composer
Adam Łukawski was born in Suwałki, Poland on 5th of February 1997. His family moved to Warsaw when he was 7 and there began his music education.
Education: In 2010 Łukawski ...
related works
Xing : for 2 conductors and ensemble / Adam Łukawski
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
fl/picc ob cl/cl-b fg 2h 2tpt trb tb 4perc hp acc 2vn vla vc db
Book of mirrors : for 19 instruments / Rozalie Hirs, 2001
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
fl ob cl fg h trp trb 2perc el.g hp pf 2vl 2vla 2vc cb
Musica per 17 strumenti / Misja Mengelberg
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2011 2101 perc xyl vibr g cemb 2vl vla vc
Concierto del Luna : for flute, guitar and chamber orchestra / Michael Fine
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
fl-solo g-solo ob cl fg h tpt timp perc 2vn vla vc db
composition
Xing : for 2 conductors and ensemble / Adam Łukawski
Description:
In Chinese philosophy, before the beginning of matter, there is just nothingness - such emptiness that for a human being it is not possible to imagine it. From emptiness, borders are created (Xing) to make a form for a perceivable emptiness (Wu). Some of the other meanings of Xing are: "new beginning", "to wake up", "to conduct".
The form of the piece was inspired by the physical string theory in which collisions of gigantic string-shaped structures give birth to the new universes operating with different dimensions and physical rules. In the piece, conductors deciding tempi of separate structures causes their meetings and beginnings of new small soundscapes.
The concept of an idea of connecting different elements to create something new in a secular ritual of logic and rhetoric reminds me of the one from the last novel by Hermann Hesse - The Glass Bead Game. As this concept is very important to me, I decided to translate his poem with the same title into the rhythmical code and further incorporate it into the musical structure as a symbol in the last 90 seconds of music.
Adam Łukawski