composer
Hanna Kulenty was born on March 18, 1961 in Białystok (Poland).
Education: From 1980 to 1986, she studied composition with Włodzimierz Kotoński at the Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw. From 1986 ...
related works
VAN... : for piano quatre mains (or two pianos) / Hanna Kulenty
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano 4 hands
Scoring:
pf
Concert : voor twee violen en orkest, 1954 / Henk Badings
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
fl fl(pic) ob ob(eh) 2cl 2fg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp perc pf(cel) str 2vl-solo
Evocation : for violin and orchestra, 1990 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2221 2perc pf(cel) 2hp str vl-solo
Concertstuk : voor viool en orkest / Henk van der Vliet
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg cel vl-solo str
composition
2nd violin concerto : for solo violin and orchestra, 1996 / Hanna Kulenty
Description:
Program note (English): Violin Concert No. 2 was written immediately after Hanna Kulenty completed her first opera, The Mother of Black-Winged Dreams (1995). She had already had the Concerto in her mind for a long time, but the opera had to be written first, in time for this performance during the Munich Biennale. The most important difference between Concerto No. 2 and the preceding concerto (1992) is the stronger reference to the Classical tradition, even though the music is more mystical and trance-like. Unlike in Classical concertos, the three movements have merge into one another quite imperceptibly. The relatively short finale dissolves into the same E tone from which the whole composition originated. The 'sound clouds' in this composition consist of quarter tones and glissandi. Their function is not decorative, they are an essential part of the whole construction.