CONCERTS SINCE 1985
2015
9th May
Gustav Mahler’s - Symphony No. 2 c-minor “Resurrection Symphony”
St. Cross Church in the parish of St. Helena in Nowy Sącz
José Cura – conductor
Urška Arlič Gololičič – soprano
Małgorzata Walewska – mezzo-soprano
Polish Radio Choir
Górecki Chamber Choir
Beethoven’s Academy Orchestra
14th May
Gioacchino Rossini - La petite messe solennelle (Little Solemn Mass)
Basilica of St. Margaret in Nowy Sacz
Maciej Tworek – conductor Iwona Socha – soprano
Agnieszka Monasterska – alto Andrzej Lampert – tenor
Jacek Ozimkowski – bass Anna Boczar – piano
Arkadiusz Bialic – harmonium Bartłomiej Kominek – piano
Chorus of the Academy of Music in Kraków, prepared by Andrzej Korzeniowski
16th May
Concert of the Laureates
Lucjan Lipiński hall MCK SOKÓŁ
Krakow Opera Orchestra
Tomasz Tokarczyk – conductor
Stefan Münch – word
2013
Henryk Mikołaj Gorecki – SYMPHONY NO. 3, OP. 36, SYMPHONY OF SORROWFULL SONGS FOR SOPRANO SOLO AND ORCHESTRA
Michal Klauza – conductor
Ewa Biegas – soprano
Beethoven Academy Orchestra
Benjamin Britten – WAR REQUIEM op. 66
Colin Metters, Rafal Jacek Delekta – conductors
Olga Rusin – soprano, Craig Jackson – tenor, Morgan Pearse – baritone
Krakow Academy of Music Choir, choirmaster: Lidia Matynian
Boys' Choir of the Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic in Krakow choirmaster: Lidia Matynian
Mixed Choir of the Wawel Cathedral, choirmaster: Andrzej Korzeniowski
Krakow Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra
K-12 Orchestra (UK)
John Murrell – MIMO WSZYSTKO (MEMOIR) – THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE
Contemporary Theatre in Warsaw
Translation: Mira Michalowska, Irena Szymanska
Direction: Waldemar Smigasiewicz
Scenography: Maciej Preyer
Music: Krzesimir Dębski
Cast: Sarah Bernhard - Maja Komorowska, Pitou - Wieslaw Komasa
2011
Antonin Dvorak – SAINT LUDMILA OP. 71 B 144 (ORATORIO) – POLSKIE PRAWYKONANIE
Petr Altrichter (Czech Republic) – conductor
Katerina Kalvachova-Smidova (Czech Republic) – soprano – Ludmila
Jana Wallingerova (Czech Republic) – alto – Svatava
Jaroslav Brezina (Czech Republic) – I tenor – Borivoj
Josef Zednik (Czech Republic) – II tenor – Peasant
Jozef Benci (Slovakia) – bass – Ivan the Hermit
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra and Prague Philharmonic Choir (Czech Republic)
SPECIAL VOCAL RECITAL
Klemens Sander (Austria) – baritone
Marcin Kozieł (Poland-Austria) – piano
Krzysztof Penderecki – SEVEN GATES OF JERUSALEM
Krzysztof Penderecki – conductor
Maciej Tworek – assistant conductor
Iwona Hossa – soprano
Izabela Matula – soprano
Agnieszka Rehlis – mezzosoprano
Adam Zdunikowski – tenor
Wojciech Gierlach – bass
Jerzy Trela – narrator
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic Choir in Krakow, Polish Radio Choir in Krakow
Teresa Majka-Pacanek, Artur Sedzielarz - choir directors
Duke Ellington - SACRED CONCERTS
Big-Band and the Krakow Academy of Music Choir
Wojciech Groborz – director
Katarzyna Sobek – soprano
Ilona Szczepanska – alto
Piotr Kwinta – baritone
Rafał Supinski – dancer
Lidia Matynian – choirmaster
2009
Viktor Ullmann – THE EMPEROR OF ATLANTIS OR THE DISOBEDIENCE OF DEATH (DER KAISER VON ATLANTIS ODER DIE TODVERWEIGERUNG) – PREMIERE
Play in 1 act
Conductor – Tomasz Tokarczyk
Krakow Opera Soloists and Orchestra
Gaetano Donizetti – LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Opera in 3 acts
Conductor - Balazs Kocsar
Vitez Mihaly Csokonai Theatre Soloists and Choir, Debrecen Philharmonic Orchestra (Hungary)
Antonin Dvorak – RUSALKA
Musical fairy tale in 3 acts
Conductor - Paolo Gatto (Italy)
Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the Ostrava National Moravian-Silesian Theatre (Czech Republic)
Giuseppe Verdi – A MASKED BALL (UN BALLO IN MASCHERA)
Opera in 3 acts
Conductor - Dusan Stefanek
Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the Kosice State Theatre (Slovakia)
Henry Purcell – KING ARTHUR, OR THE BRITISH WORTHY
Semi-opera in 5 acts
Performance on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the Composer's birth
Conductor - Wolfgang Katschner (Niemcy)
Soloists, Capella Angelica (Berlin, Germany), Lauteen Compagney (Berlin, Germany)
Giacomo Puccini – LA BOHÈME
4 lyrical scenes (acts)
Conductor – Marian Vach
Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the State Opera in Banska Bystrica (Slovakia)
Stanislaw Moniuszko – HALKA
Opera in 4 acts
Conductor – Tadeusz Serafin
Bytom Silesian Opera Soloists, Choir, Ballet and Orchestra
Open-air stage on the boulevards by the Dunajec
ACCOMPANYING CONCERT
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – SYMPHONY NO. 35 IN D MAJOR, „HAFFNER”, K. 385
Giacomo Puccini – MESSA DI GLORIA
Soloists, Choir, Symphonic Orchestra of the Krakow Academy of Music
conductor - Paweł Przytocki, choirmaster - Lidia Matynian
2007
INAUGURAL MASTER RECITAL
MALGORZATA WALEWSKA (mezzosoprano)
Anna Marchwinska (piano)
MUSORGSKI DIS-COVERED jazz concert
ELISABETH KULMAN - Austria (mezzosoprano)
PAGO LIBRE:
ARKADY SHILKLOPER - Russia (French horn, saxhorn, trembita)
TSCHO THEISSING - Austria (violin, vocal)
JOHN WOLF BRENNAN - Ireland/Switzerland (piano)
GEORG BREINSCHMID - Austria (contrabass)
SPECIAL CONCERT OF THE LEGE ARTIS CHOIR from Saint Petersburg
Artistic director and conductor - Boris Abalyan
2005
Giacomo Pucini TOSCA
Soloists, Choir, Ballet and Orchestra of the Krakow Opera
Conductor - Andrzej Straszynski
Direction - Laco Adamik
Luigi Bordese - PETITE MESSE SOLENNELLE
SOKOLIKI Choral School in Nowy Sacz of SOKOL Malopolska Culture Centre
Conductor - Mieczyslaw Sokolowski
SYMPHONIC CONCERT
Choir and Orchestra of the Krakow Academy of Music
Conductor - Wojciech Czepiel
OPERETTA-MUSICAL CONCERT
Grazyna Brodzinska (soprano)
Adam Zdunikowski (tenor)
Marek Gurbal (baritone) - Slovakia
Kosice State Theatre - Opera Orchestra
Conductor - Igor Dohovic
2003
BELCANTO IN OPERA
IZABELA KLOSINSKA (soprano)
ANNA LUBANSKA (mezzosoprano)
piano: Dagmara Dudzinska
EVENING OF SONGS
OLGA PASIECZNIK (soprano)
piano: Ewa Pobłocka
SONG CONTEST WINNERS
Matjaz Robavs (baritone) - Slovenia
Joanna Dobrakowska (mezzosoprano)
Robert Marat (piano)
Marcin Koziel (piano)
Domenico Cimarosa THE SECRET MARRIAGE
ŚPIEWAJĄCE DĘTE - NIE NADĘTE (SINGING WINDS - NOT INFLATED)
MNOZIL BRASS - Austria
Wolfgang
Robert Rother
Thomas Gansh
Gerard Fussl
Wilfried Brandstotter
Leonhard Paul
Sebastian Fuchsberger
AVE MARIA
SOKOLIKI Children Choir
Girl Choir of the Pedagogical Institute at the State Higher Vocational School
in Nowy Sacz
Conductor: Mieczyslaw Sokolowski
IN MEMORIAM OF HALINA MICKIEWICZÓWNA AND BOGNA SOKORSKA
ALEKSANDRA KUCHARSKA-SZEFLER (soprano)
TOMASZ KRZYSICA (tenor)
JUSTYNA STOLARSKA (soprano)
Jadwiga Zieniewicz - piano
Robart Morawski - piano
MARIA FOLTYN - special guest - host
Joseph Haydn CREATION
Students of Vocal and Dramatic Arts of Krakow Academy of Music
Orchestra and Choir of Krakow Academy of Music
2001
INAUGURAL CONCERT
URSZULA KRYGER (mezzosoprano)
CAMERATA Quartet
CONCERT OF Karol Szymanowski PHILHARMONIC CHOIR in Krakow
Conductor - Krzysztof Penderecki
Johann Strauss THE BAT
VOCAL COMPETITIONS' WINNERS
Iveta Jirikova (mezzosoprano) - Czech Republic
Maxim Paster (tenor) - Ukraine
Diana Gendelman (piano) - Ukraine
Viera Kunzowa (piano) - Slovakia
TENOR PARADE
Cesar Gutierrez - Colombia
Tomasz Krzysica
Tomasz Kuk
Hector Sandoval - Mexico
Paweł Sobierajski
piano: Jadwiga Anna Pawluk
FROM MOZART TO SINATRA
Zbigniew Ladysz (baritone)
Dorota Wasilewska - piano
Marek Walawender - guitar
THREE TIMES PIAF
performance of the Athenaeum Theatre in Warsaw
1999
INAUGURAL RECITAL
STEFANIA TOCZYSKA (mezzosoprano)
piano: Pawel Baryla
SPECIAL RECITAL
WIESLAW OCHMAN - tenor
piano: Helena Christienko
SONG CONTEST
Maria Dabkowska (mezzosoprano)
Dorota Artykiewicz-Skrla - piano
Zuzanna Foremska - (soprano)
Robert Marat - piano
Joanna Grzywa - (mezzosoprano)
Alicja Faryniarz - piano
Yong-Hee Han - (tenor) - South Korea
Robart Morawski - piano
Ewa Kornas - (soprano)
Grzegorz Biegas - piano
Matjaz Robavs - (baritone) - Slovenia
Robert Marat - piano
Vadim Volkov - (baritone) - Russia
Maria Rydzewska - piano
CONCERT OF ORCHESTRA, CHOIR AND SOLOISTS OF KRAKOW ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Conductor - Wojciech Czepiel
FROM MOZART TO BRITTEN
Zofia Kilanowicz (soprano)
SINFONIETTA CRACOVIA
Tomasz Bugaj - conductor
MASTER INTERPRETATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE
IN THE WORD AND IN MUSIC
Rula Lenska - recitations
Andrzej Hiolski (baritone)
Jerzy Trela - recitations
SINFONIETTA CRACOVIA
Tomasz Bugaj - conductor
IN SPANISH RYTHMS
Maria Pilar Burgos (soprano) - Spain
Margarita Guerra (castanets) - Spain
Xavier Parés - piano - Spain
1997
VOCAL COMPETITIONS' WINNERS
Sabina von Walter (soprano) - Austria
piano: Carolyn Hague (USA)
Adam Zdunikowski (tenor)
piano: Ella Susmanek
SPECIAL VOCAL RECITAL
WIESLAW OCHMAN - tenor
piano: Helena Christienko
FROM MORLEY TO McCARTNEY
AFFABRE CONCINUI Poznan Vocal Ensemble
Engelbert Humperdinck HANSEL AND GRETEL
Polish Impresario Theatre
CONCERT OF ORCHESTRA, CHOIR AND SOLOISTS OF KRAKOW ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Katarzyna Suska (mezzosoprano)
Conductor - Krzysztof Penderecki
LANDSCAPES
Recital of EWA DEMARCZYK
1995
INAUGURAL RECITAL
ANDRZEJ HIOLSKI (baritone)
piano: Helena Christienko
VOCAL COMPETITIONS' WINNERS
MARIUSZ KWIECIEN (baritone)
piano: Alina Hoffman
ANNA LUBANSKA (soprano)
piano - Barbara Ropelewska
SPECIAL VOCAL RECITAL
SORAYI CHAVEZ (mezzosoprano) - Spain
piano: Xavier Pares - Spain
CONCERT OF ORCHESTRA, CHOIR AND SOLOISTS OF KRAKOW ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Ewa Wolak (mezzosoprano)
Marcin Wolak (baritone)
Conductor - Stanisław Krawczynski
BALLAD IN MUSIC
Recital of WOJCIECH JAN SMIETANA
piano: Malgorzata Smietana
IN THE WORLD OF OPERY AND ZARZUELA
Soraya Chaves (mezzosoprano)
Fernando Aguilera (tenor)
piano: Xavier Pares
1993
INAUGURAL RECITAL
ELZBIETA SZMYTKA (soprano)
piano: Halina Kochan
CONCERT OF ORCHESTRA, CHOIR AND SOLOISTS OF KRAKOW ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Bogna Bargiel (soprano)
Dorota Dutkowska-Filonczyk (mezzosoprano)
Witold Wrona (tenor)
Jacek Ozimkowski (bass)
Conductor - Rafal Jacek Delekta
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS' WINNERS
Arias, songs, duets
Xiao Qun Chen (soprano) - China
piano: Elżbieta Sobkowicz-Venturi
Andrzej Szkurgan (baritone) - Ukraine
piano - Nadiezda Pawlak
NIESZPORY LUDŹMIERSKIE (LUDZMIERZ VESPERS) of Jan Kanty Pawluskiewicz
to the words of Leszek Aleksander Moczulski
Hanna Banaszak, Beata Rybotycka, Elzbieta Towarnicka, Grzegorz Turnau, Zbigniew Wodecki, Jacek Wojcicki
Kazimierz Moszynski (flute, alto flute)
Zbigniew Kamionka (flute, piccolo)
Mariusz Pedzialek (oboe)
Andrzej Godek (clarinet, bass clarinet)
Mirosław Ploski (French horn)
Mariusz Zietek (French horn)
Slawomir Berny (percussion)
Conductor - Rafal Jacek Delekta
Young Philharmonic Orchestra of Mieczyslaw Karlowicz Krakow School of Music in Nowa Huta
ORGANUM Academic Choir
Young Philharmonic Choir of Mieczyslaw Karlowicz Krakow School of Music in Nowa Huta
RECITAL OF ANDRZEJ DOBBER (baritone)
piano: Werner Dormann
STAGE CONCERT
HANNA BANASZAK i JACEK WOJCICKI
1991
INAUGURAL CONCERT
Christiane Hampe (soprano) - Germany
piano: Peter Koprek (Germany)
CONCERT OF ORCHESTRA, CHOIR AND SOLOISTS OF KRAKOW ACADEMY OF MUSIC
I. J. Paderewski - Variations for String Quartet
(Renata Michalek, Edyta Wrona, MichalFerenc, Barbara Lypik)
A. Vivaldi - Gloria
(Elzbieta Jankosz - soprano; Anita Pilarz - soprano; Ewa Wolak - mezzosoprano; Andrzej Bialko - organ)
conductor - Bronislawa Wietrzny
SPECIAL SONGS RECITAL
KATSUNORI KONO (baritone) - Japan
piano - Eric Schneider (Germany)
MUSIC AT THE JAGIELLON COURT
ARS NOVA Early Instruments Ensemble
ENSEMBLE MW 2 CONCERT
RECITAL OF BOGNA SOKORSKA (soprano)
piano: Jerzy Sokorski
1990
RECITAL OF AGNIESZKA FATYGA
VOCAL COMPETITIONS' WINNERS
Barbara Krzekotowska (soprano
Agnieszka Kurowska-Janecka (soprano)
Malgorzata Lewandowska (soprano)
Ewa Marciniec (alto)
Bogdan Makal (baritone)
Leszek Skrla (baritone)
Tadeusz Slowiak (tenor)
Violetta Lukaszewska (piano)
Renata Mieszkiello (piano)
Krystyna Pyszkowska (piano)
Maria Rydzewska (piano)
Małgorzata Smietana (piano)
Piotr Kusiewicz (piano)
ACADEMIES OF MUSIC PRESENT
concert of students of vocal and acting faculties at academies of music
Grazyna Bieniek (mezzosoprano)
Agnieszka Gertner (soprano)
Danuta Mossakowska (soprano)
Anita Piekarz (soprano)
Jacek Laszczkowski (tenor)
Wieslaw Raczkowski (tenor)
Jaroslaw Wasik (baritone)
Halina Hoffman (piano)
Ewa Jeruzal (piano)
Bogna Kostrzewa-Dubel (piano)
Violetta Lukaszewska (piano)
Beata Oktawiec (piano)
Krystyna Pyszkowska (piano)
Maria Rydzewska (piano)
GALA CONCERT
RECITAL OF POLA LIPINSKA (mezzosoprano)
piano: Teresa Brzozowska
Wolfgang Amadeusz Mozart - DON GIOVANNI
Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the Krakow Academy of Music
1988
INAUGURAL MASTER RECITAL
Andrzej Hiolski - baritone
piano: Helena Christienko
LYRIC POETRY AND DUETS OF STANISLAW MONIUSZKO
Ewa Kowalczyk-Pawlik (soprano)
Mariola Kowalczyk (mezzosoprano)
Robert Ciesla (tenor)
Ryszard Ciesla (baritone)
piano: Maria Rydzewska, Ewa Skorska
SPECIAL VOCAL RECITAL
SIMON KEENLYSIDE (baritone) - England
piano: David Covan (England)
BETWEEN THE WORD AND AN ORNAMENT
G. F. Haendel - SOSARME (opera seria)
and TRIO SONATAS
Henryka Januszewska (soprano)
Piotr Kusiewicz (tenor)
Marcin Szczycinski (counter-tenor)
FIORI MUSICALI Baroque Music Ensemble
JOSEPH HAYDN - THE APOTHECARY (opera buffa)
Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the Krakow Academy of Music
ANNIVERSARY CONCERT on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the artistic work of Bogna Sokorska
Bogna Sokorska (soprano)
Maria Foltyn (soprano)
Barbara Nieman (soprano)
Andrzej Hiolski (baritone)
piano: Jerzy Sokorski, Helena Christienko
1987
SPECIAL INAUGURAL RECITAL
Kurt Equiluz - tenor (Austria)
piano: Margit Fussi (Austria)
VOCAL COMPETITIONS' WINNERS
Jolanta Gzella (mezzosoprano)
Zofia Kilanowicz (soprano)
Agnieszka Kurowska-Janecka (soprano)
Wanda Laddy (soprano)
Piotr Nowacki (bass)
Wojciech Okraska (bass)
Roma Owsinska (soprano)
Grzegorz Rozycki (bass/baritone)
Elzbieta Kusiak (piano)
Ewa Szpakowska (piano)
Katarzyna Nowakowska (piano)
Krystyna Hussar-Moczulska (piano)
SINGING INSTRUMENTS - INSTRUMENTAL SINGING
Barbara Gorzynska (violin)
Maciej Gorzynski (piano)
Zofia Kotlicka (soprano)
Jerzy Kotyczka (oboe)
Robert Nakoneczny (counter-tenor)
Elżbieta Stefanska (harpsichord)
Wojciech Jan Smietana (bass)
Wlodzimierz Wiesztordt (piano)
GIUSEPPE MARIA ORLANDINI - THE GAMBLER - opera buffa
Warsaw Chamber Opera under the direction of Stefan Sutkowski
SINGING CONNECTS GENERATIONS
Bogna Sokorska (soprano)
Urszula Trawinska-Moroz (soprano)
Mikolaj Moroz (tenor)
piano: Maria Rydzewska, Jerzy Sokorski
CONCERT OF ORCHESTRA, CHOIR AND SOLOISTS OF KRAKOW ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Zofia Kilanowicz (soprano)
Marzena Piekarz (soprano)
Janina Prusek (sopran)
Tadeusz Slowiak (tenor)
Witold Wrona (tenor)
Daniel Kaleta (bass)
conductor: Krzysztof Missona
1986
INAUGURAL SYMPHONIC CONCERT
Orchestra and Choir of the Krakow Academy of Music
under the direction of Bronisława Wietrzny and Kazimierz Kryza
HARPSICHORD RECITAL
ELZBIETA STEFANSKA-LUKOWICZ
VOCAL RECITAL
KRYSTYNA SZOSTEK-RADKOWA
piano: Maciej Paderewski
VIRTUOSITY IN THE OLD AND NEW VOCAL MUSIC
Henryka Januszewska (soprano)
Piotr Kusiewicz (tenor)
Jerzy Knetig (tenor)
Elzbieta Stefanska-Lukowicz (harpsichord)
Julia Ornicka (harp)
Grzegorz Olkiewicz (flute)
SUPERIOR YOUNG SINGERS
Ewa Kowalczyk (soprano)
Aleksandra Kucharska (soprano)
Andrzej Dobber (bass/baritone)
piano: Maria Rydzewska, Andrzej Nanowski, Andrzej Pikul
POLISH BEL CANTO STARS
Bogna Sokorska (soprano)
Barbara Nieman (soprano)
Maria Foltyn (soprano)
Urszula Trawinska-Moroz (soprano)
piano: Teresa Brzozowska
1985
RECITAL OF BOGNA SOKORSKA (soprano)
piano: Jerzy Sokorski
YOUNG TALENTS RECITAL
Czeslaw Galka (bass)
piano: Ewa Jeruzal
Grazyna Winogrodzka (mezzosoprano)
piano: Maria Rydzewska
CONCERT OF ORCHESTRA, CHOIR AND SOLOISTS OF KRAKOW ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Robert Kabara (violin)
Marek Mleczko (oboe)
Wojciech Jan Smietana (bass)
Pawel Przytocki - conductor