Zofia Kilanowicz | |
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| Born | (1963-05-15)15 May 1963 (age 62) Nowy Targ, Poland |
| Education | Academy of Music in Kraków |
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Zofia Kilanowicz (born 15 May 1963) is a Polish operaticsoprano who has performed internationally, with a focus on Polish music. She appeared as Roxana in Szymanowski'sKing Roger in Paris and New York City, and recorded Górecki'sSecond Symphony (Copernican Symphony) andThird Symphony (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs).
She was born inNowy Targ.[1] After graduating from the School of Music in her hometown, she studied at the Academy of Music in Kraków withHelena Łazarska.[2] Already during her studies, she was a prize winner of the Ada Sari Vocal Art Competition inNowy Sącz (1986), the Karol Szymanowski Competition inŁódź, and the Karol Szymanowski Competition inKarlovy Vary. She received the Elly Ameling Award at theInternational Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch in 1988.[1]
Kilanowicz made her debut at theWarsaw Chamber Opera in 1989, as Konstanze in Mozart'sDie Entführung aus dem Serail. In 1990, she first performed atLa Monnaie in Brussels, as Drusilla in Monteverdi'sL'incoronazione di Poppea, and remained a soloist of the house for ten years.[1] Her roles also include Monteverdi's Poppea inL'incoronazione di Poppea, Mozart'sLa clemenza di Tito,Domenico Scarlatti'sIl trionfo dell amore, Viktor Ullmann'sDer Kaiser von Atlantis, and Beethoven'sFidelio. She has performed at opera houses in Brussels, Liège, Paris and Salzburg, among others.[1] She appeared at theThéâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris as Roxana in Szymanowski'sKing Roger conducted byCharles Dutoit,[2] in a performance that travelled toCarnegie Hall in New York City, and was recorded.[3]
Kilanowicz recorded for the Polish Radio. She recorded Mozart'sRequiem in 1991,[1] Górecki'sThird Symphony for Naxos in 1993,[2] with thePolish National Radio Symphony conducted byAntoni Wit, and Chopin'sPolish Songs in 1994.[1] In 1998, she was the soprano soloist in Hermann Suter'sLe Laudi performed atSt. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden, byChor von St. Bonifatius and children's choir, the Witold Lutoslawski Philharmonic Wroclaw with organistPetra Morath-Pusinelli, conducted byGabriel Dessauer, and alongside Pamela Pantos,Andreas Karasiak andJohann-Werner Prein.[4] In 2000, she recorded song cycles byKarol Szymanowski,Songs of the Infatuated Muezzin,Op. 42, andSłopiewnie, Op. 46b, with theLondon Philharmonic Orchestra conducted byLeon Botstein.[5] She also recorded Górecki'sCopernican Symphony with baritoneAndrzej Dobber, choirs and thePolish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, conducted by Wit.[6][7] She took part in a DVD recording of Górecki's Third Symphony by the Polish Radio in 2003, with the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer. This recording was also released as a Hybrid Multichannel Super Audio CD and later on Blu-ray to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II and the 20th anniversary of Poland regaining its freedom. It received the Fryderyk Award 2006 in the category Contemporary Music.[1]
Kilanowicz received the Annual Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in 2006, and the Medal of Merit from the city of Nowy Targ.[1]
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