Lidia Zielińska

Lidia Zielińska (born 9 October 1953) is a Polish composer and music educator.

Biography Lidia Zielińska was born in Poznań, Poland. She graduated from the State Higher School of Music in Poznań in 1979 after studying composition under Andrzej Koszewski. She also studied composition and electronic music in Poland and at 'Musicultura' in Breukelen, the M. Deutsch Symphonic Workshop in Paris, IRCAM courses in Kraków and the Polish Society for Contemporary Music courses in Rydzyna and Wzdów.

Zielińska took a position as professor of composition at the Poznań Academy of Music, and worked as a violinist in the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra and the Agnieszka Duczmal Chamber Orchestra. She also taught at the State Higher School of Visual Arts, Wrocław Academy of Music, and was a guest lecturer for summer courses in Poland, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Belarus and Moldova.

Zielińska received a number of prizes for her compositions in Poland, Yugoslavia, Germany, Switzerland and France. In 1993/94, she worked with the EuroMusicTheater project, and in 1994/95 was part of the Donau Ballet project. In 1995/96 she was the composer-in-residence at the Electronic Music Studio in Stockholm. She has also worked with the Eighth Day Theatre with Izabella Gustowska, Jan Berdyszak and Aleksandra Korejwo.

From 1982 to 1992, Zielińska was artistic director of the "Poznań Music Spring" festival. She has been a board member of the Polish Society for Contemporary Music, secretary of the Coordination Committee for Creative and Visual Art Circles, a member of the Polish Composers' Union, and a member of the "Warsaw Autumn" repertoire committee. She has been president of the "House of World Rhythms" foundation, and is co-founder of the Brevis music editions and Monochord quarterly.

Works Zielińska has composed for chamber ensembles, stage, orchestra, voice and solo instrument. She has also composed theatre and film music. Selected works include:

Stage Listen, Joe, monodrama for mime, tape and orchestra based on Samuel *Beckett – 1978 Mrs. Koch, tragicomedy for solo voices, tape recorders, vocal and instrumental ensembles – 1981 Cascando, for actors and double mixed choir to a text by Samuel *Beckett – 1983/91 Huit heures de la vie des femmes, musical theatre for 9 performers – 1988 The Same, performance – 1988 In the Field, minispectacle – 1990 Voices, performance – 1992 Zeitschlingen, sound spectacle – 1994 Venture Unknown, ballet – 1995

Orchestral Violin Concerto – 1979 Farewell to Toorope for orchestra – 1981 Epitaph in memoriam Poznan June 1956 for orchestra – 1981 Fiction for orchestra – 1986 Little Atrophic Symphony for orchestra – 1988

Chamber music Litany for string quartet – 1979 Minuten – Sonate for optional instrument – 1981 Two Dances for strings – 1981 Treaty for oboe quartet – 1982 Sonnet on the Tatras for 5 musicians – 1985 Pleonasmus for oboe, violin and string orchestra – 1986 String Quartet – 1988 Jacquard for 14 musicians – 1991 La Vetrata for young string orchestra – 1996

Solo instruments Gagaku Lullaby for double bass – 1984 Glossa for violin or viola solo (1986)

Vocal Concrete Music for choir and orchestra – 1987 Music for Holy Week for mixed choir and percussion – 1988 TOGO Unit for male choir and piano – 1995*

Electroacoustic Artificial Cult for tape, video tape, neons and visual objects – 1985 Heldenleben. Overheard and Spied on for audio tape, video tape and shadowgraph – 1986 Polish Dances According to Priest Baka for tape – 1986 Feature Piece for saxophone and tape – 1987 Musica humana or How Symphonies Are Born radio piece (Horspiel) – 1989 Graphic 2 for 10 instruments and live electronics – 1991 Fago for bassoon, double-bass, accordion and electronic keyboard – 1992 Short piece for flute and computer or computer and tape – 1992 Like These White Mice, radio piece – 1996 Expandata for percussion and tape – 1997

Mixed media AKO, cartoon (together with Aleksandra Korejwo) – 1986

Music for children Kaleidoscope – Passacaglia for percussion, slides and clapping hands, for children – 1987 Piece about Everything for percussion and children audience – 1988 Sound Museum, "live" installation for children – 1988 Soaked Music, with children audience, narrator, conductor and tape – 1993