{"id":3751,"date":"2024-03-06T13:07:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T13:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectbutterfly.eu\/?p=3751"},"modified":"2024-03-06T13:53:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T13:53:59","slug":"unveiling-the-maestros-behind-the-curtain-the-librettists-in-opera-composition-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectbutterfly.eu\/it\/unveiling-the-maestros-behind-the-curtain-the-librettists-in-opera-composition-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Beniamin Baczewski: Unvealing the Artistry of the Polish Composer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Introducing Beniamin Baczewski: Unveiling the Polish Composer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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In this article, we embark on a journey into the creative world of Beniamin Baczewski<\/strong>, a polish composer and multiinstrumentalist who will be writing music for one part of the Butterfly’s opera. We asked him about his musical inspirations, the meaning of water in his future composition and how does he perceive the work with young people.<\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Can you make a small presentation about yourself?
<\/b>I’m Benjamin Baczewski. I am a Polish composer,\u00a0 but not only a composer\u2026 I’m a musician and a multi-instrumentalist. I play clarinet, saxophones, bass guitar, piano, synthesiser, drums and ethnic instruments. All these instruments help me with composition, because I can try something, I can practise, I can record. This is a great experience. And also I offer some deals for design by making sounds for the media. I usually write classical music but also music for the film industry, for video games, for visual media and even popular music. <\/span>
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Can you tell more about your journey in composition and opera? How did it start?<\/span><\/b>After my music degrees, I started with manuscripts,\u00a0 so only instruments, but the next step was with music notation software. What was next?\u00a0 Oh, a very big step was when I started to learn music production. That was a great experience because I learned how to record,mix and master music.\u00a0 Now I can use virtual instruments too. And what about opera? This is a very big topic. I started in 2011.\u00a0 That was the first time when I worked with lyrics, with text and with vocalists.\u00a0 My first three choral works were a success and they won the national composition contest and brought very good motivation for my development. <\/span>
<\/span>Next step was an international composer contest in Genua, Italy \u201cMy Homeland\u201d for soprano and chamber ensemble won this competition and this piece premiered in Brussels on a Music Day in 2014. I also write music for theatre, I work with ballet so I think I\u2019m ready for this opera.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\u00a0<\/span>What inspired you as a composer? Do you have someone or something that gave you inspiration?\u00a0\u00a0
<\/b><\/span>Yes, of course.\u00a0 I’m looking for inspiration every day and I try to be creative daily. <\/span>
<\/span>I have inspiration in every style.\u00a0 In classical music, I love Stravinsky and Shostakovich,\u00a0 my masters in instrumentation, in form. For example, the Rite of Spring by Stravinsky is one of my favourite pieces.\u00a0 I also love romantic composers like Tchaikovsky and Mahler, but I’m looking for inspiration among modern composers like the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki. I also like Arvo Part and Rautavaara from Finland. Moreover, regarding film music, I love Hans Zimmer or John Williams and of course Ludovico Einaudi, Ennio Morricone, from Italy. I like Swedish composer Ludvig Goransson,\u00a0 who a few days ago won the Golden Globe.
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Can you tell us your reflections about the world of opera adapting to our times? How do you think opera can involve more young people?\u00a0
Fortunately this is a fact: Opera is adapting in our times. In my opinion, the very big test was during pandemic COVID 19.\u00a0 It represented not only a danger but also a new opportunity for some music institutions to start online streaming for the first time. This opened the possibility of finding a new audience and starting working with new people. I think it\u2019s a new solution, maybe daily not the best because live music is the best solution but of course the online broadcast is something new that changed the audience and music world. We can become open to the new public, international public. <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>

Can you tell us your reflection about using new technologies in opera? How do you think Technology can influence opera and your work
<\/b>Adopting new technologies and modern innovation is a very good direction for opera houses. Working with new technologies is a great opportunity. One example is represented by the mobile applications that have been created in the past few years and this is interesting because the audience can start knowing something about the opera before it starts.<\/span>
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Have you ever worked with young people in general, and how do you feel about it?\u00a0
Young people and children are very important groups for music and for opera. I work daily with young people because I’m a teacher in a music school. I drive the students throughout their first steps in composition and music production. I’m currently working with every age group but for me, youngsters are the most important for our future. Moreover, young people are a source of good motivation and new energy and I love it.<\/span>
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What are your expectations for Project Butterfly?\u00a0
Well, first of all, I’m extremely happy. This project represents a new opportunity and a new challenge for me. I’m also very glad\u00a0 because the contest was very difficult, so the emotion is bigger.\u00a0 Being an international collaboration, this project allows me\u00a0 to meet new artists from different countries,\u00a0 new\u00a0 directors, singers and musicians. Moreover, the artistic residence I think will be great because we\u2019ll meet together with the students and we\u2019ll start a powerful creative process. I think this project could open new music doors for me and be a very good opportunity to grow personally and professionally. <\/span>
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How will the theme of water affect your method of composition?<\/b>
Water is the best topic for me because it\u2019s my daily routine: I live in Gda\u0144sk and I see the sea through my window. What can I make with water in my music? The lyrics are about the sea, so I\u2019ll find inspiration for music from water. I have already written some pieces connected to water so it\u2019s not my first composition of this kind. Water always gives me energy and this energy translated into music produces a unique style. I can use the rhythm like in the river, use scales, and arpeggios. I think I need a piano in my chamber \u2018cause it\u2019s one of the best instruments to show the water’s energy. It\u2019s a big theme, I don’t know the libretto yet so don\u2019t know the type of water, it could be rain or sea, but I\u2019m ready.<\/span><\/p>

Do you think that opera could be sustainable?\u00a0
<\/b>Sustainability is very hard but fortunately opera produces music so as musicians we only produce sounds. In the production process we don\u2019t need more, only people and set-up. Every opera house has an opportunity to build something eco or bio, for example around the Sydney Opera House they built an artificial coral reef with animals, plants and so on. That\u2019s great! We can use recycled materials in scenography for example, multimedia, technic. That is a good solution to make a change. Also the digitalization to reduce paper consumption. In a longer perspective we can modernise the opera buildings for example with solar panels to start working with renewable energy. I\u2019m not an expert in this topic but fortunately opera produces music.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Do you have a message for the students that selected you?
<\/b>Firstly, I would like to thank you, this is the best word to express my gratitude. Thank you very much for the trust.\u00a0 I know\u00a0 that the choice was not easy\u00a0 because the music level in this contest was very high, and I’m even more honoured that you chose my piece and my person.\u00a0 So I’ll\u00a0 do everything t<\/span>o not disappoint your expectations.
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