cycle: Music at the Czartoryskis Music at the Czartoryskis - Dominika Falger, Gajusz Kęska
Dominika Falger – violin
Gajusz Kęska – piano
Gajusz Kęska – piano
Programme:
K. Szymanowski, H. Wieniawski, A. Nikodemowicz
K. Szymanowski - Mity op. 30
A. Nikodemowicz
5 Kołysanek op. 94
Nokturn op. 3
Kołysanka op. 86 (II wersja z 1993 roku)
H. Wieniawski
Kujawiak a-moll Op. 3 Nr 2
Obertas G-dur op.19 Nr 1
Pieśń polska g-moll op. 12 nr 2
Dudziarz D-dur op. 19 nr 2
Dominika Falger – violinist, born in Kraków. She began studying violin at the age of four under the guidance of her father. A graduate with distinction of the Academy of Music in Poznań (Prof. J. Kaliszewska, Prof. M. Baranowski), she continued her studies in Vienna and Graz with E. Zienkowski, Y. Kless, J. Pospichal, and in early music with I. Rainer and H. Kurosaki. She is a laureate of numerous violin competitions, including those in Pamplona, Gorizia, Pörtschach, Lublin, Łódź, Warsaw, and Zakopane. She has performed across Europe, as well as in the Americas, Asia, and the Middle and Far East. As a soloist and chamber musician, she has collaborated with many orchestras, including the Wiener Symphoniker, Taegu City Orchestra (South Korea), Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Verde (UK), Lviv Virtuosos, and D’Angelo Symphony Orchestra (USA). Her discography includes radio, television, and CD recordings, among them violin concertos by Tchaikovsky and Lipiński, as well as the complete works for violin and orchestra by W.A. Mozart (DUX). She is a professor at MUK – Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien and at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. She also teaches at the Margareten Music School in Vienna. A regular jury member at international violin competitions, she leads masterclasses in Italy, Austria, Poland, and Slovakia. Since 1999, she has served as second violin concertmaster of the Wiener Symphoniker.
Gajusz Kęska – pianist and professor at the Academy of Music in Kraków, where he leads a piano class. He graduated with distinction under Prof. A. Pikul (2002), and completed postgraduate studies with Prof. W. Brons at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. He also teaches at music schools in Kraków, holding the rank of certified teacher. His students and pupils have won over 120 awards at national and international competitions. Laureate of many piano competitions (France, Canada, Israel, Spain) and recipient of prestigious scholarships (including from the Ministry of Culture, Jütting Stiftung, and Schumann-Schimmel van Outeren Foundation). He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas – including at Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Tel Aviv, Vancouver, Lima, Quito, Tokyo, and Santiago de Chile. His discography includes over a dozen albums, among them a Fryderyk-nominated recording of Szymanowski’s piano sonatas, and recordings of works by Liszt, Nikodemowicz, Guastavino, Pankiewicz, and Chinese piano music. He conducts masterclasses in Poland and abroad (Peru, Bolivia, China), serves as a jury member at piano competitions across Europe and Asia, and is the founder and artistic director of the “Chopin under Wawel” competition and the Małopolska Akademia Talentów in Łącko.
K. Szymanowski, H. Wieniawski, A. Nikodemowicz
K. Szymanowski - Mity op. 30
A. Nikodemowicz
5 Kołysanek op. 94
Nokturn op. 3
Kołysanka op. 86 (II wersja z 1993 roku)
H. Wieniawski
Kujawiak a-moll Op. 3 Nr 2
Obertas G-dur op.19 Nr 1
Pieśń polska g-moll op. 12 nr 2
Dudziarz D-dur op. 19 nr 2
Dominika Falger – violinist, born in Kraków. She began studying violin at the age of four under the guidance of her father. A graduate with distinction of the Academy of Music in Poznań (Prof. J. Kaliszewska, Prof. M. Baranowski), she continued her studies in Vienna and Graz with E. Zienkowski, Y. Kless, J. Pospichal, and in early music with I. Rainer and H. Kurosaki. She is a laureate of numerous violin competitions, including those in Pamplona, Gorizia, Pörtschach, Lublin, Łódź, Warsaw, and Zakopane. She has performed across Europe, as well as in the Americas, Asia, and the Middle and Far East. As a soloist and chamber musician, she has collaborated with many orchestras, including the Wiener Symphoniker, Taegu City Orchestra (South Korea), Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Verde (UK), Lviv Virtuosos, and D’Angelo Symphony Orchestra (USA). Her discography includes radio, television, and CD recordings, among them violin concertos by Tchaikovsky and Lipiński, as well as the complete works for violin and orchestra by W.A. Mozart (DUX). She is a professor at MUK – Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien and at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. She also teaches at the Margareten Music School in Vienna. A regular jury member at international violin competitions, she leads masterclasses in Italy, Austria, Poland, and Slovakia. Since 1999, she has served as second violin concertmaster of the Wiener Symphoniker.
Gajusz Kęska – pianist and professor at the Academy of Music in Kraków, where he leads a piano class. He graduated with distinction under Prof. A. Pikul (2002), and completed postgraduate studies with Prof. W. Brons at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. He also teaches at music schools in Kraków, holding the rank of certified teacher. His students and pupils have won over 120 awards at national and international competitions. Laureate of many piano competitions (France, Canada, Israel, Spain) and recipient of prestigious scholarships (including from the Ministry of Culture, Jütting Stiftung, and Schumann-Schimmel van Outeren Foundation). He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas – including at Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Tel Aviv, Vancouver, Lima, Quito, Tokyo, and Santiago de Chile. His discography includes over a dozen albums, among them a Fryderyk-nominated recording of Szymanowski’s piano sonatas, and recordings of works by Liszt, Nikodemowicz, Guastavino, Pankiewicz, and Chinese piano music. He conducts masterclasses in Poland and abroad (Peru, Bolivia, China), serves as a jury member at piano competitions across Europe and Asia, and is the founder and artistic director of the “Chopin under Wawel” competition and the Małopolska Akademia Talentów in Łącko.
