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YEAR OF AleXandEr Tansman
MAY 1996 - JUNE 1997
Alexander Tansman 1st International Competition of Musical Personalities
Lodz , 15-17 November 1996
Philharmonic and oratorio concerts:
15 November 1996
(Łódź Philharmonic)
Inauguration of the Year of Alexander Tansman
and the Alexander Tansman 1st International Competition of Musical Personalities
Monographic concert
Łódź Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Paweł Przytocki
Marek Drewnowski, piano
In programme: A. Tansman, II Piano Concerto
16-17 November 1996
(Museum of the History of the City of Lodz)
Final of the Alexander Tansman 1st International Competition of Musical Personalities
17 November 1996
(Museum of the History of the City of Lodz)
Concert of the Laureates of the A. Tansman 1st International Competition of Musical Personalities
April 1997
Alexander Tansman In Memoriam
13 June 1997
(St. Matthew's)
Final of the Year of Alexander Tansman
Łódź Philharmonic Orchestra and its Mixed Choir conducted by Paweł Przytocki
Wiesław Ochman, tenor
Programme:
A. Tansman, I. Stravinsky Psalms
Other concerts of the Year of Alexander Tansman:
April 1996 - Toruń: Probaltica Festival
July 1996 - Zakopane: International Festival of Chamber Music
August 1996 - Nałęczów: Józef Hofman Festival
June-July 1997 - Przemyśl: Ghitaralia Festival
21 September 1997 - Royal Castle, Warsaw: 'Warsaw Autumn' International Festival of Contemporary Music
March 1996 - Ville-d'Avray, France: 15eme Week-end musical de Ville-d'Avray
April 1996 - Mexico: Mexican International Competition and Festival
Publications:
1. Tansman's biography: Janusz Cegiełła, Dziecko szczęścia [The Child of Fortune], 2 vol., Łódź: 86 Press, 1996.
2. Anna Granat-Janki, Forma w twórczości instrumentalnej Aleksandra Tansmana [Form in Alexander Tansman's Instrumental Works], Wrocław: Academy of Music, 1995.
3. Andrzej Wendland, Gitara w twórczości Aleksandra Tansmana [Guitar in Alexander Tansman's Oeuvre], Łódź: Ars Longa Edition, 1996.
Release of CDs:
1. A. Tansman 2nd Piano Concerto
(Marek Drewnowski - piano, Zygmunt Rychert and Polish Radio and Television Orchestra in Kraków)
Fundacja im. Józefa Hofmanna, MD 03, 1996
2. Igor Zoubkovski - cello, Russia
Grand Prix of the Alexander Tansman 1st International Competition of Musical Personalities
Łódź, 1996 Dux Recording Producers, DUX 0284, 1997.
Numerous CDs in France, USA, Japan, Belgium, Russia, Czech Republic, Italy.
1st recordings in history:
Diane Anderson - piano, Belgium (Tansman's all Mazurkas)
Kazuhito Yamashita - guitar, Japan (Tansman's all guitar pieces)
Aleksandr Zagorinski - cello, Russia (Tansman's all cello pieces)
Additional Events
Exhibitions:
May-June 1996 (permanent exhibition ever since)
(Museum of the History of the City of Lodz)
Alexander Tansman's Life and Works
August 1996
Nałęczów: Józef Hofman Festival
November-December 1997
Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale de France and Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris
1997
Paris: Polish Institute
Conferences:
April 1997
Łódź, Academy of Music: Alexander Tansman's Life and Works and the publication of conference papers
November 1997
Paris, Sorbonne: Colloque international Alexandre Tansman, and the publication of conference papers in the Musique et style series, OMF 1998
