Tomasz sikorsky biography

Polish composer and pianist

Tomasz Sikorski (19 May 1939 – 12 November 1988) was a Polish composer and pianist.

The son of the composer Kazimierz Sikorski, he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory with Zbigniew Drzewiecki.

Later, thanks to a scholarship from the French government, he studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. From 1975–76, as a recipient of a Senior-Fulbright Scholarship from the US government, he worked at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York City.

His works

He is the main so-called "Polish minimalist" (the other: Zygmunt Krauze). In addition to piano works and radio opera, Sikorski composed numerous instrumental works, among them:

• Sequenza I for Symphony Orchestra (1966)
• Homophony for 4 Trumpets, 4 Horns, 4 Trombones, Piano and Gong (1970)
• Holzwege (1972)
• Vox humana for Mixed Choir, 2 Solo Pianos, 12 Brass Instruments, 4 Gongs and 4 Tam-tams (1971)
• Other voices for 24 Wind Instruments, 4 Gongs and