Elżbieta Sikora

Polish composer

Elżbieta Sikora (born 20 October 1943 in Lwów, other sources write 1944 or 1945) is a Polish composer who has been resident in France since 1981. She has composed stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and electroacoustic works as well as film scores.

Sikora studied under Pierre Schaeffer, François Bayle, Tadeusz Baird, Zbigniew Rudzinski.

She received numerous honors including First Prize in the GEDOK competition in Mannheim (1981, for Guernica, hommage à Pablo Picasso), the Prix de la Partition Pédagogique and the Prix Stéphane Chapelier-Clergue-Gabriel-Marie, both from SACEM (both 1994) and the SACD Prix Nouveau Talent Musique (1996).

Her operas are Ariadna (1977), Derrière son Double (1983), L'arrache-coeur (1992) Madame Curie (2011) and Dorian Gray (2025). Her ballets are Blow-up (1980), Waste Land (1983), La Clef De Verre (1986).

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • AxeRouge 5
  • Chicago al fresco
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 “Hommage à Frédéric Chopin”
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 “Hommage à Frédéric Chopin”: I. Allegro
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 “Hommage à Frédéric Chopin”: II. Largo
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 “Hommage à Frédéric Chopin”: III. Vivace
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 “Hommage à Frédéric Chopin”: IV. Allegro
  • Concerto pour violon et orchestre
  • Concerto pour violon et orchestre: I
  • Concerto pour violon et orchestre: II
  • Concerto pour violon et orchestre: III
  • Derrière son double
  • Flashback
  • Il viaggio 1
  • Janek Wiśniewski-December-Poland
  • Koncert oliwski na organy i orkiestrę
  • Koncert oliwski na organy i orkiestrę: I
  • Koncert oliwski na organy i orkiestrę: II
  • Koncert oliwski na organy i orkiestrę: III
  • Lisboa, Tramway 28
  • Lisboa, Tramway 28: Allegro ma non troppo
  • Lisboa, Tramway 28: Dolce
  • Lisboa, Tramway 28: Moderato cantabile
  • Lisboa, Tramway 28: Presto, andantino
  • Pordóż II
  • Rapsodia na śmierć republiki