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Stanisław Krupowicz

*1952 PL, Grodno
Composer of Electronic and Classical

Stanisław Krupowicz, composer, born on 25th November 1952 in Grodno. In 1971-76, he studied at the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics of Warsaw University. In 1975-81 he studied composition with Tadeusz Baird and Włodzimierz Kotoński at the State Higher School of Music. The character of Stanisław Krupowicz’s music has been determined to a large extent by his interest in mathematics and computers, which he earlier pursued at Warsaw University during his studies at the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics. After the completion of these studies in 1976, he studied composition at the State Higher School of Music with Włodzimierz Kotoński, the master and pioneer of Polish electroacoustic composition. Krupowicz continued his work on computer music in the Center for Computer Resarch in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University, California, first as a postgraduate student with a Fulbright grant, later – as assistant researcher. In 1981 he set up an "Independent Studio of Electroacoustic Music" ( with Fluxus artist Andrzej Mitan and composers Andrzej Bieżan, Mieczysław Litwiński and Tadeusz Sudnik ) In 1984, Krupowicz made his “Warsaw Autumn” debut with a piece for tape bearing the English title Music for S, which was in fact a dedication to the underground “Solidarity” movement, abbreviated because of censorship. The music was prepared at Stanford University and used computer equipment. In the commentary published in the “Warsaw Autumn” programme book, the composer described this work as a result of “unremitting struggle with a soulless mechanism.” The result was greeted with applause, though the “Polskie Nagrania” label released a record with the Warsaw Autumn concert on which Music for S could be heard... backward!

Genres

• Electronic
• Classical

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