Biography
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Born
12 October 1977 (age 47)
Kasia Glowicka’s (1979, Poland) artistic output embraces musical mediums of all types collaborating with stage directors, choreographers, visual artists, musicians and conductors on original works for opera, dance and symphonic orchestra distinguishable by her force of expression and colour. Her works have all sought out a unique language which she compliments through use of the computer as both musical instrument and compositional tool.
Her works have been premiered by renowned international ensembles and soloists such as Ensemble Recherché, Holland Symfonia, the Netherlands Vocal Laboratorium, Ensemble ‘de
Ereprijs’ among many others. The chamber piece Microgalaxies was commissioned and performed at the Wien Modern festival while other compositions have been performed at the Biennale di Venezia, Warsaw Autumn, ‘De Suite at ‘Ijsbreker, Gaudeamus Music Week and other. Her works have received recognition at many national and international competitions.
Katarzyna graduated in Poland under her mentor Grazyna Pstrokonska-Nawratil before pursuing postgraduate studies The Hague under Louis Andriessen. Her strong belief in the new computer mediums took her to Northern Ireland where she earned a PhD at the Sonic Arts Research Centre under Prof. Michael Alcorn. Her doctoral work focused on compositional systems.
In 2006 she was shortlisted by SPNM.
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