Krzysztof Knittel

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Knittel Krzysztof, composer and performer. Born in Warsaw in 1947. He studied sound engineering at the Frédéric Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw from 1966-70, where he also studied composition with Tadeusz Baird, Andrzej Dobrowolski and Wlodzimierz Kotonski from 1970-74. He then studied computer music with Lejaren Hiller at the Mathematical Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 1973-74 and attended Darmstadt in 1974 and 1976. Among his honors are the Solidarity Award in Music (1985, for String Quartet '84-'85), the Award of the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts in New York (1998, for his entire oeuvre), the Norwid Prize in Music (2003, for Norwid Songs), and the Prize of the Polish Composers Union (2003). Portrait concerts have been given in Brazil, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russia, and Spain. Knittel is also active in other positions. He has worked at the Experimental Studio of Polish Radio since 1973 and worked at the Center for the Creative and Performing Arts at SUNY Buffalo in 1978. He co-founded with Wojciech Michniewski and Elzbieta Sikora KEW in 1973, a group of composers, which was most active from 1973-75, as well as the Cytula Tyfun da Bamba Orkiester, which was active in 1981. He co-founded the Independent Electroacoustic Music Studio, which existed from 1982-84, the ensemble Light from Poland, which was active from 1985-87, and the interdisciplinary group Freight Train in 1986, which remains active today. He also co-found

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40 Years of Polish Experimental Radio Studio Warsaw

Lapis_Low Sounds

Polish Radio Experimental Studio (1957-2003)

Lapis / Low Sounds

Would It Sound Just as Bad If You Played It Backwards, Vol. 1

Blanc et Rouge

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Erratum #1

Polish Collection of the Warsaw Autumn 1956-2005

Lapis/Low Sounds

Would It Sound Just As Bad If You Played It Backwards, vol. 2

Secret Poems

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Secret Poems [CD 2]

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