Michał Klauza is Artistic Director of the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw. Previously, he was Music Director of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic from 2013 to 2015 and Second Conductor of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra from 2009 to 2015. He conducted the Welsh National Opera in Cardiff, where
Aleksandra Świgut – pianist, soloist and chamber musician, PhD in Musical Arts, teacher at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. According to critics, one of the most distinctive personalities on the classical music scene. Winner of 2nd Prize at the 17th Edvard Grieg International Piano Competition in Bergen,
CD album: Polskie Tria Romantyczne (Polish Romantic Trios). Jan Lewandowski is an honours graduate of the General Education Primary and Secondary Music School in Gdańsk, class of mgr Jadwiga Ewald, and of the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk, where he studied cello with prof. dr hab. Marcin Zdunik
CD album: Polskie Tria Romantyczne (Polish Romantic Trios). Paula Preuss is an honours graduate of the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk (2011), where she studied violin with prof. dr hab. Krystyna Jurecka and chamber music with prof. dr hab. Anna Prabucka-Firlej. Immediately after completing her studies, she started
CD album: Polskie Tria Romantyczne (Polish Romantic Trios). Anna Prabucka-Firlej is a graduate of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk, where she studied piano with prof. Krystyna Jastrzębska, a former student of Aleksander Michałowski and Jerzy Lefeld. She received the title of Professor of Musical Arts in 1994 followed by
CD album: Konu Kim – “Mon seul trésor” “(…) The first bars already made it clear that the Beethoven Academy Orchestra, established in 2003 in Krakow, is composed of the most talented young musicians in Poland.” Annika Senger/ Online Musik Magazine The Beethoven Academy Orchestra is one of Poland’s leading
CD album: Konu Kim – “Mon seul trésor” Francesco Cilluffo is the Principal Guest Conductor of the Wexford Festival Opera, Ireland. Born in Turin, he received his conducting and composition degree from the Conservatorio “Giuseppe Verdi” in his hometown and graduated in Musicology from the Turin University. He furthered his
CD album: Konu Kim – “Mon seul trésor” Konu Kim – an alumnus of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, with numerous appearances on their opera debuts and concerts. He has completed his formal studies at Kyung Hee University, South Korea and Korean National Opera
CD album: “BWV” – J.S.Bach – cello solo suites BWV 1007-1012 Karol Marianowski is today ranked among the most outstanding cellists of his generation world widely and laureate of list of many international competitions. An exceptionally gifted and sensitive instrumentalist took his education in most respectable music schools: Fryderyk Chopin
CD album: “Sergei Bortkiewicz – song cycles” Krzysztof Szumański is considered one of the most distinguished Polish baritones of his generation. In the current season he will appear as Nabucco in Verdi’s Nabucco, Escamillo in Carmen, Scarpia in Tosca and Stolnik in Halka by Stanislaw Moniuszko at the National Opera
CD album: “Sergei Bortkiewicz – song cycles” Bojana Dimković leads a versatile career as a concert pianist, harpsichordist and lecturer. She holds a position at the University of Niš Faculty of Arts’ Keyboard Department and is in great demand as a chamber music partner. Concert engagements include performances in the
„Wielki muzyk, doskonały skrzypek i bardzo utalentowany młody dyrygent. Ma absolutnie doskonały kontakt z muzykami orkiestry, a jego interpretacje są niezwykle oryginalne- z mnóstwem odcieni i emocji” – powiedział o Michaelu Maciaszczyku Maestro Jerzy Maksymiuk. Jeden z najwybitniejszych dyrygentów młodego pokolenia. Dyrektor artystyczny Wiener Klassik Orchester w Wiedniu, Myślenickiej Kameralnej
Polish Art Philharmonic (wcześniej działająca pod nazwą Myślenicka Orkiestra Kameralna „Concertino”) zainaugurowała swoją działalność w 2010r., powołana do istnienia przez Jolantę i Łukasza Antkiewiczów, dzięki przychylności Władz Miasta i Gminy Myślenice oraz Dyrektora MOKiS Małgorzaty Anity Werner. Polish Art Philharmonic to młody, energiczny zespół, którego Dyrektorem Artystycznym od 2014 roku jest Maestro Michael
CD album – “Śpiewnik polski” Graduate of the Vocal Faculty, Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, in Prof Jadwiga Rappé’s class. A two-time recipient of the Polish Ministry of Education’s scholarship, as well as scholarships in the Pro Polonia programme and ISA2012 programme, she was awarded the Young Poland
CD album – “Romantic works” One of the most accomplished bassoonists of the young generation, began her bassoon education in 1998 studying with Jerzy Lisak at the State Music School in Zamość (Poland). From 2002 to 2007 she studied at the Academy of Music (currently Fryderyk Chopin University of Music)
CD album – “Brahms Violin Sonatas” Jarosław Nadrzycki is widely considered as one of the most exciting violinist of his generation in the world today. At the age of 12, he made his Moscow debut with the Moscow Conservatoire Orchestra in the Tchaikovsky Conservatory Great Hall. Since then he has become one
CD album “Lutosławski, Penderecki – works for violin&piano” She graduated from Gdańsk Academy of Music in Krystyna Jurecka’s class and now continues to study there with Konstanty Andrzej Kulka. The biggest influence on her playing came from studying with prof. Igor Petrushevski. Karolina Nowotczyńska is a winner of many international
CD album – “Moniuszko&Kurpiński” Quartetto Nero is a young and dynamic Polish string quartet, producing its unique and intriguing sound by playing on the original period instruments (or their copies) as well as using gut strings and special bows, appropriate for the music of different eras. All this distinguishes the
CD albums – “Śpiewnik polski”, “Lutosławski, Penderecki – works for violin&piano” Łukasz Chrzęszczyk – pianist, soloist and chamber musician, lecturer at the Department of Piano Chamber Music, Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. He began his musical training at the age of six in his hometown of Kielce, first
CD album “Max Reger – 4 Sonatas for violin solo” Małgorzata Staszewska was born in Cracow, Poland in 1976. She began to play the violin at the age of six. After graduating with honors from the Cracow Academy of Music in 1999, she joined professional chamber orchestra, Capella Cracoviensis. Staszewska continued
CD album – “Brahms Violin Sonatas” Joanna Zathey-Wojcinska graduated with honours from the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznan, where she had studied piano with Prof. G. Kurzynski. She also completed two-year post-graduate studies in chamber music with Prof. Dora Schwarzberg at the Accademia di Musica in Pinerolo,
CD album – “Romantic works” The alumni of the Comprehensive Music School of 1st and 2nd degree in Wrocław in Helena Furmanowicz‑Kurzyńska’s class and the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław in Grzegorz Kurzyński’s class, where after gaining her PhD, she became a lecturer with a PhD degree. She
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