| Elżbieta Sikora | |
| Birth Date: | 20 October 1943 Lwow, Poland |
| Era: | Contemporary 20th Century Classical |
Elżbieta Sikora (born 20 October 1943 in Lwow, other sources write 1944 or 1945[1]) is a Polish composer who has been resident in France since 1981.[2] She has composed stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and electroacoustic works as well as film scores.
Sikora studied under Pierre Schaeffer, François Bayle,[2] Tadeusz Baird, Zbigniew Rudzinski.
She received numerous honors including First Prize in the GEDOK competition in Mannheim (1981, for Guernica, hommage à Pablo Picasso),[3] the Prix de la Partition Pédagogique and the Prix Stéphane Chapelier-Clergue-Gabriel-Marie, both from SACEM (both 1994)[4] and the SACD Prix Nouveau Talent Musique (1996).[5]
Her operas are Ariadna (1977),[6] Derrière son Double (1983),[3] L'arrache-coeur (1992) and Madame Curie (2011).[2] Her ballets are Blow-up (1980),[7] Waste Land (1983),[8] La Clef De Verre (1986).[3]
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