • 2' ,ED. UE Wien |
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Chamber works instrumental – string quartet | |
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2nd String Quartet (Refrain) (2006) • 2vn, vl, vc • 14' Ausgedehnter Dominantseptakkord zu Ehren Alfred Schlees (1991) • 2vn, vl, vc • 1' ,ED. UE, Wien |
1st String Quartet (1970) • 2vn, vl, vc • 9' |
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Chamber works instrumental – 10 to 15 instruments | |
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Take Over (2001) • 12vc • ,ED. UE Wien Music for 14 string instruments (1978) (rev. 1990) • archi (4,4,3,2,1) • 15' ,ED. UE Wien |
Partecipazioni per 12 strumenti (1962) 5' ,ED. HF |
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Chamber works instrumental – 16 to 20 instruments | |
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Panegyrikos (1964) (rev. 1998) • 4ob, 4tr, 4bat, 4vc • 9' ,ED. UE Wien |
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Electroacoustic works | |
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9 1/2 (1976) • C • 9' 30'' ,ED. real. EAŠ E 15 (1974) • C • 12' ,ED. real. EAŠ Poliritmica (1974) • C • 7' ,ED. real. EAŠ Lentement mais pas trop (1972) • C • 11' ,ED. real. EAŠ |
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (1971) • C • 5' ,ED. real. EAŠ Omaggio a Gesualdo (1970) • C • 14' ,ED. real. EAŠ D 68 (1968) • C • 26' ,ED. real. EAŠ |
Diskography
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VENI ensemble, Music Fund SF 0004 2131 (1992) Molisation - VENI ensemble | |
electroacoustic music, Radio Bratislava CECM EM CD 001, 002 (1992) E 15 | |
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Bibliography | |
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KOLMAN, Peter (headword). In: Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. 6. vyd., MacMillan, London 1978, s. 909. KOLMAN, Peter (headword). In: Frank/Altmann. Kurzgefaßtes Tonkünstlerlexikon. Zweiter Teil: Ergänzungen und Erweiterungen seit 1937, 15. vyd., zv. 1, Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen 1978, s. 368. KOLMAN, Peter (headword). In: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, zv. 10, MacMillan, London 1980, s. 194. |
KOLMAN, Peter (headword). In: Lexikon zeitgenössischer Musik aus Österreich, Music Information Center Austria, Wien 1997, s. 564–595. KOLMAN, Peter (headword). In: 100 slovenských skladate¾ov, National Music Centre, Bratislava 1998, s. 144–147. SCHINDLER, A.: Deti z Terezína. In: Hudobný život 2007/5, s. 28-29. |