Morphing Chamber Orchestra (Vienna, Austria)

Concert

15. 11. 2011 – Tuesday
8 pm
MB Zwycięska Church, ul. Łąkowa 40

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Morphing Chamber Orchestra — programme

Tomasz Wabnic — viola

Krzesimir Dębski

Janusz Bielecki

Jolanta Kowalska — soprano

Sándor Jávorkai — violin

Ádám Jávorkai — cello

Sebastian Aleksandrowicz — oboe

Jan Krzeszowiec — flute

Jarosław Podsiadlik — clarinet

Joanna Liberadzka — harp

Ireneusz Boczek — piano

Anna Wiktoria Swoboda — theorbo

Artistic Director — Tomasz Wabnic

Morphing — constant evolution, metamorphoses and modifications leading to new musical interpretations while at the same time keeping a high quality of performance.

Morphing Chamber Orchestra was founded in 2006 by violinist and violist Tomasz Wabnic who is the artistic director of the orchestra. The orchestra brings together musicians from 15 nations of the world (Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Ukraine) and performs music in chamber as well as symphonic formations.

The key aspiration of Morphing Chamber Orchestra is their approach to perfection in performance combined with flexibility and creativity of interpretation and repertoire.

Outstanding young musicians, laureates of numerous international contests, have created a new quality in chamber music. Their life paths have crossed in Vienna’s music world where they came to master their skills. Each performance of Morphing Chamber Orchestra reflects their joy of creating music, performed at the highest, world-class level.

Since 2006 Morphing Chamber Orchestra challenges itself with diverse projects of a wide range of repertoire from classical music to film music, jazz and contemporary music. The orchestra engages the most famous artists such as Bobby McFerrin or Andreas Scholl, conductors like Niels Muus or Michał Dworzyński and composers like Krzesimir Dębski or Marcin Łukaszewski.

Morphing Chamber Orchestra owns the rights to the world premieres of compositions from the collections in the archives of the 700-yearold Monastery of Jasna Góra, Poland. The archives contain over 3,000 scores of 400 Polish and foreign composers including compositions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Ditter von Dittersdorf and Josef Haydn.

Morphing Chamber Orchestra has made recordings with various television stations (ORF, TVP Kultura, HRT–Croatia) and radio stations (OE1 and Polish Radio 2) as well several CD recordings. In 2010, the Austrian Label GRAMOLA released a new CD of Morphing Chamber Orchestra entitled “Vienna, City of My Dreams” featuring the soprano Akiko Nakajima and conductor Niels Muus.

Programme 15th November 2011 – Łódź

Krzesimir Dębski — composer
Janusz Bielecki — composer

Soloists:

Jolanta Kowalska — soprano
Sándor Jávorkai — violin
Ádám Jávorkai — cello
Sebastian Aleksandrowicz — oboe
Jan Krzeszowiec — flute
Jarosław Podsiadlik — clarinet
Joanna Liberadzka — harp
Ireneusz Boczek — piano
Anna Wiktoria Swoboda — theorbo

1. Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in D op. 6 nr 4
— Adagio
— Allegro
— Adagio
— Vivace
— Allegro

2. Marcin Józef Żebrowski "Suscepit Israel" — aria for soprano from "Magnificat"

3. Janusz Bielecki: "Sen" (2011)

4. G.F. Händel
Oboe Concerto No.3 in G, HWV287
— Grave
— Allegro
— Sarabande: Largo
— Allegro

5. M. Ravel
Introduction Allegro

6. W. A. Mozart
Laudate Dominum —  aria from "Vesperae solenne de confessore" KV 339

7. Krzesimir Dębski
Morphing Suite nr 1 — "Ciaccona per Morphing" (2011) premiere

8. Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Violin and Cello in B, RV547
— Allegro
— Andante
— Allegro molto

Artistic Director of Morphing Chamber Orchestra (Vienna)
Capella Czestochoviensis

Originator, founder and manager of "Morphing Chamber Orchestra" (Vienna). Graduated the Artistic School in Częstochowa, Music Academy in Bydgoszcz and Poznań, as well as the Vienna Conservatory in the class of viola led by prof. Herwig Zelle — graduated obtaining diploma with an unanimous distinction.

He was a scholar of Tsuzuki Foundation, also Ziehrer Foundation. Moreover, Tomasz Wabnic graduated from The Private Vienna University in a master class of chamber music Altenberg Trio. He worked under the direction of such excellent musicians as: Alexander Arenkow — Glinka Quartett, Norbert Brainin — Amadeus Quartett, Altenberg Trio, Daniel Barenboim, Yakov Kreizberg, Ennio Morricone, Bobby McFerrin.

"Fidelio Quartet" which was funded also by him, qualified — as one of ten other quartets (among 600 ones from all over the world) for the final of the concert: International Chamber Music Competition in Melbourne (Australia, 2003).

During the Mozart Year he performed twice as the soloist in the Golden Hall Musikverein in Vienna. Furthermore, he gave copious concerts in many European countries as well as in Japan, Australia and South America.

He is an author of numerous records as a soloist and a chamber singer. He also performs a function as a chairman of the foundation Morphing Vienna Chamber Orchestra.

Krzesimir Dębski is a prominent Polish composer who is also a virtuoso violinist, pianist, and a celebrated orchestral conductor. Equally at home in the world of jazz and classical music, Dębski is chiefly known in Poland for his numerous and highly popular film scores. In addition, he is also a famous as a songwriter and arranger, and composer of music for theatre.

Krzesimir Dębski studied composition and conducting at the Poznań Academy of Music and since 1980 toured all of Europe and North America as violinist with the celebrated "String Connection" ensemble. Winner of the First Prize in the International Jazz Competition in Belgium, Dębski was also honored by the Jazz Forum Magazine with the Best Violinist and Best Arranger Prizes. Listed in 1985 as one of the 10 best jazz violinists by Down Beat Magazine, Dębski had since then scored over 70 feature films, and numerous TV series. Among his more recent feature film credits are "Ogniem i Mieczem" [With Fire and Sword], "W pustyni i w puszczy" [In Desert and Wilderness], and "Stara baśń" [An Old Tale], "1920 The Battle of Warsaw".

He also scored hundreds of episodes of popular Polish TV series, including "Klan", "Złotopolscy", "Ranczo" and "Na dobre i na złe". His most recent film-scoring project in the United States included writing new soundtracks for the early short and medium length films of Charlie Chaplin.

In recent years Krzesimir Dębski received a number of commissions for large-scale orchestral works from outstanding soloists and major symphony orchestras in Poland and abroad. His ever-growing catalogue of orchestral compositions currently includes two symphonies, an opera, ballet music, and eleven concertos for various solo instruments and orchestra. In great demand as conductor and performer, his recent tours included performances in Mexico, India, Brazil, Chile and the United States.

composer, art and music patron, excellently combining his music passions with his role as an entrepreneur

His debut was an album released in 2007 with the collection of piano pieces "Perplexity", where he took the role of a composer, arranger and a performer.

In May 2008 he started co-operation with a pianist, Ireneusz Boczek. The result of that were two records released in the same year with interpretation of a piece called "Desires". In the first one of them — "Chamber Desires" — there were 10 compositions of Janusz Bielecki arranged by Ireneusz Boczek for piano and a string quintet. The following album, "Symphonic Desires" — started off co-operation that lasts until today — with Beethoven Academy Orchestra and Michał Nesterowicz — artistic director of Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile.

In the autumn of 2009 there was another tour called "Mirrors". That was a grand project where the space of classical and jazz music was combined with arrangements of Andrzej Jagodziński. Some of the famous names of Polish jazz scene took part in this project, such as Andrzej Jagodziński, Henryk Miśkiewicz, Robert Majewski, Czesław Bartkowski and Adam Cegielski.

In June 2010 on stage of Karol Szymanowski Philharmonics in Cracow, there was a premiere of Janusz Bielecki’s concert " Clocks", which was a metaphor of reflection over passing time presented by Beethoven Academy Orchestra conducted by Michal Nesterowicz and soloists: Ireneusz Boczek on piano, Robert Kwiatkowski on violin.

Another piece of Janusz Bielecki’s music are "Secrets" that reflect the key points and stages of a man’s development; its premiere took place in February in 2011 at Cracow Philharmonics.

In 2009 Janusz Bielecki established Bielecki Art Foundation, which aim is to promote culture and art, and support young, up-and-coming artists.

Having graduated with distinction from A. Monasterska's voice studio at the Academy of Music in Kraków, Jolanta Kowalska completed the postgraduate course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London under the tutelage of Ameral Gunson. She received grants from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in 2004/05, 2005/06 and 2007/08; the City of Kraków (Artistic Grant, 2009); and the Young Poland program (2009). She has participated in numerous master classes led by, among others, T. Żylis-Gara, P. Esswood, B. Schlick and H. Łazarska. The artist has won 1st Prizes at international competitions: the Thelma King Award (2009) and the Bach Singers Prize in London (2008). She has received special prizes at the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig (2008) and the Ada Sari Competition in Nowy Sącz (2009), as well as the Jurica Murai Prize for best interpretation at the 39th Varaždin Baroque Evenings in Croatia (2009); and also commendations at the: International Juventus Canti Competition in Slovakia (2007) and Mozart Singing Competition in London (2008). Kowalska has collaborated with the Kraków Chamber Opera, and since 2003 has been a member of the Capella Cracoviensis ensemble. She also collaborates with the The Musicke Companye ensemble as well as Paul Esswood, with whom she has performed twice at the Chichester Festivities. In 2009, she appeared in such events as projects organized by Sarah Walker and Ian Burnside, and the 14th Annual Bach Festival at St. Anne's Lutheran Church in London. The artist has given a solo recital of Spanish music at the National Gallery, as well as at the Bachfest organized by the London Bach Society at the National Portrait Gallery in London. She has concertized with Michael Nyman, as well as participating as a soloist in a tour of Israel with the Kantorei Sankt Barbara choir and the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra. In 2011, Jolanta Kowalska won 3rd Prize at the Ada Sara International Vocal Artistry Competition in Nowy Sącz.

Recently she has sung at the Festival Opera Rara in Handel’s Alcina with Orchestra Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble conducted by Marc Minkowski.

Born in Györ, Hungary in 1976, violinist Sándor Jávorkai received his first violin instructions at the age of three from his father and already performed in public at the age of five. He first studied at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest under Prof. Ferenc Halasz and subsequently transferred to the class of Prof. Michael Frischenschlager at the University of Music and the Performing Arts in Vienna, where he graduated with distinction in 2004. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in musicology in Vienna. He has participated in master classes with internationally renowned artists, including Isaac Stern, Tibor Varga and Vladimir Spivakov, as well as György Pauk, Lorand Fenyves, Stefan Ruha, Ferenc Rados and Vera Vaidman.

As concert master, Sándor Jávorkai has played under the baton of Mariss Jansons and Marcello Viotti at the International Orchestra Institute Attergau, under the patronage of the Vienna Philharmonic. In addition, in 2008 he performed as concert master and soloist with the Europe Philharmonic.

As a soloist, he has concertized with renowned orchestras such as the Berlin Symphony, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Sinfonietta Baden, the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria, the Savaria Symphony Orchestra, the Budapest Philharmonic, the Győr Philharmonic, the North Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, the Szeged Symphony Orchestra and the Debrecen Symphony Orchestra.

Concert travels have led Jávorkai throughout Hungary, Italy, Spain, Germany, Holland, Austria, Greece, England, Turkey, Japan, Malta, Tunisia, Norway, Egypt, Russia, Romania and Israel. Regular recordings for the Hungarian radio station Radio Bartók, the Austrian Radio station Ö1, the Viennese classical station Radio Stephansdom and Polish Radio demonstrate the young violinist’s variegated artistic activities. Sándor Jávorkai has performed at important concert halls such as the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Berlin Konzerthaus, the Luxembourg Philharmonic, the Sava-Centar in Belgrade, in the "Forbidden City" in Beijing, the Warsaw Philharmonic and Opera City in Tokyo. He has performed at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Spring Festival in Budapest and at the Spring in Russia Festival in Moscow. Sándor Jávorkai performed to great success at a gala concert in the Vienna Konzerthaus with Roby Lakatos, Rolando Villazón, Julius Drake, Michel Camilo and other well-known musicians.

Together with his brother, cellist Adam Jávorkai, he recorded the Brahms Double Concerto and Camille Saint-Saens’ Introduction and Rondo capriccioso with the Győr Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Adam Medveczky. Together with his girlfriend Katalin Falvai and his brother, he forms a piano trio that concertizes throughout Europe, and he often performs in a duo with his brother.

Sándor Jávorkai was awarded a scholarship by the Herbert von Karajan Center in Vienna. The exceptional talent’s deep musicality and effortless virtuosic violin playing has been distinguished exclusively with first prizes in numerous international competitions:
1990 — 1994: consecutive first prizes at the Emil Vajda String Instrument Competition in Hungary;
1992: 1st prize at the János Koncz Violin Competition in Hungary;
1993: 1st prize and special prize at the International Carl Flesch Violin Competition in Hungary;
1999: special prize at the International Pablo de Sarasate Violin Competition in Pamplona, Spain;
2000: 1st prize and special prize at the International Chamber Music Competition in Thessaloniki, Greece;
2003: together with his brother Ádám Jávorkai, 1st place at Kodály Competition in Semmering, Austria;
2009: together with Ádám Jávorkai, named Artist of the Year by Jeunesse and Bank Austria.

Ádám Jávorkai was born in Györ, Hungary, into a musical family. He attended the Hans Richter Conservatory in his hometown and the Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest, from which he graduated with distinction. He continued his studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in the classes of Prof. Angelika May and Prof. Reinhard Latzko. In 2004 he received his Master of Arts Diploma with unanimous distinction. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in musicology in Vienna.

Adam has won prizes in many competitions; in his youth he won the Hungarian Emil Vajda String Instrument Competition three times in succession starting in 1991, as well as 1st prize in the Hungarian National Cello Competition in 1990, 1993 and 1996. In 1998 he was awarded the Bohuslav Martinu Prize. In 2000 he was awarded as Cellist of the Year and Best interpreter of Slovenian compositions by the Association of Slovenian Composers. In 2002 he won the Bartok Prize, Austria. In 2003 he won the Kodaly Prize (Duo with Sandor Javorkai, violin), Austria.

In 2001, 2002 and 2003 Javorkai received a scholarship from the Annie-Fischer-Foundation, Budapest. In 2002 he received a scholarship from the Herbert-von-Karajan Centre, Vienna.

In 2008 he won, in a duo with Clara Biermasz, the 1st Prize in the chamber music category at the International Music Competition Premio Citta di Padova in Italy, as well as the 1st Premio Assoluto as the overall winner amongst all categories, likewise with pianist Clara Biermasz.

In 2008 he won the first Prize at the International Competition Soloist with Orchestra in Padova, Italy. In 2008 Adam gave master-classes at the Orpheus Academy in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In 2009 he was named Artist of the Year together with Sandor Javorkai by Jeunesse and Bank Austria. In May 2010 Adam was invited to give master-classes at the Cello Festival Dordrecht, the Netherlands.

Jávorkai participated in master classes with Miklós Perényi, Ina-Esther Joost, Ferenc Rados, Tobias Kühne and Anner Bijlsma. As a soloist, Adam has performed with the Budapest Philharmonic, the Györ Philharmonic, the North Hungarian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Genua Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Sinfonietta Baden, the Savaria Symphony Orchestra, the Szeged Symphony Orchestra, the Sofia Soloists, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Verona and other orchestras.

Jávorkai has made numerous recordings for Hungarian, Finnish, Polish, Japanese, Chinese, and Austrian radio and television stations (including the Austrian classical stations Ö1 and Radio Stephansdom, as well as Radio Bartók in Hungary) and also participated in a television production by ORF in Austria. A CD with works by Brahms (Double Concerto), Saint-Saëns and Tchaikovsky with the Györ Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Adam Medveczky, was released in 2002. He recently recorded the Dvorak Cello Concerto for the Austrian Label Gramola.

In 2003, Ádám Jávorkai followed an invitation by the Tokyo Foundation and as representative of the Vienna University of Music participated in the Asia/Pacific Sylff Regional Forum in Cairo. As a representative of the Austria he has performed at the 2005 International Jeunesse Festival in Brussels, as well as at the EU Music Festival in Warsaw on the occasion of the EU eastern expansion. He also appeared as soloist and chamber musician in several concerts of the international association "Wien Turin Virtuosi", an initiative by Prof. Michael Frischenschlager. Adam has most recently performed in the Vienna Konzerthaus in a galaconcert with Roby Lakatos, Julius Drake, Rolando Villazón, Michel Camilo and other well-known musicians. Some other places were he has performed are the Berlin Konzerthaus, Schleswig-Holstein Festival in Germany, the New Philharmony in Luxembourg, the Liszt Academy in Budapest, the Museum of fine Arts Budapest and so on.

He frequently performs with his brother, violinist Sandor Javorkai. In 2002 the duo appeared at the Jeunesse Festival of Vienna and was recognized as "one of the most outstanding duos that I actually know", Matthias Naske (former secretary general of Jeunesse Austria).

Since 2005 he forms a duo with the Dutch pianist Clara Biermasz. They recently performed in the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, the Frits Philips-hall in the Netherlands, in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest and in the Richard Strauss Residence in Vienna and so on. Press review about the duo: "two exceptional talents with brilliant technical and refined interpretative skills" in Padova Cultura, 2008.

Ádám was solocellist in several productions organised by the University of Music and performing Arts in Vienna (in 2003 in Hänsel und Gretel and in 2004 Das schlaue Füchslein). In 2002 he was solocellist in the International Orchestral Institute Attergau (Salzburg) underthe patronage of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: during this period he collaborated with conductors such as Mariss Jansons and Marcello Viotti. He was solocellist in the Unici-Ensemble, a chamber orchestra, founded in 2004 and he was solocellist in the Wien-Turin Virtuosi. Since 2008 Ádám is solocellist of the Europa Philharmonie in Germany. In 2009 worked several times as a solocellist in the Philharmony of the Nations, under the guidance of Justus Frantz. Concert travels have led the cellist throughout Hungary, Austria, Great Britain, Belgium, Poland, Turkey, Japan, Norway, Egypt, Germany, Spain, Italy, Israel, Russia, Siberia, China, Finland, Luxembourg, Greece and the Netherlands. Ádám plays on an Antonio Stradivari cello from 1701.

Education

1983 — 1995 Music School of F. Chopin in Bytom
1995 — 2003 Music Academy of F. Chopin in Warsaw in the class of oboe under the supervision of prof. Stanisław Malikowski and Tytus Wojnowicz. Music courses in Duszniki Zdrój, Aberdeen, Erl, Ingolstadt, Dartington AT oboe players such as Liviu Varcol, Joseph Sanders, Adam Halicki.

Orchestra experience

since 1996 soloist of the Grand Opera in Warsaw
between 2001 — 2003 first oboe player at the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw
since 2002 permanent co-operation with Sinfonietta Cracovia
Between 2005 — 2007 first oboe player at National Philharmonics in Warsaw
Since 1998 permanent co-operation with Sinfonia Varsovia
Since 1997 cooperation with Leopoldinum Orchestra, Wrocław as a soloist and chamber music player
Between 1999 — 2002 co-operation with Polish Chamber Philharmonics from Sopot
Since 1999 co-operation as a soloist and a chamber music player with Warsaw Concerto Avenna
Between 2006 — 2007 first oboe player at Philharmonie der Nationen Hamburg, Germany
Since 2007 first oboe player at Wrocław Philharmonics

Chamber music and solo career

Within Warsaw Music Meeting Festival, he gave concerts as a soloists and chamber music player; he also played at Zamojskie Dni Muzyki with Concerto Avenna, Music Festival in Łańcut, Murten Classic Festival in Switzerland, Zelt Music Festival in Freiburgu. As a soloist, he gave concerts with Sinfonia Varsovia in Poland and Japan — Kyoto,Tokyo. He gave concerts with Concerto Avenna, Leopoldinum, Wrocław Philharmonics, Leopoldinum Orchestra.

In 2003 he co-operated with Arvo Part and Hilliard Ensemble. Since 2004 has been a member of Ensemble de Narol specializing in playing baroque music, whose leaders - Tytus Wojnowicz and Władysław Kłosiewicz invited to co-operation the most renowned Polish musician. He permanently co-operates with Royal String Quartet, Lutosławski Quartet and Morphing Chamber Orchestra. Member of New Art Ensamble.

Jan Krzeszowiec graduated with distinction from Music Academy of Karol Lipiński in Wrocław, in the class of prof. Jerzy Mrozik. For his exceptional achievements during his studies, the Board of Rectors of Wrocław Music Academy has rewarded him with the title of Primus Inter Pares.

He is a laureate of many national and international flute contests, e.g. in Warsaw, Cracow, Bucarest, Citta di Aversa. He received scholarships from the Ministry Of Culture and Art and the Mayer of Silesian Voivodeship. He partook in maestro competitions, where he mastered his skills at such renowned teachers as Patrick Gallois, Andreas Adorjan, Jeanne Baxtresser, Julius Baker, Janos Balint, Miriam Nastasi, Peter-Lukas Graf.

He’s a very active artist. As a soloist and a chamber music player, he took part in many festivals, such as Warszawska Jesień, Musica Polonica Nova, Musica Electronica Nova, Festival of Paweł Szymański, Kwartet Śląski and its guests, Muzyka na Szczytach, Młodzi Artyści w Krakowie, Lublin Modern Art. Forum of Witold Lutosławski, Cantus Organi, Guitar Festival in Wrocław, Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro (USA).

Since 2001 he has been a soloist at Lutoslawski Orchestra in Wrocław. He also
co-operates with bands such as Trio Aristos, Kwartet Śląski, Leopoldinum Orchestra, Orkiestra Kameralna Wratislavia, Morphing Chamber Orchestra, Polska Filharmonia Kameralna, New Music Orchestra. Presently He is employed as a lecturer at his former university.

Since 2007 he Has been a vice-President of Polish Flute Players Association.

Clarinet player, chamber music player and educator

Born in Częstochowa, where he made his debut as a soloist with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Częstochowa. He graduated with distinction from Music Academy of Karol Lipiński in Wrocław and post-graduate studies at Music Conservatory in Vienna.

He took an active part in many contests, where he worked under supervision of e.g. prof. Guy Dangain, Guy Deplus, Stanley Drucker, Yehuda Gillad, James Gillespie, Florent Heau, Sylvie Hue, Sharon Kam, Bela Kovacs, Ludmila Peterkova, Brad Terry, James Thatcher, Alessandro Travallini.

In 2006 he was employed as a lecturer at Music Academy in Wrocław, where on 29 June 2010 he defended his PhD. He also conducted a class of clarinet during Music Interpretation Course in Duszniki Zdrój and summer Music Workshops in Szczecinek, and numerous clarinet workshops.

He is a laureate of many music contests, e.g. National Wooden Wind Instruments Competition in Olsztyn (1998), National Clarinet Competition in Włoszakowice (2000, 2003), Clarinet Festival in Piotrków Trybunalski (2001), International Johann Brahms Competition in Pörtschach, Austria (2002).

As a soloist and chamber music player, he took part in music festival in St Petersburg (2001), ”Clarimania” clarinet festival in Wrocław (2002), Guitar Festival in Świdnica (2003), festival in Jelenia Góra (2003), Idyllwild Arts Festival in Los Angeles, USA (2004), Zielona Góra (2008), Częstochowa (2008, 2009, 2010), Vienna (2010).

He co-operated with many orchestras, e.g. Teatr Muzyczny Capitol in Wroclaw, Częstochow Philharmonics, Opole Philharmonics, Sopot Chamber Philharmonics, Kalisz Philharmonics, Leopoldinum Chamber Orchestra, Wiener Kammeroper, where he played under such famous names as Daniel Barenoim, Yakov Kreizberg, Larry Livingstone, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Georg Mark, Bobby McFerrin, Kurt Masur, Krzysztof Penderecki, Marek Pijarowski, Wojciech Rajski, Jerzy Salwarowski, Jerzy Satanowski. Podsialik is the first clarinet player of Tadeusz Baird Philharmonic Orchestra in Zielona Góra and Morphing Chamber Orchestra in Vienna, with whom he gave concerts in Austria, Croatia and Poland.

He is also co-founder and a member of Reed Connection trio (www.reedconnection.eu) that was established as an initiative of Zielona Góra Philharmonics. He recorded many pieces for the radio and television, but also for film productions. As a soloist, together with Luisa Albrechtova (soprano) and Morphing Chamber Orchestra from Vienna, he took part in premiere playing of W. A. Mozart pieces that were found in Jasna Góra archives in Częstochowa. The concert took place on December 6, 2008 in Jasna Góra Basilica and was recorded by TVP Polska.

Jarosław Podsiadlik gives many concerts as a soloist and chamber music player in Europe, Japan and the USA. He is so enthusiastic about the music he plays that it is projected on audience and releases much of positive energy during his concerts.

Born on 25 May, 1987 in Warsaw.

At the age of 9 she started playing harp (1996) in the experimental class of prof. Urszula Mazurek. She graduated from music schools of the 1st and 2nd degree in 2002, as she completed two classes in one academic year. When she was 15, she started studies at the Music Academy in Germany in the class of prof. Helga Storck (2002-2007).

Since 2007 she has been a student at Mozarteum University in Salzburg (Austria) in the class of prof. Helga Storck (2009 diploma with distinction). MA defence — June 2011.

September 2009 — February 2010 — studies within Erasmus programme in Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London in the class of prof. Imogen Barford.

Laureate of harp competitions:
1999 — International Harp Competition of Lily Laskine in Deauville, France (special prize)
2001 — International Harp Competition of Franza Josefa Reinla in Munich (3. prize)
2004 — German Harp Competition „Jugend Musiziert“ (1. prize)
2004 — International Music Competition, Ancona, Italy (2. prize)
2005 — 1st Polish Duo Harp Competiton in Cieszyn (1. prize)
2006 — International Harp Competition of in Soka — Japan (special prize)

She was invited to partake in Worldwide Harp Congresses in Geneva, Dublin and Amsterdam.

She gave concerts around Poland and abroad, e.g. in Germany, Slovakia, England, Austria, France, Holland, Switzerland, Japan, Spain, Russia and Italy. She co-operated with many orchestras in Poland, Germany and Austria.

2009 and 2011 – first harp player in International Schleswig-Holstein Orchestra in Germany. Since April 2010 she has been co-operating with National Symphonic Orchestra of Polish Radio in Katowice. Since September 2011 a harp player in Gärtnerplatztheater Theatre in Munich.

2010 a CD with Silesia Quarter with Tansman’s compositions.

For her artistic achievements, she has been awarded scholarschips of Rotary Club München, Music Academy in Munich „Live Music Now“, „Villa Musica“, Hübel-Stypendium, Scholarship of the Minister of Culture in Warsaw (2001 – laureate of the first edition of Młoda Polska scholarship programme).

She completed many courses at such professors as Isabelle Moretti, Isabelle Perin, Bryn Lewis, Marisa Robles, Kumiko Inoue, Gabriella Dall'olio, Letizia Belmondo, Helen Tunstall, Charlotte Sale, Klausa Storck (chamber music) and concerning jazz music at Parck Stickney's, Jakez Francois's and Evelin Huber.

2008 — 2010 — a tutor of har pat Music School in Teisendorf, Bavaria.

pianist and arranger

In June 2006 completed with distinction Music Academy in Cracow, where he studied under supervision of prof. Stefan Wojtas. Between 2008 — 2009 he studied as a post-graduate student in the piano class of prof. Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń at Music Academy in Gdańsk.

He is a laureate of national and international piano competitions. He received a scholarship of "Daj Szansę" Foundation and Lions Club Berlin-Grűnewald. He was on stage as a soloist, e.g. in Germany, Italy, Hungary, Ukraine or Japan.

In 2008 he arranged an orchestra performance and a solo part in Suite for piano and orchestra A Jan Bielecki’s piece entitled "Lusts". In 2009 he had a tour around Poland with a newly released record and he performed with Michał Nesterowicz and Beethoven Academic Orchestra at some of the most important music centres of Poland. He is the author of arrangements of some other pieces by Jan Bielecki, such as "Clocks" (2010) or "Secrets" (2011).

Ireneusz Boczek was also an arranger in some really grand projects, e.g. "Michael Jackson symphonics" or "Grechuta symphonics". Songs of exceptional creators in his orchestra arrangements were performed by famous stars, such as Hanna Banaszak, Andrzej Lampert, Dorota Miśkiewicz, Agnieszka Koziarowska or Maciej Zakościelny.

Graduated with honours from Academy of Music Cracow (Poland). She currently studies at Hochschule für Musik Trossingen (Germany) with prof. Rolf Lislevand. Her special interests include solo repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries for baroque lute, as well as chamber music with theorbo and baroque guitar as a continuo instruments.

Anna Wiktoria has also obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Comparative Literature at the Jagiellonian University. She has taken part in many master classes and workshops with the leading lute players such as Hopkinson Smith, Jakob Lindberg, Joachim Held, Evangelina Mascardi and Anton Birula. She has been awarded the Baden-Württemberg-Stipendium (2008/2009) and the Vössing-Stiftung (2011).

As a performer she appeared in different countries of Europe on music festivals like: Julitta Slendzinski’s III International Festival of Early Music (Białystok, Poland), XIX. Festival Mitte Europa – Bayern-Böhmen-Sachsen (Bad Alexandersbad, Germany), Alte Musik Fest (Leipzig, Germany), Bachfest Leipzig (Germany), Festival "Colours of Poland" (Łowicz, Poland), VII Festival of Early Music in Lviv (Ukraine).

She has collaborated with orchestras conducted by Paul Esswood and Marek Toporowski, as well as with the opera houses in Stuttgart (Wilhelma Theater, the show Die Nacht der Diktatur) and Pforzheim (F. Cavalli La Calisto). She has also been invited to cooperate with Hochschule der Künste Bern and Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig.