Witold Szalonek
Curriculum vitae:
02.03.1927 Witold Szalonek was born in Czechowice-Dziedzice (Poland/Silesia)
1939 - 1945 – piano lessons at the private Conservatorium in Bytom
1945 - 1949 – Music grammar school in Katowice
1949 – A-levels at the music grammar school in Katowice
1949 - 1956 Student at the State Music Academy in Katowice
1962 - 1963 Composition studies in Paris
1967 – Composition teacher at the State Music Academy in Katowice
From 1970 – Seminars and courses in composition techniques at universities in Denmark, Germany, Finland, Poland and Slovakia
1970 - 1971 – DAAD grant in Berlin
1970 - 1974 – Head of the department of music theory and composition at the State Music Academy in Katowice
1973 - 1992 - Professor of Composition at the Academy of the Arts in Berlin (until his retirement)
12.10.2001 Witold Szalonek dies in Berlin
Important awards:
1952 – Second prize in the Polish Composers’ Union competition for “Pastorale” (Oboe and Piano)
1964 – The Music Prize of the city of Katowice
1966 – Third prize in the Artur-Malawski Composers’ competition for “Quattro monologhi per oboe solo”
1967 – The Prize of the Ministry of Culture and Art
1968 – Second prize at the Artur Malawski Composers’ competition for “Mutazioni”
1990 – An honorary doctorate (doctor honoris causa) from the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster
1994 – The prize of the Polish Composers’ Union
1999 – “The Silesian Culture Prize” awarded by the state of Lower Saxony