Abel Korzeniowski

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Abel Korzeniowski
Korzeniowski at Film Music Festival in Kraków, 2013
Korzeniowski at Film Music Festival in Kraków, 2013
Background information
Born (1972-07-18) 18 July 1972 (age 51)
Kraków, Poland
Genres
Occupation(s)Composer, conductor
Years active1997–present
Websitewww.abelkorzeniowski.com

Abel Korzeniowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈabɛl koʐɛˈɲɔfski]; born 18 July 1972) is a Polish composer of film and theatre scores.

Life and career[edit]

Korzeniowski was born in Kraków. He had contact with music from early childhood: his mother Barbara plays the cello and both his brothers Antoni and Andrzej are musicians. He graduated from the Academy of Music in Kraków majoring in cello and composer studies under the supervision of Krzysztof Penderecki.[1]

He won acclaim as the composer of music for films and theatre plays. In 2000, he received his first major individual prize – Golden Lions for Best Film Score at the Gdynia Film Festival for his music to Jerzy Stuhr’s Duże Zwierzę (The Big Animal).[1]

Korzeniowski is a composer of film scores for several Polish films: Big Animal, Tomorrow's Weather, An Angel in Krakow, as well as Hollywood productions: Battle for Terra, Pu-239, Tickling Leo, A Single Man and W.E..

He composed the music for the adaptation of François Villon's 15th century work Le Testament. The play was first performed in Toruń in 2002 and was directed by Marta Stebnicka. In 2004, he composed film score for the silent film Metropolis by Fritz Lang for the purpose of a major Polish film festival New Horizons Film Festival. The film was shown with music performed live in Cieszyn in 2004.[1]

He won a San Diego Film Critics Society Award in 2009 for the Best score in A Single Man and was nominated for a 2009 Golden Globe in the best original score category for the same film. In 2012, he was nominated for Best Original Score for the film W.E., at the 69th Golden Globe Awards.[2][3]

In 2012, Korzeniowski arranged Patricia Kaas’s album, Kaas chante Piaf, which was recorded as a tribute to Edith Piaf.

Since 2017, Abel Korzeniowski has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[1]

Works[edit]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Awards[edit]

Nominations[edit]

  • 2016 Anthony Asquith Award for Best Original Score for the film – Nocturnal Animals
  • 2015 IFMCA Award Nominations 2014 for Best Original Score for a Television Series – Penny Dreadful
  • 2011 Golden Globe Nominations 2012 for Best Original Score – W.E.
  • 2011 IFMCA Award Nominations 2011 for Best Original Score for a Drama Film – W.E.
  • 2010 World Soundtrack Academy 2010 for Best Original Film Score of the Year – A Single Man
  • 2009 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score - A Single Man
  • 2001 Golden Ducks Award 2001 for Best Film Composer
  • 2000 Golden Lions Award 2000 for Best Music for Film – The Big Animal

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Marek Dusza (25 February 2014). "Abel Korzeniowski". culture.pl. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  2. ^ Billboard Staff (2011-12-15). "Madonna's 'W.E.' Lands 2 Golden Globe Nominations". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
  3. ^ "Full List of Golden Globes 2012 Winners". The Herald Sun. The McClatchy Company. 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2012-01-18.
  4. ^ "Television Craft in 2015 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
  5. ^ a b c March 25th, hmcscarlet-; great, 2014 at 9:34 am I’m so glad that the group decided to invest in a nice award for the top prize! It looks; job, increases the meaning/value of the Composer of the Year award Great; Together, So Glad the Group Could Come; Happen!, Agree to Pitch in to Make Something Like This (March 24, 2014). "Abel Korzeniowski receives IFMCA Awards for Romeo & Juliet, Composer of the Year".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Awards, World Soundtrack. "World Soundtrack Awards". World Soundtrack Awards. Archived from the original on 2021-02-12. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  7. ^ Stevens, Beth (June 14, 2010). "2010 ICS Award Winners". International Cinephile Society.
  8. ^ "AFT Awards: Best Original Score".
  9. ^ "IFMCA announces winners of 2009 Awards". March 1, 2010.

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