Composer
Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska
1 performance · edition 2023
Performance
Edition III (2023)
Persistance for 2 flutes and piano (2021)
Performers: Agata Kielar-Długosz, Łukasz Długosz, Andrzej Jungiewicz
Biography
She studied composition from a very young age, initially in Magdalena Cynk’s class at the K. Szymanowski Music School Complex in Toruń. In 2013, she graduated with distinction from the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, having studied under Prof. Zbigniew Kozub. She also completed a postgraduate course in composition (2014) at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna under the supervision of Prof. Reinhard Karger. In 2016, she was awarded a PhD in the field of musical arts, specialising in composition and music theory, and in 2023 she was awarded a postdoctoral degree in the field of art.
She is a laureate of dozens of prestigious national and international composition competitions, including the International Composition Competition in Oklahoma City, USA (2010), the Gramodeska International Composition Competition in Prague (2011), the T. Ochlewski National Composition Competition, organised by Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (2011 and 2015), the Marathon V-Festival for Young Contemporary Music International Composition Competition in Vienna (2013), the Z. Mycielski National Composition Competition of the Polish Composers’ Union (2013, 2014), the 14th International Forum Music of Youth in Kyiv (2016), the European Piano Bridge Special Prize at the 4th Artistes en Herbe International Composition Competition in Luxembourg (2017), Second Prize at the First Accordion Composition Competition „Fidelio” in Madrid (2017), Third Prize at the 4th Opus Dissonus Composition Competition 2018 in Brazil (2018), the KALEIDOSCOPE 2019 International Composition Competition in Los Angeles, USA (2019), the Subtle Cheetah Brass Quintet International Composition Competition in New York (2019), the NEW VISION International Composition Competition in New York (2020), the International Call for Score Musica Prospettiva in Italy (2020–2021), an honourable mention at the Classic Pure Vienna International Music Competition in Vienna (2022) and an honourable mention in the composition category at the 9th International Piano Competition Smederevo in Serbia (2022).
Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska has received numerous artistic and academic scholarships, including the „Młoda Polska” scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (twice: 2012, 2020), the Scholarship for Outstanding Young Researchers, awarded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (2017–2020), and the Wielkopolska Young Voice Art Medal (2020).
Her works are performed extremely frequently in Poland and at numerous prestigious festivals and concerts of contemporary music across Europe (Austria, Belgium, France, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, Norway, Majorca, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, Iceland), Asia (Indonesia, Iran, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam) and North America (New York, Oklahoma City, New Mexico, Kansas, New Jersey). The young artist’s composition Three Polish Dances for brass quintet was selected by an international jury and performed in 2016 at one of the world’s most important festivals of new music – the World Music Days in South Korea, organised by the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM). The composer was one of the youngest participants at the festival. In 2018, her piece Meditation III was selected from over 1,000 compositions to be performed as part of the SCI Conference at the University of New Mexico (USA). In recent years, Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska’s compositions have been presented at the following concerts and festivals, amongst others: Poznań Music Spring, LOOP 11 in Belgium, Eesti Muusika Päevad in Estonia, the Tehran Contemporary Music Festival in Iran, the ClarinetFest International Clarinet Festival in the United States, and „Word and Music on Exile and Asylum” at the Berlin Philharmonic.
It is worth noting that, having won a competition, Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska has twice taken part in recent years in the nationwide programme „Muzyka Naszych Czasów” (Music of Our Times), organised by the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice, and was a resident of the Feliks Nowowiejski Music Society.
To date, the composer has collaborated with, amongst others, the following ensembles and orchestras: TrombQuartet, the Wolańska/Gajda Duo, the Sepia Ensemble, the Silesian Quartet, the Neoquartet, the Choir of the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, the Polish Radio Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, the Baltic Neopolis Orchestra, the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cappella Gedanensis Choir and Orchestra, the Świętokrzyska Philharmonic Orchestra, the Zielona Góra Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonietta Cracovia, the Toruń Symphony Orchestra, Prague Modern (Czech Republic), the New Mexico Contemporary Ensemble (USA), Subtle Cheetah (USA); and with conductors such as Łukasz Borowicz, Szymon Bywalec, Jakub Chrenowicz, Rafał Kłoczko, Katarzyna Tomala-Jedynak, Monika Wolińska and Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny.
Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska’s works are regularly published by Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne PWM, DUX, Acte Prélable and Norsk Musikforlag in Norway. In 2021, the composer’s first solo album, Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska. Chamber Music, was released by DUX.
Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska is Chair of the Poznań branch of the Polish Composers’ Union, a member of the Polish Society for Contemporary Music, and a lecturer at the I.J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań.
Source: www.jelinska.com · Photo: Ksenia Shaushyshvili
