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Sebastian Niedziela
Sebastian Niedziela (born 1975) is a Polish contemporary classical composer, graduated with honors from The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland.
He first became famous in Europe in 1998, when he was awarded the Assembly of European Regions Award in the 1st European Union Young Composers Contest held in Strasbourg by the Cercle d'Orchestre. The Jury consisted of more than twenty famous composers representing all European countries, and included Sophia Gubaidulina and Mauricio Kagel.
The awarded symphonic poem is entitled "Sur l'Esperance"
a concerto for electric guitar)
- "Missa Brevis" for a chamber choir
- "Anhelli" - music for a TV spectacle directed by Grzegorz Królikiewicz
References.
- http://www.warsawvoice.pl/cgi/search/search.pl?Terms=Sebastian+Niedziela&imageField2.x=0&imageField2.y=0 - Warsaw Voice note on the results of the Young Composers Contest
- http://www.conservatoire-strasbourg.fr/editions-du-conservatoire/partitions.html (The score of "Sur l'Esperance" in a library of the Strasbourg conservatory).
- http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/513289 FilmPolski database entry for "Anhelli"
- http://www.teatry.art.pl/!inne/nagrody/zlotemaski/intryga.htm ("Złote Maski" nomination 1999 for "Anhelli")