Composer
Biography:
Krzysztof Meyer (born 1943) is particularly valued for his highly developed musical talent, great artistic integrity and diverse oeuvre, yet his music remains largely an insider tip. Despite the numerous international performances of his works and a long list of admirers (including well-known instrumentalists and also famous composers such as his close friend Witold Lutosławski), his work was overshadowed by the better-known Polish avant-gardists for many years. However, he did not allow himself to be distracted by this, but continued to develop his expressive musical language.
Born in Kraków in 1943 as the son of a doctor, his studies ultimately led him to the composition class of Stanisław Wiechowicz and Krzysztof Penderecki in Kraków and to Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He became friends with Dmitri Shostakovich, became a well-known expert on his music and wrote an outstanding Shostakovich biography. He quickly became a recognized and popular teacher and accepted professorships first in Kraków and later at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne. He is associated with the Polish musicologist Dr. Danuta Gwizdalanka is married and lives in Germany and Poland.
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