GRANTS & GRANTEES

Jan Krzywicki

1996 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 1996
Music

References

Jan Krzywicki at Temple University's website

Collaborators & Colleagues

Wayne Shorter

Since his emergence as a professional jazz saxophonist and composer in the 1950s, Wayne Shorter has earned a reputation as one of the most influential jazz musicians of our time.

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Facing Front Part Two: Lectures and Performances by Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion (second set)

Anna Drozdowski hosts European duo Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion for a two-week retrospective of their collaborative career. In addition to their performances, the two-week period includes discussions on June 26–27.

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Grants & Grantees

Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms and the Music of New Orleans

Haiti’s cultural traditions and their influence on the music of New Orleans are examined through concerts, a yearlong public radio series, an NPR-distributed radio documentary, and a multimedia website.

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Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music: Part II

Part II of Taylor Mac's performance work A 24-Decade History of Popular Music covers 12 decades from 1896–Present as part of the 2018 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts.

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Mississippi Blues Project

WXPN produced a year-long performance series that brought authentic Mississippi blues to Philadelphia through live performances and radio broadcasts.

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Frank Zappa – The Yellow Shark

The Philadelphia premiere of The Yellow Shark celebrates the genre-defying compositional work of maverick American composer and rock guitarist Frank Zappa.

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Nikki Appino

Nikki Appino is a multidisciplinary theater artist and filmmaker.

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Facing Front: Lectures and Performances by Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion

Anna Drozdowski hosts European duo Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion for a two-week retrospective of their collaborative career. In addition to performances, the two-week period includes workshops on June 19–20.

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Ars Nova's New Paths Festival Presents John Zorn's Hermetic Organ at Girard College Chapel

John Zorn visits Philadelphia for a rare solo organ performance at Girard College Chapel.

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The Crossing's Seven Responses at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival

Seven Responses will travel to New York City for two performances at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival.

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Breaking the Waves

The world premiere of a new chamber opera by composer-in-residence Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek, inspired by the 1996 film by Danish auteur Lars von Trier, tells the harrowing tale of a naive newlywed who has chosen to marry outside of her strict Calvinist community in coastal Scotland.

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Tempesta di Mare presents Purcell, Charpentier & ¡zarzuela!

Tempesta di Mare continues their two-season exploration of rarely-performed French orchestral music written for the theater.

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Peter Paulsen

Peter Paulsen is a classical and jazz performer, both of which influence his composition style, and a 2007 Pew Fellow.

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The Harbison Project

Network for New Music brought renowned composer John Harbison to Philadelphia for a week-long mini-festival that celebrated his career of classical- and jazz-inspired chamber music.

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News

On Stage This Fall: Opera Philadelphia’s First Festival, Premieres from New Paradise Laboratories, Thaddeus Phillips, Tempesta di Mare, and More

An abundance of Center-funded performances take the stage this fall.

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A Period of Animate Existence

The world premiere of a symphonic theater hybrid that brings together actors, classical musicians, intergenerational choirs, and electronic music.

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Jamey Robinson

"I have never had a shortage of ideas for creating music," says 2007 Pew Fellow Jamey Robinson.

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Felix "Pupi" Legarreta

The melody needs some dress. I cannot send it naked, so I dress it up with the harmony, you know?

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Bhob Rainey

Bhob Rainey is a soprano saxophonist, composer, and a 2013 Pew Fellow whose interests lie in new realms of artistic possibility.

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Emerging Voices: Art Song and Social Connection Panel Discussion I

In conjunction with Emerging Voices: Art Song and Social Connection, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents a panel discussion.

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