Leon Schidlowsky

Jorge León Schidlowsky Gaete (; 21 July 1931 – 10 October 2022) was a Chilean and Israeli composer and painter. He wrote music for orchestra, chamber ensemble, choir, and instruments including the piano, violin, cello, flute, mandolin, guitar, harp, organ. About 65 pieces were written in graphic notation. His compositions have been performed in numerous countries, with orchestra conductors including Aldo Ceccato, Clytus Gottwald, Erhard Karkoschka, Herbert Kegel, Lukas Foss, Zubin Mehta and Hermann Scherchen. The scores of his graphic music have been shown in exhibitions such as Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in Ludwigshafen. Schidlowsky worked as a professor of composition both in Chile and Israel, influencing many students.

Life and career León Schidlowsky was born in Santiago on 21 July 1931.

Caupolicán, text by Pablo Neruda, for speaker, mixed chorus, 2 pianos, 6 percussionists Tríptico for orchestra Kristallnacht, text: fragment from a traditional Jewish prayer, for tenor, male chorus, orchestra Invocation, text by the composer, for soprano, speaker, orchestra Llaqui, text by Javier Heraud, for speaker and orchestra] New York for orchestra Epitafio para Hermann Scherchen for orchestra Amereida Llaqui, text by Javier Heraud, for speaker and orchestra Memento, text by Heraud, for soprano and orchestra Ecce Homo, text after fragments of Che Guevara), for soprano and orchestra, 1969 In Eius Memoriam, for orchestra Amerindia Preludio for orchestra Los heraldos negros, text by César Vallejo), for speaker and orchestra Sacsahuamán, for orchestra Era el crepúsculo de la iguana, text by Pablo Neruda, for speaker and orchestra Yo vengo a hablar, text by Neruda, for speaker and orchestra Missa in Nomine Bach, text from the Mass, for mixed chorus and ensemble (8 players) Nacht, text by the composer, for mixed chorus Lux in Tenebris, for orchestra In memoriam Luigi Nono, for viola, cello and double bass Arabesque for transverse flute Silvestre Revueltas, text by Neruda, for speaker and chamber ensemble Prelude to a Drama, for orchestra Absalom, for orchestra Three Dialogues for 2 violins In memoriam Jorge Peña, text by the composer, for speaker and orchestra And death shall have no dominion for orchestra Job for orchestra L´inferno for orchestra Partita for cello In memoriam György Ligeti for orchestra Nocturno, text by Neruda, for narrator and orchestra Soledad, text in Quechua and Spanish, for voice, oboe, horn and cello Lautaro, text by Neruda, for narrator and orchestra Valparaíso, text by Álvaro Gallegos, narrator and orchestra

Examples from his graphic notation music include:

Kolot for harp Trigon for violin or viola, cello and piano Actions for Piano''' Vera la morte, text by Cesare Pavese, for voice and percussion Hommage to Picasso, text by Gertrude Stein, for voice Tetralog Music for Piano and Winds Music for Piano and Strings Music for Piano and Percussion Music for Piano and Voice Dadayamasong, text by Franz Mehring, for soprano, saxophone, piano and percussion Misa Sine Nomine (In Memoriam Víctor Jara) Bereschít bará elohím et haschamáim weét haáretz text from the Bible, for two mixed choruses and percussion Kyrie eleison for large mixed chorus Lied, text by George Grosz, for speaker and organ Gloria, for large mixed chorus and four gongs (1 player) Chile, text by the composer, for 20 mixed voices Credo, for speaker, large mixed chorus, organ and four bass drums (1 player) Benedictus, for 36 mixed voices and four suspended cymbals (1 player) Ich komme, text by Vladimir Mayakovsky, for 36 mixed voices Dona nobis pacem, for large mixed chorus Babel, text from the Bible, for 6 sopranos, 6 altos, 4 tenors, 4 basses Epilog, text from the Bible, for speaker, small mixed chorus, large mixed chorus, organ, 4 percussion Palindrom for women's chorus Am Grab Kafkas, text by Franz Kafka), for women's voice (+ crotales) Greise sind die Sterne geworden, texts by Heinrich Heine, Georg Trakl, Else Lasker-Schüler, Mascha Kaléko, Erich Fried, Novalis, and the Bible, for soprano, alto, baritone, speaker, mixed chorus, piano, organ, harpsichord, celesta, 3 percussion Deutschland ein Wintermärchen, for chorus, speaker, soloist, piano, and percussion ensemble

Among his numerous works, Schidlowsky also wrote three operas:

Die Menschen, opera in four acts, libretto by the composer, after Walter Hasenclever Der Dybbuk, opera in three acts, libretto by the composer, after S. Ansky Before Breakfast, opera in one act, libretto by the composer, after Eugene O'Neill