 Ralf Yusuf Gawlick
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Biography Born in 1969 in Pfaffenhofen-an-der-Ilm, Germany, Ralf Yusuf Gawlick holds composition degrees from the University of California in Santa Barbara (B.M. cum laude), the University of Texas at Austin (M.M.) and the New England Conservatory of Music (D.M.A.). Through noteworthy festivals, recordings, and commissions, his work has received both national and international recognition, including grants and awards from the American Composers Orchestra, American Music Center, ASCAP, SCI, the Moniuszko Musical Society, and the Britten-on-the-Bay International Piano Composition Competition. Groups championing Mr. Gawlick's works include Slovak State Philharmonic, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the American Composers Orchestra, the Newton and Civic Symphony Orchestras of Boston, Sinfonietta Polonia, the New England Conservatory Classical Orchestra, New York's Music at the Anthology (MATA), Composers in Red Sneakers, Majestic Brass, the Atma Quartet, as well as numerous new music ensembles and distinguished soloists. In November 2003, Mr. Gawlick was the American selection at the 1st Festival of Contemporary Art in Kosice Slovakia, where conductors Bystrik Rezucha and Kirk Trevor, performed and recorded his orchestral work ...de la mas sabrosa y agradable vida...respectively. Most recently, his work At the still point of the turning world for solo violoncello was selected by the Miami ISCM Section as one of six works being sent to the 2005 World Music Days in Zagreb, Croatia, representing the United States while Zrodlo, for soprano solo, mixed chorus, and full orchestra, was commissioned for the 25th anniversary of the visit of Pope John Paul II to Boston and the United States. Current commissions include a cantata for Jacek Sykulski and the Poznan Boys Choir and a chamber symphony for Kirk Trevor and the Indianapolis and Missouri chamber orchestras. Mr. Gawlick's music, broadcast on American National Public Radio, is available on the Capstone label. Ralf Yusuf Gawlick teaches at Boston College and his music is available through Brazinmusikanta Publications and the American Music Center. He lives in Newton, MA, with his wife Basia and their two children. |
