PER ARTEM AD DEUM - Nominees 2012

Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone was born In 1928 in Rome. His first compositions where created at the age of six. At 12 he began education in St. Cecile Conservatory. After graduating Ennio spent some time playing the trumpet in night clubs, but in the mid 50s he started working with the Italian TV station RAI.

This became a turning point for Morricone – in the beginning of the 60’s he met Sergio Leone, which led to a lengthy cooperation between both artists. Morricone created music for many “spaghetti westerns”. Thanks to Leone his name became widely recognized, although he cooperated with other filmmakers as well. World fame came after composing the music score for the movie “The Mission” in 1986. Other notable works include multiple collaborations with Brian De Palma, Olivier Stone, Mike Nichols and Pedro Almodovar. Morricone is also known for his composing classical music – being the author of such compositions as “Cantata Frammenti di Eros” and “Cantata per l’Europa”.

Stanisław Rodziński

Stanisław Rodziński (born 1940) – painter and essayist. Dean of the Faculty of Painting of the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts (1993-1996) and Rector of this Academy (1996-2002). He has had several dozen individual exhibitions, and many collective exhibitions. He has received numerous awards and distinctions, including the Medal Komisji Edukacji Narodowej (Commission for National Education Medal) in 1993, and the Officers’ Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in 1998. His work in painting, often landscape, is marked by dignity, monumentalism and muffled colours. He is the author of several volumes of essays, usually on subjects connected with the arts.

Otakáro Maria Schmidt

Otakáro Maria Schmidt

Director, screenwriter, cameraman, actor and moderator. He graduated the pantomime, dance and dramatic art at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory in Prague. As an actor and dancer he was enlisted in the F.X. Salda State Theatre in Liberec and he passed the tour through Spain with the Black Theatre of Jiri Srnec. He studied in the Department of Screenwriting and Dramaturgy of FAMU in years 1991-99.

He is known as an original moderator of various festivals and radio programs, as a characteristic publicist and actor of small film roles. After 2004, when he accepted Christian religion, his creations started to be milder, concentrated and more thematically crystallized. He begun to work on documents for Czech Television, where e.g. paid tribute to Czech saint Jan Nepomucky, presented closely history and present of the Jesuit and Silesian order. He began to collaborate with Christian edition of the Czech Television on programs Krest’ansky magazine (Christian magazine), Svatecni slovo (Occasional word), Cesty viry (Ways of Religion) and he is the author, director and guide of high volume Christian cycle for young about symbols and their importance for human life “Po hladine”. He established close cooperation also with the new Christian TV NOE, and works for them as a screenwriter, moderator, cameraman and director and creates monthly cycle of spiritual portraits of popular personagest.

Leszek Sobocki

Leszek Sobocki was born on 14 September 1943 in Częstochowa. In the years 1948-1953 attended the High School of Art Techniques in Katowice – specialisation in stonemasonry, 1953-1956 Sobocki studied at the Propaganda Graphics Department in Katowice, 1956-1959 he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. 1959-1960 studied directing at the National Film and Theatre School in Łódź. A co-founder and the member of the Wprost (Straight) group; participated in 19 Wprost exhibitions in the years 1966 – 1986.

Major distinctions

1967 – The Art Critics Accolade for the Wprost exhibition

1972 – The Special Award at the 4th International Graphics Biennale – Krakow

1975 – the 1st prize in the Contemporary Portrait contest – Krakow

1976 – the 1st prize of the Ministry of Culture and Arts in the category of paining at the 6th Arts Festival – Warsaw

1977 – The 2nd prize in J. Spychalski competition – Poznań

1978 – The Grand Prix of the Winter Exhibition – “Hommage for Wyspiański” TPSP – Krakow

1979 – The Grand Prix of the exhibition “Defending Peace” – Rzeszów

1981 – The Grand Prix of the 2nd National Triennial: “Presentations of the contemporary portrait” – Radom

1983 – The Solidarity award for painting and graphic works

1984 – The Warsaw Archdiocese Award for the Wprost exhibition

1989 – The 2nd prize for the “20 years of John Paul II’s Pontificate” poster

Stefan Stuligrosz

Stefan Stuligrosz was born in Poznań on 26th August 1920. Ever since his earliest childhood Stuligrosz was fascinated with music, as a young boy he carefully watched the rehearsals of the Cathedral Choir conducted by Father Wacław Gieburowski. Father Gieburowski was a legendary Poznań’s choirmaster before the Second World War; on one occasion he said that Stuligrosz should take over his position one day. And so it happened; Fr Gierubowski was arrested by the Nazis in 1939 and left Poznań. Nineteen years old Stefan Stuligrosz accompanied by a handful of singers commenced their secret underground rehearsals. The choir continued their performances at Poznań’s churches; the All Saints Church on the Dyke, Our Sorrow Lady in Lazarus borough. Poznań’s inhabitants found it a unique manifestation of Polish character.

After the Second World War’s end the young choirmaster started his own musical education which brought instant results; 1951 – the diploma in musicology under the supervision of Profesor Adolf Chybiński at Adam Misckiewicz University in Poznań, 1953 – the diploma in symphony orchestra conducting in the class of Professor Walerian Bierdiajew; 1953 – the diploma in solo singing under Professor Maria Trampczyńska as well as the piano and theory of music under the supervision of Professor Gertruda Kornatowska at the National School of Music in Poznań.

At that time Stefan Stuligrosz’s Boys’ and Men’s Choir was already composed of 80 singers. His first success on the national scale was the 1949 performance at Warsaw Philharmonic. Poznań was proud with its choir, people started to give it the name of Poznańskie Słowiki (Poznań Nightingales). Soon after that the choir was taken under the caring wings of Poznań Philharmonic. This conjunction has survived until now which is demonstrated by joint performances and, on the top of all that, the choir’s official name- Boys’ and Men’s Choir of Poznań Philharmonic “Poznań Nightingales”.

Simultaneously Stefan Stuligrosz was involved in long-standing and successful teaching and didactic profession at I.J. Paderewski Poznań Academy of Music; he has held consecutive positions starting from assistant lecturer through lecturer, assistant professor to the full professor. He was the university chancellor in 1967-1981.

Stuligrosz composed almost 600 choir works – a cappella and accompanied by the piano, the organ and the orchestra. He also adapted dozens of Christmas carols and songs.

In recognition of his achievements and merits Stuligrosz was presented with many accolades.

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Per Artem Ad Deum

PER ARTEM AD DEUM – THROUGH ART TO GOD, THE MEDAL OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR CULTURE
The Per Artem Ad Deum medal has been awarded for eight years during the International Exhibition of Church Construction, Church Fittings and Furnishings and Religious Art SACROEXPO held in Targi Kielce. The Pontifical Council for Culture, the body which awards this accolade, was founded in 1982 upon the initiative of Pope John Paul II. Establishing it, the Holy Father emphasized that “the dialogue of the Church with cultures of the contemporary world constitutes a significant area of activity, in which in the last years of the 20th century the future of the world is being shaped”. Thus, owing to the cooperation of the Council members, the dialogue between the Church and Culture has been continuously developing at the level of universities, experts, researchers and scientists.

SacroExpo

Europe’s largest International Exhibition of Church Construction, Church Fittings and Furnishings and Religious Art, SACROEXPO has been held in Targi Kielce for twelve years. The event has become one of the most important events for the church and religious sector not only in Poland but also in Europe.
Each year the exhibition is attended by important and well-known personages; the head of the Pontifical Council for Culture - Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, John Paul II’s Photographer - Arturo Mari, the Archbishop and the Krakow metropolitan bishop - Stanisław Dziwisz, the Orthodox Church Patriarch - Archbishop Sawa, have paid their visits to the exhibition.
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PER ARTEM AD DEUM - Nominees 2012