cycle: Music at the Czartoryskis Music at the Czartoryskis - Czarakcziew / Kowal Duo
Paweł Czarakcziew – cello
Piotr Kowal – piano
Piotr Kowal – piano
Programme:
Joanna Bruzdowicz: Cinematic Inspirations
– Largo for cello and piano (from the film Jacquot de Nantes)
– Romantic Ballad (from the film Le jupon rouge)
– Un air si pur (arr. Diego Santamaria)
– Les Âmes grises (transcr. arr. Diego Santamaria)
– The White King (transcr. arr. Diego Santamaria)
Czarakcziew/Kowal Duo, affiliated with the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków, is dedicated to discovering outstanding but lesser-known 20th- and 21st-century music. Both artists are laureates of international cello and piano competitions and maintain active solo and chamber music careers in Poland and abroad.
They began collaborating in 2020, performing Beethoven’s complete cello sonatas at the Days of Music festival celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer’s death. Since then, their repertoire has expanded with a focus on contemporary chamber music.
Their debut album Bruzdowicz: Works for Piano and Cello (DUX, 2023) received a Silver Diploma at the 3rd International “Music Eagles” Competition. They presented Joanna Bruzdowicz’s works in Poland and during a U.S. tour, where they also performed The Song of Hope and Love and pieces by jazz-influenced American composer Frederick Katz – the subject of Czarakcziew’s Fulbright research in Los Angeles. Their second album, Aurora. Jerzy Gablenz: Works for Cello and Piano (DUX 2046), was released in December 2023 and awarded the Bronze Diploma at “Music Eagles 2023”.
Joanna Bruzdowicz: Cinematic Inspirations
– Largo for cello and piano (from the film Jacquot de Nantes)
– Romantic Ballad (from the film Le jupon rouge)
– Un air si pur (arr. Diego Santamaria)
– Les Âmes grises (transcr. arr. Diego Santamaria)
– The White King (transcr. arr. Diego Santamaria)
Czarakcziew/Kowal Duo, affiliated with the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków, is dedicated to discovering outstanding but lesser-known 20th- and 21st-century music. Both artists are laureates of international cello and piano competitions and maintain active solo and chamber music careers in Poland and abroad.
They began collaborating in 2020, performing Beethoven’s complete cello sonatas at the Days of Music festival celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer’s death. Since then, their repertoire has expanded with a focus on contemporary chamber music.
Their debut album Bruzdowicz: Works for Piano and Cello (DUX, 2023) received a Silver Diploma at the 3rd International “Music Eagles” Competition. They presented Joanna Bruzdowicz’s works in Poland and during a U.S. tour, where they also performed The Song of Hope and Love and pieces by jazz-influenced American composer Frederick Katz – the subject of Czarakcziew’s Fulbright research in Los Angeles. Their second album, Aurora. Jerzy Gablenz: Works for Cello and Piano (DUX 2046), was released in December 2023 and awarded the Bronze Diploma at “Music Eagles 2023”.
