WOJCIECH STĘPIEŃ
COMPOSER
WOJCIECH STĘPIEŃ (b. 1977)
composer, musicologist and music theorist
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ACADEMIC DEGREES
Habilitation in Music Theory 2019
The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (Poland)
Book: Le Nouveau Grieg. Tendencje modernistyczne w twórczoÅ›ci Edvarda Griega na przykÅ‚adzie opp. 54, 66 i 72 [Le nouveau Grieg: modernist tendencies in the output of Edvard Grieg on the example of Opp. 54, 66 and 72]
PhD in Musicology 2010
University of Helsinki (Finland)
Dissertation: Signifying Angels. Analyses and Interpretation of Rautavaara’s Instrumental Compositions,
Reviewers: dr Siglind Bruhn, dr Marta Grabocz
Advisor: prof Eero Tarasti
MA in Music Composition, summa cum laude 2005
The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (Poland)
Composition: Cello Concerto
MA in Music Theory, summa cum laude 2002
The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (Poland)
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Thesis: Up into the Silence – cykl pieÅ›ni Eugeniusza Knapika – pożegnanie z XX wiekiem [Up into the Silence: a song cycle by Eugeniusz Knapik – a farewell to the twentieth century]
TEACHING & MENTORING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor 2011-present
The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (Poland)
Department of Composition and Music Theory
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20th Century Music Analysis
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Graduate Mentor
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Harmony
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Music History and Literature
Teaching Assistant 2008-2011
The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (Poland)
Department of Composition and Music Theory
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Harmony
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Music History and Literature
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Orchestration
Erasmus Teaching Mobility – lectures in English
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Department of Philosophy, Culture and Art Studies, University of Helsinki (Finland), 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021
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The School of Music, University of Leeds (England), 2014
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Historian, kulttuurin ja taiteiden tutkimuksen laitos, University of Turku (Finland), 2012, 2013
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The School of Music, Dance and Media, Oulu University of Applied Science (Finland), 2012
RESEARCH INTERESTS
20th century Finnish music, 19th-20th century Norwegian music, relationship between music, religion, and psychology, LGBTQ studies in music, French impressionism and symbolism
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Projects at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (Poland)
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19th and 20th c. Scandinavian music 2013-2017
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Contemporary revival of medieval, renaissance and baroque music 2014-2015
International Research Project
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Edvard Grieg and His Times, The University of Bergen (Norway) 2015
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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President of the Edvard Grieg International Society 2022-present
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The Polish Composer’s Union 2017-present
HONORS AND AWARDS
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Fulbright Senior Award 2022-2023
visiting scholar at University of California in Los Angeles -
The prize of the rector of the Academy of Music in Katowice 2015, 2020
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III prize, 4th International Composition Competition “Fide et Amore” 2019
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The first prize, the 14th Competition for Masters’ Dissertations written by Music Academy Graduates in Poland in the ‘music theory and directing’ 2004
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Distinction, the ‘ALKAGRAN’ All-Poland Composition Competition 1994
GRANTS
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Creative grant of the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage 2022
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Finnish foundation Pro Musica 2006, 2010
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Finnish scholarship CIMO 2008
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Finnish foundation Niilo Helanderin 2006, 2007
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Scholarships of the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage 2000-2002
SERVICE
Organisation of International Conferences
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Late Style in the Music, Literature and Culture, The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, University of Silesia in Katowice 2014
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Edvard Grieg and His Times, The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, The University of Bergen 2015
Editorial Service
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Scontri – Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice 2015-2020
Journal Reviewing
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The Twentieth Century Music – Cambridge University Press 2021-present
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Kwartalnik MÅ‚odych Muzykologów UJ – Jagiellonian University 2015-2016
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Teoria Muzyki – Academy of Music in Cracow 2014-2016
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