VIOLIN
Tomasz Tomaszewski began his musical education in the Music School in Opole where he studied with Danuta Sujata. He graduated with distinction in 1969 Then he started working with Tadeusz Wronski and Stanislaw Kawalla at the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw. He received his Master's Diploma in 1976. Between 1974 and 1979 Tomaszewski took part in many masterclasses working with such eminent professors as O. Krysa, B. Druzynin, W. Marschner, J. Fournier, and H. Szeryng. In 1979, thanks to the scholarship he received from the Polish Ministry of Culture, Tomasz Tomaszewski went to Leningrad to study with Boris Gutnikov and Tamara Fidler during this one-year-long Postgraduate Programme. Between 1980 and 1982, he studied once again with Wolfgang Marschner in Freiburg. In 1970, during his studies in Warsaw, Tomaszewski became a member of the Chamber Orchestra ‘Con moto ma cantabile’, then (between 1971 and 1976) the Chamber Orchestra of Warsaw Philharmonic conducted by Karol Teutsch. He performed with them - also as a soloist - in many European countries, the United States, and Japan. From 1975 to 1979, he was a member and then concertmaster of Jerzy Maksymiuk’s Polish Chamber Orchestra, with which he performed also as a soloist. Between 1974 and 1979 he was the second violinist of the Polish Quartet. The ensemble received many prizes e.g. I prize at the International Competition in Belgrad (1975) and the 3rd prize at the ARD Competition in Munich (1976). Since 1980 Tomasz Tomaszewski has been living in Germany. In the beginning, he was the concertmaster of the Orchestra in Baden-Baden, then he was a member of the National Theater Orchestra in Mannheim. From 1982 to 2017 he was the first concertmaster of the Deutsche Oper Orchestra in Berlin. He worked with such famous conductors as Barenboim, Sinopoli, Stein, Rattle, Tielemann, Viotti, Frübeck de Burgos, Bertini, Barszaj, Mariner, Hoogwod, Abbado, and Gergiev among others. Since October 1983 he has been working at the Universität der Künste in Berlin. He received the Professorship of UdK in 2002. Tomasz Tomaszewski performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician. Since the beginning of his music career 35 years ago he has worked in various chamber groups: - as a long-term member and soloist of chamber orchestra ‘Philharmonische Streicher Solisten’, ‘Arte Quartett Berlin’, ‘d’Al solo al tutti’, ‘Debussy Ensemble Berlin’, ‘Stradivari Sextett Habisreutinger’, ‘European Fine Arts Trio’ - as the founder and first violinist of ‘Polish String Quartet Berlin’ - as the founder and artistic director of the chamber orchestra ‘Kammersolisten der Deutschen Oper Berlin’ - as the founder and first violinist of ‘Salon Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin’ - as the concertmaster and artistic advisor of ‘Baltic Neopolis Orchestra’. Tomasz Tomaszewski is the initiator and Artistic Director of the festival ‘Silesian Musical Summer’, created in 2002 He is also the chairman of the board of the Internationale Beethoven Gesellschaft e.V., founded in 2000 in Berlin and the founder and chairman of the Europäisches Forum Polnische Musik e.V. (European Forum of Polish Music). Tomaszewski is also the Director and Chairman of the Jury of the International Beethoven Chamber Music Competition which was taking place at the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Luslawice. Tomasz Tomaszewski is regularly invited to be a member of the jury of national and international competitions such as Internationale Wettbewerb für die Jugend in Oldenburg, International Georg Philipp Telemann Violin Competition in Poznan, National Groblicz Family Violin Competition in Cracow, ‘Violin for the best’ Competition in Szczecin, International Chamber Music Tournament in Bydgoszcz, International Witold Rowicki in memoriam Violin Competition in Zywiec or International Violin Making Competition in Cremona. Tomasz Tomaszewski is a two-time winner of the Polish National Record Prize ‘Fryderyk’ - for the recordings of Chopin and Debussy’s Piano Trios with ‘European Fine Arts Trio’ and the recordings of music by Pawel Lukaszewski and Mikolaj Gorecki with ‘Baltic Neopolis Orchestra’ where he performed as a conductor and soloist. Recently, he has received an extremely prestigious award - PREIS DER DEUTSCHEN SCHALLPLATEN KRITIK - for the CD ‘Poland Abroad’ recorded with ‘Polish String Quartet Berlin’, considered the best production of 2019 in the Chamber Music genre. In 1998 Tomasz Tomaszewski received the Golden Cross of Merit from the President of Poland for his outstanding artistic achievements and promotion of Polish culture abroad. In the same year, he received the title of Kammervirtuose from the Senator of Culture in Berlin. Tomasz Tomaszewski is the Honorary Citizen of Opole (Poland) and Tortorici (Sicily).
Magdalena Rezler
“Of all my students, Magda plays in the most beautiful way…” – that is how Tadeusz Wroński, a longtime professor of the Academy of Music in Warsaw, one of the greatest and most versatile Polish teachers of the art of violin playing, used to say about Magdalena Rezler-Niesiołowska. The artist proved that opinion was justified by winning a number of such reputable international violin competitions as Queen Elisabeth of Belgium in Brussels, Jacque Thibaud in Paris, or Karl Flesch in London. She also won medals at the Biennale in Bordeaux and, together with her string quartet, in Budapest.
Born in Bydgoszcz, in a known family of musicians, she graduated from the Academy with honors, being a student of Professor Wroński and of closely cooperating with him Stanisław Kawalla. As a soloist, she takes part in symphony and chamber concerts and performs recitals in almost all European countries, but also in the USA, Mongolia, and South Korea. Her performance was often recorded for the radio and television in Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, West Germany, Belgium, and France. Her repertoire includes over 30 concertos with an orchestra and 20 recitals. She was a concertmistress of the “National Philharmonic Chamber Musicians” orchestra of Karol Teutsch, performing many solo concertos with it; currently, she also takes part in chamber concertos in Germany and Switzerland, cooperating with excellent instrumentalists, such as “Freiburger Barock Solisten.”
Magdalena Rezler-Niesiołowska, following the steps of her professors, is an excellent educator – for many years she led a violin class in her home Warsaw Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, and since 1991 she has been a professor at the renowned Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg (Germany). Her graduates are members of symphony orchestras in Berlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Bremen, Hamburg, Detmold, Freiburg, Warsaw, Budapest, Zurich, Istanbul, Seoul, Tokyo, and of the International Mahler Orchestra. She conducts master courses in Germany, Poland, South Korea, Japan, Austria, and the USA. She is a jury member of violin competitions in Poland and abroad.
Paweł Radziński
Paweł Radziński was born in Gniezno. He started learning to play the violin when he was seven, getting first lessons from his father. After finishing primary school, he continued his education at the M. Karłowicz High School of Music in Poznań. After high school graduation, he started studies at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory as a grant holder of the Minister of Culture and Art, at the Prof. D. Oistrakh Chair, in the class of the outstanding virtuoso V. Pikaizen. He graduated with honors. After college, he was polishing his skills by attending courses at such violin masters as H. von Hausegger, R. Ricci, and H. Szeryng. Since that time, he has been involved in prolific concert activity, in the country and abroad. He was giving concerts in Canada, Yugoslavia, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and the former Soviet Republics. He has done numerous recordings for radio and television. Paweł Radziński has participated in many music competitions and festivals, in the country (Lublin, Wrocław) and abroad (Montreal, Belgrade, Paris), winning awards and commendations. In 1979, he started working at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. In 1998, the President of the Republic of Poland granted him the title of professor of musical arts. Today, as a full professor, he runs the Department of Chamber Music at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. In 1991, he started teaching the violin at the Swedish Conservatory in Jakobstad. He was also giving lectures at the Faculty of Music in the University of Vaasa (Finland). Starting from 2009, Paweł Radziński has been teaching at the Talent Class of the Artur Rubinstein State Complex of Music Schools in Bydgoszcz. He has educated many winners of national and foreign competitions as well as over 70 diploma holders. In 1989, he established the “Academia” Chamber Orchestra, with which he was touring abroad (Germany, Spain, and Italy). Later, the orchestra transitioned into the international ensemble “Academia Baltica,” comprising music students from European countries (such as Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Germany, Belgium, and Poland). The orchestra has given concerts in many countries in Europe (its current name is Accademia dell' Arco). He has cooperated as a guest performer with the orchestra “Sinfonietta de Paris,” participating in its regular concert tours across France. Paweł Radziński promotes contemporary music with great passion. Some of the most spectacular achievements of the artist include world premieres and recordings of music pieces by H. Kerrko “Sacral View” (Oulu 1999) and P. Challin’s Violin Concert (Paris 2000). He has been conducting regular master’s classes in many countries (such as Austria, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Lithuania, Switzerland, Italy, France, and Israel). In Poland, he has been invited to conduct master’s classes in Żagań, Bałoszyce, and Łańcut. He has cooperated with famous violin virtuosos like V. Pikaizen, P. Vernikov, and I. Gitlis.</div><div>He has participated as a juror in a myriad of violin competitions, in Poland and abroad. He was invited twice by the Johannes Brahms Society, where in the museum dedicated to the composer in Baden-Baden he performed a comparative analysis regarding violin performance traditions in J. Brahms’ work. In 2004, inspired by Paolo del Bianco of Florence and with the support of the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, he started research on the violin works of P. Nardini and his influence on the development of the Italian violin school. In 2002, he initiated the foundation and took over the artistic management of the summer festival “Music in the Moonlight” in a palace and park estate of Lubostroń. He is a laureate of the L. Kronenberg Foundation (1999). In the same year, he was awarded with the Medal of the Commission of National Education. Paweł Radziński was honored by the President of the Republic of Poland with the Silver and Gold Cross of Meritum and "Gloria Artis".
Pianist Kay Kyung Eun Kim, prize-winner of the 6th Mozart International Piano Competition, has been praised as a “chic, stylish and modern pianist” by the International Piano Magazine, while The Piano Magazine described her as a “warm and sensitive, dynamic and fearless pianist.”
At the age of six, Kay and her family moved to London. Two years after moving, Kay was one of only five students selected by the Yehudi Menuhin School to study with Nicolai Demidenko. She continued her studies at The Purcell School under the tutelage of Irina Zaritskaya. During her time living in London, Kay spent time with Vlado Perlemuter each summer, who was the last living pupil of Ravel at the time. It was this relationship that enamored her with Ravel’s works, eventually leading Kay to begin a six-year project entitled “Ravel Complete Piano Works” in 2016. In this series, Kay performed all of Ravel’s solo and duo piano works as well as Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major. The project culminated with Kay’s CD, “Ravel”, released with Sony Classical in June 2021. On this CD, Kay performs her favorite works by Ravel: Jeux d’eau, Miroirs, and Gaspard de la nuit.
At 16, Kay was one of the youngest applicants admitted to The Juilliard School, where, as a student of both Jerome Lowenthal and Seymour Lipkin, she earned her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees. In 2004, Kay pursued both her Professional Studies and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees under Solomon Mikowsky at The Manhattan School of Music. Kay’s DMA dissertation was on Unsuk Chin’s Piano Concerto.
Kay made her debut at age 6 with the Korean Symphony Orchestra. Since then, she has performed with a multitude of distinguished orchestras, including the Seoul National Symphony and the Youth Orchestra, the State Academic Symphony and the St. Petersburg Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Hradec Kralove Philharmonic, and the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orquestra do Norte, the Kammer Philharmonie Dacapo Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfonica de la Region de Murcia, and the Topeka Symphony and the Albany Symphony Orchestra in the US.
Recital venues at which Kay has performed include the South Bank Centre and Buckingham Palace, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Seoul Arts Center, and Kumho Hall as a part of their “Rising Stars” series. In 1997, Kay gave a charity concert in London to raise support for young victims of the Chernobyl disaster. Her performance was broadcast on Classical FM radio.
Since returning to Seoul in 2010, Kay has dedicated her time to both teaching at the Catholic University of Korea as well as continuing her passion for contemporary works through her performances. Kay has given many Korean premieres of contemporary works. Her recitals included “Afternoon in Paris”, “Sonata Journey”, “Musical Portraits”, and “Fantasy and Reality” at the Seoul Arts Center, which showcased innovative piano techniques.
Marek Szlezer
Marek Szlezer was born on September 4th, 1981 in Kraków, in a family of professional musicians. He started to play the piano at the age of five under the tutorship of his mother. From 1994 to 2000 he studied at the “Ecole Normale de Musique “A. Cortot" in Paris, in the piano class of professor Marcella Crudeli, and was one of the youngest graduates to obtain “Diplome Superieure de Concertiste.” He graduated “summa cum laude” from the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków, where he studied with distinguished professors Stefan Wojtas and Ewa Bukojemska. He is currently a professor of the Piano Faculty at his alma mater. He received a royal scholarship of the Queen Elisabeth’s Music Foundation in Belgium for the academic year 2004/2005 to study at the renowned Chapelle Musicale with Abdel Rahman El Bacha. In June 2005, he received the “Master after Master” diploma, awarded “a l’unanimite.” Marek Szlezer is a Steinway Artist.
His pianistic career started when as a twelve-year-old he received Grand Prix at the 4th International Piano Competition in Rome. Since then the pianist has actively performed in Poland and abroad, participating in many important and prestigious music events. He was granted a scholarship of the Ministry of Culture five times, as well as scholarships from Roussel and Amical foundations in Paris and the YAMAHA Foundation Europe. He has participated in master classes conducted by Dmitri Bashkirov, Aldo Ciccolini, Halina Czerny-Stefanska, Menahem Pressler, Evgeni Mogilevski, Dominique Merlet and Jean Claude Vanden-Eyden. He has also received lessons from Fou Ts’ong and Kevin Kenner.
Marek Szlezer is an active performer of modern music – he has been selected to participate in Krzysztof Penderecki’s music interpretation class, run by the composer himself. He has also premiered numerous modern compositions written especially for him. His consummate performances of Frederic Chopin’s music have won him numerous prizes: 1st Prize at the National Chopin Competition in Warsaw, 3rd Prize at the Chopin International Piano Competition in Marienbad, a special prize of the Chopin National Edition, and the Polish Radio award at the International Piano Competition "A.Rubinstein in memoriam". He had the honor to play a concert on Chopin’s original piano at the Jagiellonian University on the night Poland entered the European Union. On the occasion of the composer's 205 th Birth Anniversary, he performed a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York.
Marek Szlezer has performed in such prestigious concert halls as Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, Palais des Beaux-Arts, St.Martin-in-the-fields, Salle Cortot, Seoul Arts Center, NCPA, and Palacio de Bellas Artes. In October 2005, during the opening gala concert for the Queen Elisabeth’s Foundation in Belgium, he performed a Mozart concerto accompanied by the English Chamber Orchestra. He has recorded for many TV and Radio stations all over Europe and the Middle East.
In the year 2009 he received a doctor’s degree, presenting a thesis about an unknown Polish composer Jadwiga Sarnecka, which piano works he has discovered and edited for Polish Musical Editions PWM. He has been also involved in an editing process of Alexandre Tansman Piano concerto for the left hand which he premiered in Poland in the year 2010. Since 2013 he works also as an editor for Eufonium, publishing important piano works of Polish composers dating from the 19th and 20th centuries. He has given public lectures and performed at such prestigious universities as Cambridge University, Indiana University Bloomington, University of Chicago, University of Southern California, UNAM, UNICAMP, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and Royal Conservatory in Brussels.
He has recorded several albums for the recording companies Warner Music, Dux, EMI, Amadeus, and Moderato Classics receiving enthusiastic critical acclaim in prestigious musical magazines (among others Gramophone, Kulturspiegel, The Strad, Fanfare, American Record’s Guide). For the CDs with music of Chopin, Szymanowski, Tansman, Kilar, and Penderecki he has received twice the French music critics awards La Clef de ResMusica as well as Gramophone Editor’s Choice, 5 du Diapason, Global Music Awards Outstanding Achievement and various nominations for other phonographic prizes (i.e. Polish Phonographic Awards FRYDERYK). In 2017 his CD has been selected by Hi-fi music magazine as one of the best recordings of the year.
Guido Heinke
Guido Heinke studied with Elza Kolodin, Hans Leygraf, Vitaly Margulis and Fany Solter. He has taken masterclasses with Vladimir Ashkenazy and György Sebok and completed a guest study as accompanist with the famous bass baritone Hanno Müller-Brachmann in the “Liedklasse“ of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in Berlin.
He is one of the prize winners at the international piano competitions in Jaén/Spain and in Porto/Portugal.
As a soloist, chamber musician and song accompanist he gave many concerts in many european cities such as Heidelberg, Hamburg, London, Brussels, Berlin and Rome.
His partners were the Leipzig String Quartet, the Mandelring String Quartet, Ma’alot Quintet, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Ruth Ziesak and Rainer Kussmaul, Kim Min, Gottfried von der Goltz, Magdalena Rezler, Nicolas Chumachenco, Gustav Rivinius and many others.
In 2005, he made a concert tour with the Kurpfaelzische Kammerorchester under Wolfram Christ.
The broadcasting companies SWR, HR, NDR and DLF in Germany produced numbers of recordings with Guido Heinke as performer.
Since 1987 he is leading a piano class at the University of Music in Freiburg im Breisgau.
In 1996, he was a guest professor in South Korea and during this time he performed as a soloist with the Seoul National Symphony Orchestra and the Korean Chamber Orchestra at KBS Hall.
Since 1997, he regularly holds master classes and gives lecture recitals at the Seoul Narional University, SCC, Sook Myung University, Sejong University, Suwon University and others.
An important part of his concert activity were performances as a soloist with many orchestras in Europe, especially in Poland in Olsztyn, Jelenia Gora, Bialystok and Gorzów Wielkopolski under the direction of Piotr Borkowski.
In 2000 he founded the international music festival Markgraefler Musikherbst, which takes place every autumn in different municipalities of the Markgraeflerland. It is the region between Freiburg and Basel/Switzerland. Famous musicians and ensembles gather on this occasion for intimate musical meetings.
The Korean Chamber Orchestra under its leader Maestro Kim Min was a special guest during the festival.
Additionally, since 2010, Guido Heinke has directed the Stubenhaus concert series in Staufen.
CELLO
Tomasz Szczęsny
Habilitated doctor. A graduate of the Academy of Music. Karol Lipiński in Wrocław from the class of Professor Stanisław Firlej. A scholarship holder of the City of Szczecin and the Society of Friends of Szczecin. He made his debut with the symphony orchestra of the Szczecin Philharmonic (1998), performing Eduard Lalo's Cello Concerto under the baton of Tomasz Bugaj. He has performed with the following conductors: Marek Pijarowski, Czesław Grabowski, Jacek Kraszewski, Warcisław Kunc, Bohdan Boguszewski, Eugeniusz Kus, Ivan Repušić, Piotr Borkowski and Zygmunt Rychert. As a soloist and chamber musician, he collaborated with such artists as Roman Jabłoński, Kevin Kenner, Bartłomiej Nizioł, Patrycja Piekutowska, Anna Maria Staśkiewicz and Agata Szymczewska. In 2010, he performed in a trio with Patrycja Piekutowska - a violinist and Sławomir Wilk - a pianist, in the famous Carnegie Hall in New York. In 2011, he recorded the cello part on Katarzyna Nosowska's album 8. He regularly records music for theater performances and film projects. Since 2006, he has been the concertmaster of the cello group at the Filharmonie im. Mieczysław Karłowicz in Szczecin. Since 2007, he has been teaching the cello class at the Academy of Arts in Szczecin (before 2010, a branch of the Poznań Academy of Music). Since 2013, together with Eugen Prochać (Slovakia), Adam Javorkai (Hungary), and Petr Nouzovsky (Czech Republic), he has been a member of the international project Visegrad cello quartet. In 2014, he was invited by Berlin's Deutsche Kammer Orchester to perform two concerts in South Korea (Seoul, Busan) as concertmaster of the cello group. In the same year, he obtained the title of Doctor of Musical Arts, and in 2018, a habilitation. He has performed in Germany, Czech Republic, Portugal, Spain, Croatia, Denmark, South Korea, USA, Italy, France, Slovakia and Hungary. He is the author of transcriptions of songs by Karol Szymanowski, which, together with other arrangements of Szymanowski's music for cello and piano (Sławomir Wilk), were released on the CD Karol Szymanowski. Works for cello and piano.
Tomasz Szczesny is a member of ExQuartet and the Oder Art Orchestra, both based in Szczecin. He plays Wojciech Topa's cellos (Zakopane 2008) and a contemporary Romanian instrument of unknown origin.
WINDS
Greg Banaszak
saxophone
Greg Banaszak, one of today's leading saxophonists, has performed with orchestras and at concert halls throughout the world. He has appeared as a concerto soloist and recitalist throughout the United States, Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, including the countries of France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Austria, Sweden, Belgium, Egypt, South Korea, the Dominican Republic, Finland, India, and Japan.
Mr. Banaszak is one of the most sought-after orchestral saxophone soloists of his generation. As one of the few saxophonists active in both the classical and jazz mediums, Mr. Banaszak includes a combination of concerto performances, solo and chamber music recitals, and jazz festival appearances. He has presented recitals in such prestigious concert halls as Vienna's Bösendorfer Concert Hall, the Royal Palace in Warsaw, Poland, and New York's Lincoln Center's Bruno Walter Hall. He has presented master classes at Austria's Musik Hochschule, the Cairo Conservatory, Oberlin Conservatory, and the Tanglewood Institute and has served as Orchestral saxophonist for the leading opera orchestras of Warsaw, Berlin, Paris, and Cleveland. Mr. Banaszak was the first saxophone concerto soloist to appear with orchestras in both the Middle East and Asia, including performances with the Cairo Symphony, Symphony Orchestra of India in Mumbai, and the Taegu City Symphony Orchestra in South Korea. Mr. Banaszak has been under the baton of such conductors as Gerard Schwarz, Leonard Slatkin, Philippe Entremont, Randy Newman, Piotr Borkowski, and others.
Mr. Banaszak's critically acclaimed CDs, "The Music of Alan Hovhaness" "Duo Concertos for Alto Saxophone, Flute, and Orchestra", "Romances for Saxophone and Orchestra" and "Saxophone Concertos", are available on the Naxos, and Centaur Records label. He has also recorded on the Chanson, DUX, Hyperion, MMO, and Open Loop labels.
In 2009 Mr. Banaszak was the first saxophone soloist to appear at the 14th annual Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Polish Music Festival, performing with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra; he premiered two concertos dedicated to him by celebrated com¬poser Krzesimir Dębski. He was also the first saxo¬phone concerto soloist to perform and tour with the Kammersolisten der Deutschen Oper Berlin.
As a member of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, Mr. Banaszak is a voting member for the annual Grammy Awards ceremony. He serves on the faculties of the Cleveland Institute of Music, and Case Western Reserve University and is the Artistic Director at Lutheran West. He is a Vandoren Performing Artist, Selmer Saxophone clinician, and Rovner Products consultant, and endorses RS Berkeley instruments as well as DeJacques Inc., Pro-Tec, and Oleg Products. He has performed as a saxophonist for the Cleveland Orchestra.
Mr. Banaszak is a B.M. cum laude graduate of the Hartt School of Music. He holds an M.M. degree "with distinction" from the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw and an Artist Diploma from the Centre Musical d'Annecy in France. He cites his successful career as having studied with such prominent masters as Vincent Abato, Daniel Deffayet, and jazz legend Jackie McLean, as well as David Pituch, and David Schiavone. Mr. Banaszaks' former students currently hold positions as both highly acclaimed performers and educators throughout the United States and abroad. Mr. Banaszak takes great pride in educating the future generation of world-class saxophonists and young artists. Hailed as a Saxophonist "Tour de Force" by the New York Times,
Eric Aubier
trumpet
Eric Aubier entered Maurice Andre’s class at the CNSM of Paris at the age of 14 where he was the youngest graduate at the time earning three first prizes. He later won various prizes in international competitions in Prague, Toulon, and Paris. Rolf Liebermann named Eric Aubier the solo trumpet for the Paris Opera Orchestra. He was only nineteen at the time. Since 1995, he devoted himself to his career as an international soloist and professor.
He performed in 25 countries worldwide, and has worked with conductors such as Chung Myung Whun, Lawrence Foster, David Robertson, Kurt Sanderling, Georges Prêtre, Piere Boulez, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, François-Xavier Bilger… and prestigious ensembles such as Canadian Brass Quintet and Spanish brass; solo artists such as sopranos - Wilhemenia Fernandez and Elizabeth Vidal, organist - Thierry Escaich, trombonists - Michel Becquet and Alain Trudel, trumpeters - Cassone, Friedrich, Harjanne, Marsalis, Eklund, Hoefs, Velenczei, Gansch… and a number of orchestras in famous concert halls worldwide: Paris Opera Orchestra, French Radio Orchestra, Finnish Radio Orchestra, Buenos Aires Philharmonic in Colon Theatre, Lincoln Center chamber orchestra in New York, Bogota Philharmonic, NSO in Taipei, main American, Asian and South American city halls and brass contests…
He is much involved in developing the repertoire of his instrument and is the favorite trumpet player of many composers who dedicated their works to him, notably Nicolas Bacri, Thierry Escaich, Betsy Jolas, Carlos Grätzer, Martin Matalon, and Charles Chaynes. He also breathes new life into the beautiful 20th-century French music for the trumpet: Ohana, Jolivet, Tomasi, Françaix, Schmitt, Hubeau, Enesco, Delerue, Sancan, Désenclos, Ibert. He has a worldwide reputation as the major interpreter of the French wind instrument tradition throughout the world. He is perceived as the one who best perpetuates the French wind instrument tradition; he is, in a sense, the «trumpet in the new light».
Eric Aubier has become the most eminent French representative invited to sit regularly for juries at such international competitions as Munich (ARD Germany), Paris (Maurice André), Porcia (Italia), Markneukirchen (Germany), ITG USA, Lieksa (Finland), Jeju (Korea), Budapest (Hungary). Today, his name is attached to competitions in Colombia and Chile. He teaches at the CRR of Rueil-Malmaison in France, at the Royal Academy of Music of London in the UK, and gives many master classes at Universities in many countries: Juilliard School of NY, Bloomington (Indiana), UCLA, Oregon State (Portland), ITG. Eric Aubier became the director of a permanent academy in Spain and the Artistic Director of The “Academie Internationale de Trompette du Grand Nord de la France”
His discography includes over 100 works produced by Sony Classical, Arion / Pierre Vérany, Calliope, Mandala, Bis, and Accord / Universal. “La Trompette Française” won the Diapason d’Or, ‘Recommandé’ by Classica. His recording of Tanz Fantaisie by and with Thierry Escaich won the Grand Prix des Lycéens de la Lettre du Musicien et Musique Nouvelle en Liberté. The recording of the Concertino by Skaalkottas (Bis) also earned a ‘Recommandé’ by Répertoire and was distinguished in the Gramophone review. In 2004 he will record Trame V, a concerto for trumpet by Martin Matalon with the National Orchestra of Lorraine for Accord / Universal. New issues in 2009: “Les vents Français” by Sony Classical, “Tanz fantaisie: The New Trumpet & Organ” with Th. Escaich and “Impressionist Balade” with Pascal Gallet (piano) by Indesens Records. His CDs are regularly awarded. The forthcoming CD dedicated to the trumpet works of French composer Henri Tomasi will be released by Indesens Records next February. Eric Aubier has recorded about 12 CDs gathered in the “Eric Aubier Anthology” by Indesens Records. 2014: 1st Grand Concours Latin American Eric Aubier in Medellin, Colombia. 2015 outputs of recordings of the Planel, Karol Beffa, Arvo Pärt, Jan Raats, and Shostakovich. 2016 will be the year of the opening of the French Institute for International Trumpet Eric Aubier in Japan.
VOICE
Yuri Park
soprano
Soprano Yuri Park is known for her “exquisitely agile, polished and organic singing” (Opera News), in a diverse range of stage and concert repertoire. Covering Musetta in La Boheme with Maestro Lorin Maazel in the Castleton Festival’s Production at Oman’s Royal Opera House, she also played leading roles in a number of operas including Adina in L’elisir d’Amore, Mimi in La Boheme, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Micaëla in Carmen, Cendrillon in Cendrillon, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, and Rosalinde in Die Fledelmaus. As an active concert soloist, Ms. Park has performed including Solo Recital at Carnegie Hall and participated in Vladivostok World Music Festival in Russia with Vladivostok Philharmonic, The KJC Asian International Arts Festival in Osaka in Japan, and the Ohana Music Festival in Hawaii. She has also sung with the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladivostok Philharmonic, Incheon Philharmonic, and Daegu Symphony Orchestra, etc. Ms. Park has won the Nei Stëmmen International Vocal Competition in Luxembourg and was an award winner of the Orpheus National Vocal Competition in the United States. She graduated from the Department of Vocal Music at Yonsei University in Korea and received Master of Music and Professional Studies degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and a Doctoral degree from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in the United States. Currently, she teaches at the School of Music at Andong National University in Korea.
CONDUCTORS
Monika Stefaniak
Monika Stefaniak studied conducting at Paderewski Music Academy in Poznań and Theory of Music at Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw. She graduated with distinction in Conducting in 2004 (class of Prof. Jerzy Salwarowski) and continued education in the class of Leonid Korchmar in the St. Petersburg State Conservatory till June 2005. She received her Doctorate in conducting from The Academy of Music in Krakow in May 2008. Monika Stefaniak has been a lecturer with the Conducting Faculty at Paderewski's Music Academy in Poznań from 2008 to 2016. From 2005 to 2009 she was Artistic Director of the Gdynia Symphonic Orchestra and from 2005 to 2007 Assistant Conductor in the Opera Baltycka in Gdańsk. From 2007 to 2009 she was the Artistic Director of the Sinfonietta Gedanensis Youth Orchestra. In 2008 she created and organized The Gdynia Masterclass for Conductors with Maestro Jerzy Salwarowski and The Gdynia Symphony Orchestra. She has been performing with many Polish and foreign orchestras, including Savaria Symphony Orchestra, The Congress Orchestra in St. Petersburg, Kalisz Philharmonic Orchestra, Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra, Poznan Music Academy Orchestra, and many others. Maestra Stefaniak has participated in many Masterclasses and workshops with famous teachers and conductors, such as Accademia Musicale Chigiana with Gianluigi Gelmetti (2001 and 2005) and in 2003 with Sir Colin Davis organized by Hochschule für Musik Dresden; International Bartók Seminar's Conducting Course with Prof. Peter Eötvös (2009); Internationale Bachakademie Krakau with H. Rilling and with G. Chmura in Katowice where she performed in the final concert with the prestigious National Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio. In 2005 Monika Stefaniak received a scholarship from the Italian Government for summer courses in Siena and a scholarship from the Polish Minister of Culture “For distinctive Polish artists of the young generation”. Since 2016 Monika Stefaniak is cooperating with a period instruments ensemble Ars Nova, performing contemporary music written especially for them. In the same year, she began to work as a lecturer at Gdynia Film School.
Piotr Borkowski
Conductor, pedagogue, and organizer and animator of cultural events. Graduated from the conducting class of Prof. Bogusław Madey at the Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw (presently the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music) with distinction for conducting the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra in diploma concert (1989), followed by assistantship in the Department of Conducting at his Alma Mater and doctorate (Ph.D. in Conducting, 1998). In 2015 he was granted the title of Doctor Hab. of Musical Arts (post-doctoral degree) by the National Committee for Grades and Titles of the Republic of Poland. Further, he studied conducting with Hans Graf in Vienna under a Meisterkurse für Musik scholarship. In 1995 his studies with Myung-Whun Chung and Ilija Musin at Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena fruited with a Diploma di Merito. He took part in the International Conducting Competition in Besançon (France 1992), and the Boston Symphony Orchestra competition for the assistant conductor post (1995) where he qualified for the finals and conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In August 1995 he was awarded the Diploma di Merito at the International Conducting Competition Antonio Pedrotti in Trento (Italy). Regularly conducts many most recognized orchestras in his country, among others National Philharmonic Orchestra in Warsaw, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Warsaw. Abroad he appeared with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Symphoniker, Kammersolisten der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Košice Janacek Philharmonic, United Chamber Orchestra, Sofia Symphony Orchestra, Trento Sinfonietta, Dnepropetrovsk State Philharmonic, Krasnoyarsk Chamber Orchestra, Kazakh State Philharmonic of Almaty, Orquesta do Theatro São Pedro (São Paulo), and most of the South Korean orchestras such like KBS Symphony, Korean Symphony, Suwon Philharmonic, Bucheon Philharmonic to name a few. He performed in the USA, France, Italy, Sweden, Germany, Russia, Brazil, China, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Mexico, India, Ukraine, and Taiwan.
He has participated in numerous festivals, a. o. at the International Festival of Contemporary Music "Warsaw Autumn" (conductor's debut in 1986), ISCM World Music Days in Warsaw (1992), The Laboratory of Contemporary Music, Kyungbuk Contemporary Music Festival in Daegu, Korean Orchestras Festival in Seoul, Kwangju International Contemporary Music Festival, International Chamber Music Festival and PAN International Contemporary Music Festival in Seoul, Tongyoung International Festival "Isang Yun", Busan Maru International Music Festival, Oldenburg Promenade Festival and Markgräfler Musikherbst in Germany. He has to his credit many premiere performances of works by Polish and Korean composers, including the Polish premiere of the oratorio "The Return of a Prodigal Son" by F. Nowowiejski. As an opera conductor, he has conducted numerous performances of Mozart's operas ("Don Giovanni", "Magic Flute", "Cosi fan tutte", "Marriage of Figaro"), P. Mascagni ("Cavalleria Rusticana"), G. Donizetti ("Lucia di Lammermoor"), as well as Asian premieres of Z. Rudzinski – "Mannequins", Sukhi Kang – "Ein fest fűr Boris" and S. Rachmaninov – "Aleko".
Recorded for Polish Radio, Katowice (National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra), and commercial outfits at home (e.g. Gorzow Philharmonic, Olsztyn Philharmonic, Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic in Bialystok, Beethoven Academy Orchestra in Krakow, Polish Radio Orchestra Warsaw) and abroad (Korean Chamber Orchestra, University of Suwon Symphony Orchestra, Daegu-Hyosung Catholic University Symphony Orchestra). He recorded for Polskie Nagrania, SPV GmbH, Scarbo, DUX, Polonia Records, Acte Préalable, Musica Sacra Edition, Global Sound Media, Centaur Records and NAXOS. Repeatedly nominated for the Phonographic Academy Award "Fryderyk", including twice – in 2006 and 2008 – awarded with a statuette in the categories "Album of the Year – Contemporary Music" and "Most Outstanding Recordings of Polish Music". The album recorded with the winner of the H. Wieniawski International Violin Competition – Soyoung Yoon, and published by DUX, was nominated for the prestigious International Classical Music Award 2013.
From 1991 to 1994 he was chief and artistic director, and then, from 1994 to 1997, the artistic director of the State Philharmonic “F. Nowowiejski” in Olsztyn, Poland. In 1994, he was invited as a guest professor of conducting to Keimuyng University in Daegu (South Korea) and was simultaneously guest conductor of the local Daegu Philharmonic Orchestra (appeared at the Festival of Korean Orchestras in Seoul). From that time until the present regularly conducts the major Korean orchestras, and opera companies including KBS Orchestra, Korean Symphony Orchestra, Bucheon Philharmonic, Seoul National Symphony Orchestra, New Seoul Philharmonic, Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, Daegu City Symphony Orchestra, Daegu Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeonju City Symphony Orchestra, Kyungbuk Symphony Orchestra, Busan Sinfonietta, Pohang Philharmonic, Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra, Pohang Symphony Orchestra, Chungbuk Philharmonic Orchestra, Cholla Buk Province State Opera Company (“Lucia di Lammermoor” by G. Donizetti) as well as Korean Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble OPUS, and the “Life and Dream” Singers chamber opera group.
From 1996 to 2001 professor of conducting at the Hyosung Catholic University in Teagu and director of university orchestras. From 2001 until 2011 he was a professor of conducting and orchestra music director at the University of Suwon in South Korea where he also served twice as a Chair of the Orchestral Department. With The University of Suwon Opera group, he conducted W. A. Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro", "Don Giovanni", "Cosi fan Tutte", "Magic Flute" and „Cavalleria Rusticana” by P. Mascagni.
Toured France with Olsztyn Philharmonic in 1993, South Korea with Chopin Symphony Orchestra (1997), Taiwan (2007) and China (2008, 2009) with the University of Suwon Symphony Orchestra, and Germany (with Podlasie Philharmonic in 2010; with United Chamber Orchestra in 2012, 2013).
In 2006 Piotr Borkowski was appointed the conductor of the Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra in South Korea. In the years 2008-2011, he established and was the chief conductor of the Gyeonggi Festival Orchestra in South Korea. In 2010, he became artistic director and conductor of the newly formed Gorzow Philharmonic – Centre for Art Education (Poland), where he collaborated with his orchestra until November 2012, enjoying many spectacular artistic successes. To Gorzow music lovers he introduced world-famous artists such as Maxim Vengerov, Ivan Monighetti, Soyoung Yoon, Ilya Rashkovskiy, Agata Szymczewska, Fabio Bidini, Katarina Andreasson, Krzesimir Dębski, Greg Banaszak, Małgorzata Walewska and others.
From April 2015 to December 2016, he was conductor-resident of the Symphony Orchestra of India in Mumbai, where he met with music stars such as Zubin Mehta, Pinkas Zukerman, Amanda Forsyth, Jessica Pratt, Marat Bisengaliev, Denis Matsuev, Sumi Hwang and others. From 2012 to the present, he is a music director of the United Chamber Orchestra and is the first guest conductor of the Kammersolisten der Deutschen Oper Berlin, with which he performed in the legendary hall of the Berlin Philharmonic, and toured Poland and South Korea.
Since November 2014, he has been working closely with Ensemble OPUS in South Korea, and from January 2017 to 2020, he has been a guest conductor at the Wroclaw Opera (Poland), where he conducted performances of the opera "Cosi fan tutte" by W.A. Mozart, the stage mystery "Phantoms" by St. Moniuszko and musical "Fiddler on the Roof" by J. Bock.
Since September 2018, Piotr Borkowski has been an associate professor at the Academy of Arts in Szczecin, where he runs the postgraduate program of orchestra conducting for foreigners and teaches conducting classes for undergradute and graduate students.
In 1996 he was awarded the Silver Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland. Since 2011 he has been a member of the International L. van Beethoven Association in Berlin, and since 2021 he is a member of vanB Korea Artistic Association in South Korea.
ENSEMBLES
Cracow Duo
(Cello&Piano)
The magazine “The Strad” wrote about the Cracow Duo: “Kalinowski and Szlezer, friends since childhood, have a wonderfully natural rapport and there is an arresting quality to their playing that gives life to the music”. They studied together in Cracow and Paris and began to perform together as Cracow Duo twenty years ago. Since that time their concerts and recordings received the highest critical acclaim in Poland and abroad with reviews in such media outlets as Polish National Radio, Slovenski Rozhlas, Radio Suddeutsche Rundfunk, and important magazines and websites such as ClassiqueInfo, Classical Music Review, Res Musica, American Record Guide, Ruch Muzyczny, Twoja Muza, The Strad, and Gramophone.
Musicians performed on the most prestigious stages, including Seoul Arts Center in Seoul, Alfred Newman Hall in Los Angeles, Carnegie Hall in New York, Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico, Salle Cortot in Paris, St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London and Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. They made few-weeks-long tours promoting Polish music in such countries and regions, as the Middle East (2006); Caucasus (2013); Georgia (2014); USA and South Korea (2015); Mexico (2015; 2016); Brazil and Argentina (2016; 2017); USA (2017); China (2018). In 2010, they represented their hometown at Krakow Days in Nanjing (China).
Cellist Jan Kalinowski and pianist Marek Szlezer share a special commitment and fascination with music written by rarely performed Polish composers. They tirelessly perform their compositions. Among their many programs, the Cracow Duo frequently presented compositions for cello and piano by Fryderyk Chopin, Aleksander Tansman, Karol Szymanowski, Zygmunt Stojowski, Szymon Laks, Ludomir Rożycki and Tadeusz Majerski, as well as works by contemporary Polish and foreign composers written especially for them. Since 2009, Cracow Duo regularly records and releases CDs. Their albums have received numerous awards and distinctions: Aleksander Tansman - works for cello and piano (DUX, 2009), Fryderyk Chopin – complete chamber works (DUX, 2010; with Bartłomiej Nizioł, awarded French Critics' award La Clef de ResMusica and a nomination for the Polish Music-lovers Award of Polish Radio Program 3rd), Krzysztof Penderecki - chamber music vol. I (DUX, 2014; awarded the Gramophone Editor's Choice award). The musicians also took part in the recording of the real-life song album by Joanna Freszel (DUX, 2015; awarded the Prix de la SACD). They recorded Dedykacje (DUX, 2014) presenting compositions written for Cracow Duo by Krakow composers. On the occasion of 15 years of joint artistic activity, the book Spod Estrady (2016) was published, Mateusz Borkowski’s interview with artists, as well as the album Memories (DUX, 2016). In 2018, Warner Classics released the Polish Music Experience album recorded with the Orchestra of the Royal City of Krakow Sinfonietta Cracovia under the baton of Jurek Dybał. In 2021, on the 20th anniversary of the Cracow Duo, musicians recorded an album entitled Classics & Discoveries (DUX, 2021), composed of the most famous pieces for cello and piano combined with lesser-known extraordinary musical discoveries. Recordings of musicians, in addition to favorable reviews have received numerous nominations for the Fryderyk Award (Polish Phonographic Industry Award).
In 2019 they were recognized with Global Music Awards Outstanding Achievement for the best duo performance in Classical Music. A similar understanding of music and common artistic vision coupled with virtuosity and a concert experience have produced interpretations that are emotional, sincere, and spontaneous.
Roshko Brothers
(Violin&Cello)
Jan Roszkowski, polish cellist and composer. He is a laureate of the 27th National Chamber Music Competition in Wroclaw (3rd prize), the Warsaw Chamber Competition for Young Musicians (1st prize), and the National Cello Competition in Elblag (laureate). Thanks to the Fulbright Scholarship, Jan has completed a Master's Degree in Music Performance at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, where he also studied Jazz Piano and Composition. He has presented solo and chamber performances at the Steinway Hall (New York), Jay Heritage Center (USA), Kosciuszko Foundation (New York) East Poland House (Brussels), Hotel des Invalides (Paris) and on the festivals including International Mozartiana (Gdansk, Poland), XIV International Chopin & Friends Festival (New York), Swietojanskie Swietowanie (Gdansk, Poland), EFG London Jazz Festival, Vilnius Jazz Festival, and many others. Jan collaborates with such artists as Janusz Olejniczak, Tomasz Strahl, Voytek Proniewicz, Zbigniew Namyslowski, Steven Lutvak, and Iwona Sobotka. In 2009, Jan Roszkowski appeared as a soloist with the Camerata Dell' Arte Orchestra playing Haydn C-Major Concerto in his hometown, Suwalki, Poland. Jan has recorded many music programs and CDs released for Polish Radio, Polish TV, Radio BIS, DUX, and Kayax. Last performances included concerts at Skopje - Macedonian Philharmonic, Lviv National Philharmonic, Schloss Nymphenbourg in Munich,
Adam Roszkowski made his solo debut with Białystok Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 18.
Graduated with honors from the Royal Conservatory of Brussels where he received two scholarships from the government of Belgium. As a soloist, he performed with Gorzów Philharmonic Orchestra and Suwałki Chamber Orchestra. In 2017 he recorded a CD for the NAXOS record label – two trios of Karol Lipiński with Voytek Proniewicz and his brother Jan Roszkowski. The record was nominated for International Classic Music Awards (ICMA 2019).
Adam collaborates with the Belgian National Orchestra, Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra for the Night of the Proms production, and Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London for the Sutra production. He was a solo violinist at the Gorzów Philharmonic Orchestra (2013). Classically trained but also participates in various projects including improvised, electronic, experimental, world, theater, and film music. In 2013 and 2014 with A Gambler’s Hand Project he performed over 50 concerts in 10 European countries, in major festivals, cinemas, theaters, jazz clubs, and beyond that including EFG London Jazz Festival, Delemont Jazz Days (Switzerland), 26th Vilnius Jazz Festival, Handelsbeurs Ghent Concert Hall, Leeds Film Festival. The last performances included concerts at Skopje Macedonian Philharmonic, Lviv National Philharmonic, and Schloss Nymphenbourg in Munich.
ExQuartet
ÉxQuartet is a string quartet consisting of exceptional musical personalities of the Szczecin Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. The artists are graduates of various musical environments: Warsaw, Szczecin, and Wrocław. The quartet consists of violinists: Monika Sawczuk and Łukasz Górewicz, violist Grzegorz Sadowski and cellist Tomasz Szczęsny.
The ensemble conducts active concert and publishing activities. The musicians give concerts as chamber musicians, soloists, and concertmasters, which gives them the opportunity to take a multi-faceted perspective on performance. The result is unique interpretations of literature for a string quartet, the creation of new forms of expression, and an undying emotional charge that the audience is given at each concert.
In 2020, ÉxQuartet recorded its three debut albums NEW MUSIC FOR STRING QUARTET with contemporary music. These albums received the title of laureate of the GLOBAL MUSIC AWARDS 2021. The artists gave concerts at numerous festivals, including the Kwidzyn International Music Festival, and the International Organ Festival in Szczecin. The quartet performed during the inauguration of the 6th True Musicians Tournament and inaugurated the opening of the Pilecki Institute in Berlin. It also implements projects thanks to the support of the Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship. Since 2020, musicians have been ambassadors of innovative ConCarbo tailpieces.
As the artists themselves say: "Meetings of cultures are of special importance to us. We always strive to find elements of history, culture, and social life that connect, not divide. Most importantly, we use a language that each of our guests will understand - music."
ORCHESTRAS
Oder Art
Orchestra
“... Openness to forms of artistic cooperation and multidimensionality of the concerts presented ...”
The Oder Art Orchestra is a chamber ensemble selected from the Szczecin Philharmonic Symphony, whose traditions date back to 1946, when the City Symphony Orchestra was founded in Szczecin city after World War II.
Already in the first years of the philharmonic's existence, a chamber ensemble was formed, which was active for several dozen years, mainly performing in the region of West Pomerania. A few years ago, on the initiative of young Szczecin artists, a new formation, referring to the former chamber ensemble, was formed, initially under the name Szczecin Camerata, and now the Oder Art Orchestra. This initiative, which is currently unique on a national scale, quickly gained sympathy from the public and the orchestra received favorable reviews from critics.
The ensemble consists of the best young instrumentalists of the Szczecin Philharmonic, as well as selected high class engaged artists from other orchestras, participating in larger scale projects.
Beside of regular work on the world chamber repertoire, the musicians are eager to take part in innovative and extraordinary projects. They work with renowned composers and artists. The orchestra's musicians – thanks to their passion and commitment – form part of artists. The orchestra's musicians – thanks to their passion and commitment – form part of the most prestigious, as well as unique and modern cultural offer for the audience on the highest artistic level.
The current shape of the Oder Art Orchestra was formed by the leaders of the ExQuartet, which supports the new brand of the Polish chamber orchestra with great momentum. ExQuartet String Quartet is after very successful CD recordings, which were noticed and highly appreciated by critics and listeners.
In addition to concerts in Poland, the orchestra has plans for foreign concert tours (i.e. to Germany, and South Korea), to record a CD with world famous flutist – Rita D’Arcangelo – for the international label – Da Vinci Classics, as well as to cooperate with international bands and musicians of various styles (jazz, pop, folk, street performance).
The versatility of the ensemble’s musicians allows the orchestra to build interesting, unconventional and diverse repertoire, from Baroque to Modern including premiere performances.
United Chamber
Orchestra
The United Chamber Orchestra was established in 2010. The idea of its creating came from Elena Nogaeva - pianist, the director of Oldenburg Promenade Music Festival in Germany, and Piotr Borkowski – former director of Gorzow Philharmonic Orchestra in Poland. The new orchestra was built from its very beginning. The numbers of international auditions done in 2010 and 2011 resulted with gathering talented, young and yet experienced musicians from several countries – Poland, Russia, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea and South Africa. Many of them became also members of several other orchestras including the Gorzow Philharmonic and the Berlin Opera.
During two years of intensive working, ensemble enjoyed many successful concerts, tours and important recording projects. In June 2012 orchestra toured Germany for Oldenburg Promenade Music Festival, and Poland including two performances of Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte" at the Warsaw National Opera - Grand Theatre. In 2012 members of United Chamber Orchestra participated in famous project, organized by Wieniawski Music Society and Gorzow Philharmonic - CD recorded with Soyoung Yoon - 1st prize winner of International Wieniawski Violin Competition. This CD got nomination to famous ICMA (International Classical Music Award), and nomination to Polish phonography award FRYDERYK. Recently in October 2013 the orchestra had a very successful concert tour in South-West Germany for Markgrafler Musikherbst Festival, where its concerts got enthusiastic applause.
Orchestra has broad repertoire experience from Baroque to modern. Orchestra basically has 30 members, but also collaborates with extra musicians (the highest level form Poland and Berlin) to set up small symphony orchestra (ca. 40-45 musicians).
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