Music at the MNK Czartoryski Museum – Piano trio

From 27 to 30 August 2026, the MNK Czartoryski Museum in Kraków will once again become a venue for chamber music of the very highest calibre. Four concert evenings will bring together outstanding artists and young musicians who are among the most intriguing figures of their generation.

The programme for this year’s edition takes the audience on a journey through nearly three centuries of musical history – from Mozart, Bach and Dvořák, through Chopin, Wieniawski and Szymanowski, to Ravel, Rebecca Clarke and Kelly-Marie Murphy. Polish music occupies a special place, presented both in its canonical works and in pieces that are less frequently performed, rediscovered by contemporary artists.

On this day, a piano trio will perform a programme dedicated to the works of Clara Schumann, Rebecca Clarke and Kelly-Marie Murphy.

Dominik Kossakowski – violin

Anna Banaś – cello

Martyna Kubik – piano

Programme:

Clara Schumann – Piano Trio Op. 17
Rebecca Clarke – Piano Trio
Kelly-Marie Murphy – Give Me Phoenix Wings to Fly

The K. Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice brought this piano trio together. The artists have had the opportunity to perform successfully both at home and abroad. Throughout their artistic careers, the instrumentalists have won numerous accolades at international competitions. Their achievements include many solo and chamber music prizes, amongst others, at competitions in Dolny Kubin, Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk, Rzeszów, Słupsk, Konin, Żychlin, Żagań, Płock, Warsaw, Kraków, Poznań, Dąbrowa Górnicza, in Italy and in Canada, which have resulted in scholarships and honours, including, amongst others: the ‘Młoda Polska’ Scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, the Prime Minister’s Scholarship, the Special Award of the Marshal of the Łódź Voivodeship, the Artistic Award of the Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship, the Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, and the “Wena” Award from the National Children’s Fund and the “Sapere Auso” Foundation of the Lesser Poland Region.

The musicians took part in the Morningside Music Bridge, a masterclass-style international music course in Boston, organised by the MMB Foundation in collaboration with the Calgary Philharmonic Society and the New England Conservatory.

During their artistic careers, they have had the opportunity to work with labels such as DUX, Brilliant Classics and Ars Sonora, as well as with Radio RAI and Radio Szczecin, recording at Studio S1 and PR Katowice. They have performed at major festivals such as ‘Music in Summer Air’ in Shanghai (China), ‘Bogotá es la Rusia Romántica’ (Colombia), the National Arts Centre in Ottawa (Canada), the Tanglewood Music Festival organised by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the ENSEMBLE Festival at Książ Castle, the Warsaw Autumn Festival, the MUSETHICA Festival in Berlin, the ‘Chopin and his Europe’ Festival in Warsaw, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, the Aurora Chamber Music Festival, the Szczecin Classic Festival, the Tracce Festival, and the Rome Chamber Music Festival, performing in the USA, Switzerland, Germany, with the NOSPR in Katowice, the Haydn Philharmonie, the New Music Orchestra, the National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kraków Philharmonic, the Silesian Philharmonic, the Gorzów Philharmonic, the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw and in Żelazowa Wola, the City of Gardens in Katowice, and the Fryderyk Chopin European Art Centre in Sanniki, whilst also giving concerts with the Silesian, Kalisz and Gorzów Philharmonic orchestras.

For several years now, the artists have been teaching at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, and their pedagogical talent is also recognised during the masterclasses they lead in Poland and abroad.