Peter Machajdík Explained

Birth Name:Peter Machajdik
Landscape:yes
Background:non_performing_personnel
Birth Date:1 June 1961
Birth Place:Bratislava, Rača (Bratislava), Czechoslovakia
Genre:Classical, Postminimal music, Contemporary classical music, Film music
Occupation:Composer
Instrument:Keyboards
Years Active:1988–present
Label:Decca Records, Azyl Music, Musica slovaca, Albany Records, Amadeus Arte, Pavlik Records, Czech Radio

Peter Machajdík pronounced as /de/ (born 1 June 1961) is a contemporary Slovak composer, sound and visual artist.[1] He was born and grew up in Bratislava, Slovakia.

In the 1990s, he took part in seminars with Vinko Globokar, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Clarence Barlow, Konrad Boehmer, and others. In 1992, he was the guest of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program.

Machajdik has composed music in nearly all genres, including orchestra,[2] band, chorus, chamber music,[3] works for solo instrument,[4] works for piano[5] and organ,[6] as well as liturgical works and hymns.

Moreover, he has created a number of graphic notations, including the Dialogue with... series which is based on letters received from composer colleagues with additional visual elements added. While in this series the written content of the letters may appear as audible text, other graphic notations are purely visual (like Wold). Others again contain notation or text describing elements to be performed (like Donauklang).

His music is published primarily by Musica Slovaca, Alea Publishing,[7] Zimbel Press,[8] and Edition Hudba.

Peter Machajdík's music often asks questions about the society in which we live. It calls for humanity and responsibility that human beings should have to each other and to the world. Machajdík's works, often considered as the counterpoint to the violence, intolerance, racism and greed of our age, are marked by a keen sensitivity to instrumental colour and texture.

Machajdik's orchestral works have been premiered by the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra,[9] State Philharmonic Orchestra of Košice, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Pomeranian Philharmonic,[10] Lugansk Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Europea,[11] Capella Istropolitana, Ensemble Metamorphosis, Cluster Ensemble, and many others. He has also worked with Jon Anderson from Yes, harpist Floraleda Sacchi, cimbalom virtuoso Enikö Ginzery, vocalist & drummer David Moss, conductors Benjamin Bayl, Anu Tali, Miran Vaupotić, Florian Ludwig, Pawel Przytocki, Gum Nanse, Przemysław Zych, clarinetists Martin Adámek and Guido Arbonelli, and violist Sasha Mirković.

Film credits include Machajdik's scores for 4 Schüler gegen Stalin (2005),[12] Wild Slovakia (2015)[13] and Miloš and the Lynxes (2010).[14] Machajdik has worked with choreographers and dancers such as Dorothea Rust, Studio tanca, Petra Fornayova, Tina Mantel, Lucia Kašiarová, and others.

A vegetarian and teetotaler, Machajdík lives in Berlin, Germany, and in a little Slovak town situated in a valley, surrounded by lofty hills. He is currently Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Arts in Košice.

Selected works

Music for theatre

Sound Art and Graphic Notation

Discography

On the 2008 CD NAMAH, Machajdík worked with singer Jon Anderson from Yes,[73] harpist Floraleda Sacchi, vocalist & drummer David Moss, clarinet virtuoso Guido Arbonelli, cello player Jozef Lupták, and others.

External links

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biography .
  2. Web site: Music for orchestra .
  3. Web site: Chamber music .
  4. Web site: Works for solo instrument .
  5. Web site: Works for piano .
  6. Web site: Works for organ .
  7. Web site: Alea Publishing . 7 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170711140121/http://www.bassclarinet.org/alea/ALEA1087.html . 11 July 2017 . dead .
  8. Web site: Zimbel Press .
  9. Web site: Biography . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110126055102/http://www.jfo.cz/a_ar_koncerty.htm . 26 January 2011 .
  10. Web site: Pomeranian Philharmonic .
  11. Web site: Biography . 14 April 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110911153818/http://www.camerata-europaea.eu/diskogr.php . 11 September 2011 . dead .
  12. Web site: 4 Schüler gegen Stalin .
  13. Web site: Wild Slovakia .
  14. Web site: Miloš and the Lynxes . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101110192505/http://www.tomashulik.sk/index.php?cl=th_article2&iid=103 . 10 November 2010 .
  15. Web site: Arching Sentiments .
  16. Web site: Mothers .
  17. Web site: Matural Harbors .
  18. Web site: The Lost Blue - Still Connecting .
  19. Web site: Quiet Differences .
  20. Web site: Converging Understandings .
  21. Web site: Kryha .
  22. Web site: Music for cimbalom .
  23. Web site: Da perenne gaudium .
  24. Web site: Passing Through Nothing .
  25. Web site: On Temperance .
  26. Web site: The Vanishing .
  27. Web site: Sinaia Echoes .
  28. Web site: More Questions Than Answers .
  29. Web site: Invisible Beings .
  30. Web site: In der Essenz .
  31. Web site: Howling Glaciers .
  32. Web site: Gegen.Stand .
  33. Web site: Sacrifices .
  34. Web site: Mornings .
  35. Web site: Terauchi .
  36. Web site: Ave verum .
  37. Web site: Ave verum .
  38. Web site: Zem .
  39. Web site: Signes de la mémoire .
  40. Web site: Folium .
  41. Web site: The Son .
  42. Web site: Behind The Waves .
  43. Web site: 'Portus pacis .
  44. Web site: Abandoned Gates .
  45. Web site: Seas and Deserts .
  46. Web site: Ich war in dir . 28 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160530111930/http://www.osj.org.uk/event/osj-proms-at-the-ashmolean-may-2016/ . 30 May 2016 . dead .
  47. Web site: Effugium .
  48. Web site: Green .
  49. Web site: Munk .
  50. Web site: Silent Wanderings .
  51. Web site: Wie der Wind in den Dünen .
  52. Web site: Linnas .
  53. Web site: Music for cimbalom .
  54. Web site: Double Bayan Concerto .
  55. Web site: On the Seven Colours of Light .
  56. Web site: To the Rainbow So Close Again .
  57. Web site: Obscured Temptations .
  58. Web site: Namah .
  59. Web site: Five Mirrors .
  60. Web site: Wrieskalotkipaoxq .
  61. Web site: Escaped Alone .
  62. Web site: Niekto príde .
  63. Web site: Bezzubata .
  64. Web site: CD Album NAMAH .
  65. Web site: CD Album INSIDE THE TREE .
  66. Web site: CD Album THE IMMANENT VELVET .
  67. Web site: CD Album ELEKTRICKÁ GITARA .
  68. Web site: CD Album FRIENDS IN COMMON TIME .
  69. Web site: CD Album BIRDS .
  70. Web site: CD Album BOWEN-REGERS-MACHAJDIK-BRAHMS .
  71. http://www.dux.pl/machajd-k-runchak-zych-stivrina-accosphere-new-accordion-chamber-music-palus-budzi-kov.html CD MACHAJDÍK, RUNCHAK, ZYCH, STIVRINA
  72. https://ensemblespectrum.sk/store/product/proxima-piano-trio-current-vibes CD Current Vibes
  73. http://www.bondegezou.co.uk/iv/pminterview.htm Interview with Peter Machajdík