Woźny Joanna
Born in 1973 in Zabrze. During the years 1992–98 she studied philosophy at the Silesian University in Katowice, and during 1996–2003 she studied composition in the class of Beat Furrer and Gerd Kuhr at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz (diploma with distinction in 2003). She continued to study composition under the direction of Younghi Pagh-Paan and Georg Friedrich Haas. She was awarded the Stefan Batory Foundation scholarship (1997), the Music Prize of the city of Graz (2001), Austrian state scholarship for composers (2005/08), Composition Prize of the Erste Bank (2010), the prize of the Austrian SKE foundation (2010) as well as the foreign scholarship of Styria (2011). As composer - in - residence she participated in artists’ gatherings at the Sankt Lambrecht monastery in Austria (2003 and 2004). She has also received invitations from Kunststation St. Peter to Cologne (2011), and the PHACE ensemble (2010/11). The numerous commissions for her compositions, and their performances, originate with such festivals as the Warsaw Autumn, Musica Polonica Nova, Klangspuren Schwaz (Austria), Musikprotokoll in Graz, Wien Modern and Ultraschall in Berlin. She collaborates with a number of contemporary music ensembles, including Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Wiener Collage, artresonanz-trio, Ensemble Mosaik, Ensemble PHACE, ensemble zeitfluss, Ensemble Platypus, Ensemble PercussioNova and others.
S e l e c t e d w o r k s: Die Ataraxie for flute, alto flute, viola, cello, piano and harpsichord (1997), Magnolien for string quartet (1997), Die Frau Der Mond Das Wasser for four percussionists (1998), Hortus conclusus for piano (1998), Musik für Flöte und Schlagzeug (1999), Duo for two violins (1999), …eine Orangen-, Ozean Wildnis im Leib und im Mittagsschlaf for flute, violin, viola and cello (2000), Das Weisse mit den roten Punkt for two violins (2002), Die verlorenen Pfade I for tenor saxophone, double bass and percussion (2003), Die verlorenen Pfade II for clarinet and tape (2003), 11/4, electroacoustic music (2003), Music for automatic piano (2003), Pneuma for organ (2004), silbenmeer- farben for flute, clarinet, violin, viola and cello (2004), Vom Verschwinden einer Landschaft for piano, violin and cello (2005), Musik für Gitarren (2005), Music für Flöte, Bassklarinette und Klavier (2005), Return for solo saxophone and chamber ensemble (2006), Losesfor orchestra (2006), kahles Astwerkfor vocalist, flute, violin and cello (2007), Surfacing for string trio (2008), Archipel for orchestra (2008), pale movements for string quartet (2009), break off for orchestra (2009), disintegrated for orchestra (2010), as in a mirror, darkly for instrumental ensemble (2010), Prolepsis for trombone, percussion and double bass (2010), air balance for organ (2011), divided contrabass recorder (2011), mobile elements, septet for bass clarinet, trombone, percussion, piano, violin, cello and double bass (2011), Vom Verschwinden einer Landschaft II for violin, viola, cello and piano (2011), lost motion for string orchestra (2012); electro acoustic installations, film music.
