We would like to invite you to the fourth chamber concert – Olivia Camerata at the O4 conference centre (Olivia Four building, ground floor from the Patio side), which will take place on Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 5.00 p.m. The programme will include works by Maurice Ravel, Henryk Wieniawski and Sergei Prokofiev, m.in.

Performers:

Katarzyna Bąkowska – violin – graduated with honours from the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz in the class of prof. Henryk Keszkowski, postgraduate studies with prof. Henryk Kowalski and Franco Gulli at the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington. She was a scholarship holder of m.in. Kosciuszko Foundation and the Ministry of Culture and Culture. She received a distinction at the T. Wroński, first place and Grand Prix at the First International Competition of Music Educators in Warsaw. She also completed a three-year chamber music internship with prof. Maja Nosowska. She has performed at numerous festivals in the USA and Poland. Currently, he is a lecturer at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz and the Secondary Music School. Bednarska in Warsaw. He gives concerts in Poland and the USA, and is the initiator of string courses in Kąśna Dolna, Drozdów and Radziejowice.

Ewa Czeluśniak – violin – a graduate of the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz in the violin class of Katarzyna Bąkowska, PhD. She has participated in numerous courses in master music interpretation, m.in. the Zenon Brzewski International Music Course in Łańcut (2011, 2012), the Violin Master Course in Drozdów (2012), the II, III and IV Master Courses in Violin and Chamber Music – Palace in Radziejowice (2013, 2014, 2015), where she perfected her skills under the supervision of outstanding teachers, m.in. Piotr Tarcholik, Marcin Baranowski, Edward Zienkowski, Roland Baldini and Katarzyna Bąkowska. In the years 2012-2015, as part of the European Artistic Meetings in Bydgoszcz-Ostromecko, she had the pleasure of collaborating with outstanding artists such as: Alexandre Brussilovsky, Richard Schmoucler, Ivry Gitlis, Alexis Galperine and Liviu Stanese. As a soloist and chamber musician, she has taken part in numerous chamber music concerts held, m.in at the Warsaw Music Society – Szustra Palace, the Old Town Cultural Centre in Warsaw, the House of Creative Work in Radziejowice, the Palace in Lubostroń – a series of concerts “The Stage of the Young”, the Lutosławski Manor House in Drozdów and the Palace in Ostromecko.

Anna Sawicka – cello – graduate of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk in the class of prof. Roman Suchecki. She also studied baroque cello at the School of Early Music in Geneva. Concertmaster of the Baltic Opera Orchestra, long-time academic lecturer (doctorate), teacher at the Secondary Music School. in Gdansk-Wrzeszcz. He is very active in concerts, research and journalism. His repertoire includes all the works of Fr. Chopin with cello and Polish music of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He gives concerts in Duo and Trio Sopot, performs at numerous concerts in Poland and abroad (Italy, France, Switzerland, USA). He is the organizer of the summer “Musical Evenings at St. Andrew Bobola’s” in Sopot.

As part of the promotion of young talents, the guitar duo Paweł Kasprzewski & Krzysztof Szabowski from the Secondary Music School will perform. in Gdansk-Wrzeszcz.

The Kasprzewski & Szabowski duo was founded in 2014. They were brought together by a common passion for the guitar. The band is made up of musicians who come from the classical environment, but for some time now they have been looking for new experiences by playing entertainment songs. In their explorations, they combine elements of classical music, jazz, blues and even rock. At the moment, their repertoire includes both works by foreign composers and covers of bands such as Eagles or Nirvana. This year, the duo received their first distinction – the Grand Prix in the Guitar Hits competition. Paweł Kasprzewski and Krzysztof Szabowski are students of the Secondary Music School. in Gdansk-Wrzeszcz in the guitar class of prof. Emilia Majewska.

Admission to the event is free. On-site registration is required.

Artistic director of the concert series: Anna Mikolon, Anna Sawicka

We cordially invite you!