Elblag Chamber Orchestra
The Elblag Chamber Orchestra was established in October 2007. It brings
together young talented graduates of the Academy of Music in Gdansk, prize
winners of numerous solo and chamber music competitions, for whom music
has become a great passion, and work in Orchestra is a continuation of their
creative development and artistic pursuits. Since 2013 Marek Mos has been
the artistic director. He belongs to the most artistic personalities in European
chamber music. He is the founder of the Silesian Quartet, one of the greatest
string quartets in Europe. Since 1998 he has been the conductor and artistic
director of the Chamber Orchestra in Tychy - AUKSO - one of the most
interesting European chamber ensembles. The Orchestra’s broad repertoire
features works by universally acknowledged masters of Baroque, Classical,
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Romantic and 20th Century music ranging from Arcangelo Corelli to Witold
organization and
Lutosławski, Wojciech Kilar and Henryk Mikołaj Górecki. The Orchestra
short description
also performs compositions combining elements of avant-garde, jazz and pop
of its activities
music. The Orchestra has worked with many prominent and internationally
acclaimed conductors and soloists, including Jerzy Maksymiuk, Jose Maria
Florencio, Massimiliano Caldi, Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach, Anna DuczmalMroz, Marek Moś, Michał Nesterowicz, and also Soyoung Yoon, Agata
Szymczewska, Jan Stanienda, Łukasz Długosz, Beata Bilińska, Piotr Pławner,
Marcin Zdunik, Erzhan Kulibaev, Marcin Wyrostek, Iwona Sobotka,
Magdalena Bojanowicz and Agata Zubel. So far our musicians have
participated in many prestigious musical events such as the TOP TRENDY
Festival organised by the POLSAT television or the TOP of the TOP Festival
in Sopot. The Orchestra is also well known for its cooperation with prominent
Polish artists including Motion Trio, Leszek Możdżer, Atom String Quartet,
Henryk Miśkiewicz, Andrzej Jagodziński Trio, Raz Dwa Trzy, Grzegorz
Turnau, Edyta Gorniak, Justyna Steczkowska, Adam Sztaba, Kameleon
Septet, Zakopower and Shannon.
In 2013 the Orchestra participated in the international commemoration of the
70th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising performing at the
Gethsemane Church in Berlin. It also completed a tour of the northern coast
of Spain with successful concerts in San Sebastian, Azkoitia and Hondarribia.
The Orchestra has been actively involved in many musical events. These
included the ‘Adventus lucis’ show organised by the European Solidarity
Centre to commemorate the 39th anniversary of the December 1970 protests,
the International Festival of Sacred Music in Gdynia and a concert on the
occasion of John Paul II’s beatification during which it performed Johann
Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B Minor. The Orchestra also performed during the
‘Let’s Sing Poetry’ National Castle Meetings in Olsztyn, Jazzbląg Festival in
Elblag and the Summer Gardens of POLITYKA Weekly Magazine. Drawing
on the musical richness of ancient Elblag and following the traditions of local
musicians from the first half of the 20th century, in 2011 the Orchestra made
the first performance of a composition written by a 19th century composer
Johann Benjamin Groß.In 2011 the Elblag Chamber Orchestra issued its first
record entitled ‘Mercandante, Doppler, Karłowicz’ featuring eminent Polish
flautists – Łukasz Długosz and Agata Kielar-Długosz. The record includes
Saverio Mercandante’s Concerto in E Minor for Flute and Chamber
Orchestra, Franz Doppler’s Duettino Hongrois Op. 36 for Flute and String
Orchestra, Andante and Rondo for Two Flutes and String Orchestra, and
Mieczysław Karłowicz’s Serenade for String Orchestra Op. 2. During the
recording sessions the Orchestra was conducted by Marzena Diakun and
Marcin Sompoliński. Additionally, the Orchestra also participated in two
other recordings – Ryszard Rynkowski’s ‘Together’ and ‘Satanalia’ featuring
film music composed by Jerzy Satanowski.
Project title and
,, Polish music in the Zulawy Region” Festival
start / end date
Start date: 17.07.2015
End date: 22.07.2015
Creative Europe
Cooperation project
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Field
Music / Festival
Short description
The main idea behind the ,, Polish music in the Zulawy Region”
of the project
Festival is the presentation of the places associated with the Gothic Tourist
Trail of churches in the Zulawy region in a form of a dialogue with Polish
music, created mainly in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The
program of the festival concerts will include works created by prominent
Polish composers.
Also eminent artists have accepted the invitation to
participate in this event. ,, Polish music in the Zulawy Region” Festival
is a special kind of tour of the Elblag Chamber Orchestra which will present
the public with treasures of Polish music inspired by native folklore in
historic interiors of churches. The program of the festival concerts will
include outstanding works of Polish composers like: Mieczyslaw Karłowicz,
Witold
Lutoslawski,
Wojciech
Kilar,
Andrzej
Panufnik,
Romuald
Twardowski, Krzysztof Penderecki, H. M. Gorecki and a representative of the
newest music of Peter Moss. Each edition of the Festival will also host
a guest in the form of music composed by outstanding composers. The music
will present works from the outside of the Polish repertoire. The effect of the
festival is popularization of the less-known places of Zulawy region and the
promotion of Polish contemporary music. The Festival poses a cyclic
proposal of contact with Polish music addressed both to the inhabitants of the
entire Zulawy region and tourists. The festival will bring Zulawy residents
closer to the interesting and rich history of the region in conjunction with a
presentation of the great masters of composition. The project shall be carried
out as a continuation of occasional concerts of the Elblag chamber Orchestra
has held since 2011 in small towns located in the immediate vicinity of
Elblag. The project attracted a lot of interest of local communities, cultural
centers and authorities. Zulawy have a number of features that set it against
the background of the country: building regional ( arcaded houses , Dutch
homesteads , windmills , churches and ruins of Gothic), equipment and
hydraulic structures (Vistula embankments, sluices, canals, drawbridges),
mennonite culture and heritage (cemeteries). Community of the region
frequently suffers from limited access to the cultural offer, due to difficult
economic situation, living conditions and the remoteness from large centers of
culture. The ECO will approach
the inhabitants of the region, through
concerts organized in their places of residence. taking into account the
specificities of media for different age groups. Concerts will be open to the
public. The target group are children, young people, local environments, and
the people of the entire Zulawy region, individual tourists and organized
groups of tourists.
Partners
Wanted partners are: Orchestras, Soloists, Conductors, entities participating in
cultural events. We are looking for partners who will assist us with the
organization of the Festival and will also be eager to actively participate in the
festival performances.
Website, e-mail,
www.eok.elblag.eu
contact person
contact person: Katarzyna Czoska / Aleksandra Orlikowska
projekty@eok.elblag.eu