Alfred Polansky
Writer and composer, lute player, guitarist
As an interpreter of his own pieces Polansky collaborates with many artists and ensembles.
Additional to numerous solo concerts he gave concerts together with the Andalusian flamenco-virtuoso Antonio González Muñoz, the Armenian mezzo-soprano Stella Grigorian (soloist singer at the Vienna State Opera), the Russian mezzo-soprano Arina Holecek (Vienna State Opera), the Spanish mezzo-soprano Sara Almazán, the Hungarian folk music ensemble “Szeredás”, the Hungarian singer Márta Sebestyén (Grammy Award 1996), the Vienna Symphonic Chamber Orchestra, the trumpet player Paul Schwingenschlögl.
Alfred Polansky, further collaborated with artists from other disciplines on joint projects, i.e. H.C. Artmann, Peter Rosei (literature), and was commissioned by Peter Patzak, an Austrian film director, to compose parts of his film-music.
As a writer he wrote short stories (s), novels (n) and plays (p):
| 1999 | Einseitiges-Zweiseitiges | s |
| 2004 | Die Besucher (The Visitors), Schnaps oder Wodka” (Brandy or vodka) | s |
| 2004 | Der Tanz des Árpád Pelzinger | s |
| 2003 | Acht | p |
| 2005 | Mozarts Paprikahenderl | p |
| 2006 | Strangers in the light | n |
| 2007 | Spiegelglatt” (Smooth) | n |
| 2007 | Die Zeit der Lilie” (The time of the lily) | n |
| 2008 | Slatin Lover | n |
| 2010 | Lorettas Traum” (Lorettas dream) | n |
His compositions and interpretations are documented by one LP “Alfred Polansky” (1990); and seven CD’s:
| 1995 | The Singer at the Sea of glass |
| 1997 | Gran Reserva |
| 2000 | A Part of You” (with Stella Grigorian) |
| 2002 | Szeretném, ha szeretnének (compositions by Alfred Polansky / poems by Endre Ady; with Ildikó Bárdosi, Erika Juhász, Anikó Dénes, Márta Sebestyén, László Porteleki, Ottó Rőmer, Szeredás, József Vásári) |
| 2004 | Das Freundschaftsprojekt: Artmann – Rosei – Polansky (with Sara Almazán / mezzosoprano and Daisy Jopling / violin, poems by H.C. Artmann and Peter Rosei, compositions by Alfred Polansky |
| 2005 | Polansky: café westend (with Doris Windhager, Wolfram Berger, Jon Sass and Petra Berger, poems by Peter Ahorner, compositions by Alfred Polansky) |
| 2008 | Terror Austriae (poems, music and singers voice by Alfred Polansky,with the Ogo-Gogo Chamber Orchestra, readers voice: Wolfram Berger) |
Two of his novels were published by the ‘Drehbuch Verlag’: “Die Zeit der Lilie” and “Lorettas Traum”.
The story “Für Freunde und Feinde” (‘For friends and foes’) as well as the short story “Die Besucher” (‘The Visitors’) were published in the self-publishing.