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Tomasz Sikorski
Tomasz Sikorski (19 May 1939 – 12 November 1988) was a Polish composer and pianist. The son of the composer Kazimierz Sikorski, he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory with Zbigniew Drzewiecki. Later,
Tomasz Sikorski (19 May 1939 – 12 November 1988) was a Polish composer and pianist. 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 1975–76, 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 (1966) * Homophony for 4 Trumpets, 4 Horns, 4 Trombones, Piano and Gong (1970) * Holzwege (1972) * Vox humana for Mixed Choir, 2 Solo Pianos, 12 Brass Instruments, 4 Gongs and 4 Tam-tams (1971) * Other voices for 24 Wind Instruments, 4 Gongs and Chimes, (1975) * Sickness unto Death (Choroba na śmierć) (1976). The words are taken from Søren Kierkegaard’s The Sickness Unto Death, 1849 * Music in Twilight for Piano and Orchestra (1978) * Strings in the Earth (1980) * Das Schweigen der Sirenen (1986) * Diario (1987) I