Agata Zubel
Agata Zubel’s compositions have been commissioned by prestigious music institutions such as Los Angeles Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Staatsoper Hannover, Ensemble Klangforum Wien, InterContemporain, London Sinfonietta, SWR Radio, Deutschlandfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Ultraschall Festival in Berlin, the Wratislavia Cantans Festival, Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw, Philharmonic in Cracow, Sacrum Profanum Festival, Warsaw Autumn Festival and Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, Musikprotokoll, 2e2m Ensemble, Linea Ensemble.
Furthermore as a singer and composer, Agata Zubel has collaborated with several dozen festivals and philharmonic companies, operas as well as the world’s leading ensembles, such as: Konzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, philharmonics in Berlin, Cologne, Luxembourg, and Moscow, the Royal Albert Hall and the Royal Festival Hall in London, Casa da Música in Porto, Opéra de Reims, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, National Sawdust in New York, Warsaw Philharmonic, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, Ensemble MusikFabrik, Ictus, the Eighth Blackbird, Seattle Chamber Players, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and others.
Winner of several competitions, both as singer and composer, Agata Zubel also boasts such important accolades as the Passport Award of the Polityka weekly for classical music (2005), Fryderyk Award for Cascando (a CD programme of her own compositions, 2010) and for Apparition (a vocal recital, 2020), selected work (the best work in the general category) of the 60th UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers for Not I (2013), the Polonica Nova Prize (2014), Coryphaeus of Polish Music (2016), the European Composer Award (2018), Erste Bank Kompositionspreis (2018), the Badge of Honour “for Merit to Polish Culture” as well as Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture “Gloria Artis”(2017).
Known for her unique vocal range and the use of techniques that challenge stereotypes, she gives concerts throughout the world and has premiered numerous new works. Agata Zubel lives in Wrocław, where she teaches at the Academy of Music. Together with the composer and pianist Cezary Duchnowski, she established the ElettroVoce Duo.
Her discography consists of more than a dozen titles, including albums dedicated to her own music: Not I (KAIROS), Cascando and Stories Nowhere From (CD Accord), as well as Poems (featuring her vocal interpretations of songs by Aaron Copland, Alban Berg and Paweł Szymański), el-Derwid. Blots on the Sun, and Dream Lake, respectively recordings of song cycles by Witold Lutosławski and André Tchaikowsky and recent Apparition (with vocal interpretations of songs by Maurice Ravel, Samuel Barber, George Crumb, Karol Szymanowski, Fernando Obradors).
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Fireworks
Fireworks for orchestra.
Live recording from the EUYO at Young Euro Classic 2018.
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Not I
NOT I is performed by Klangforum Wien, under the direction of Clement Power, with Agata Zubel herself performing the vocals.