63. Tadeusz Baird Young Composers Contest Jury Member
February 14, 2022.
Invitation to the Jury of 63. Tadeusz Baird Young Composers Contest held by the Polish Composers Union. The theme was a piece for voice and string quartet, to a text by William Shakespeare or Polish poet.
5 pieces were qualified to the second stage, a public premiere concert in late spring this year. Subsequently the Jury will make final decisions and the laureates' names will be revealed.
Personally I'm glad, that all my choices were in accordance with other Jury Memebers and have proceeded to the second run of the contest.
30 October 2021 Warsawind premiered online
Warsawind commissioned by Warsaw Autumn Festival for children audience of 11th Small Warsaw Autumn will have it's online premiere on October 30 on facebook and youtube Warsaw Autumn channel.
From November 6 the whole concert of 6 premiered pieces for children by Polish contemporary composers will be accessible online.
25 September 2021, Tract-act premiered during the final concert of 64. Warsaw Autumn
25.09.2021, Tract-act, topody for contrabass flute, contrabass clarinet, bass saxophone and orchestra in spatial placement was premiered in shortened version during the final concert of 64th Warsaw Autumn International Contemporary Music Festival. This is the second and the main of the two pieces commissioned for this edition of the Festival.
The piece was performed by: Renata Guzik - contrabass flute, Michał Górczyński - contrabass clarinet, Bartłomiej Duś - bass saxophone, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Robertas Servenikas.
the sound projection of amplificated solo parts was performed by prof. Barbara Okoń-Makowska and Michał Bereza.
19 September 2021 Warsawind premiered during Little Warsaw Autumn
19.09.2021, Warsawind for two voices, two pianos, two percussions and audience voices ad libitum is the first of two pieces written this year for commissions from 64th. Warsaw Autumn International Contemporary Music Festival.
Warsawing was performed in Ujazdowski Castle Centre For Contemporary Arts by Joanna Freszel, Dorota Miśkiewicz and Kwadrofonik Ensemble. The concert was directed by Anna Szawiel, who introduced the family and children audience by a wind imitating foreplay into the character of the piece, as expressed by the title.
"Composing technique. Ideas and practice". Lecture for students of the Jagiellonian University Musicology Institute.
02.06.2021, I have been invited to give a lecture on my composing technique for Jagiellonian University Musicology Institute students.
Over empty chairs (after Egon Schiele). In memoriam Andrzej Chłopecki and Krzysztof Droba: public online emission
24.03.2021, during a concert accompanying Synergy of Sound session at the Krzysztof Penderecki Music Academy in Krakow took place the premiere online emission of the new piece Over empty chairs (after Egon Schiele). In memoriam Andrzej Chłopecki and Krzysztof Droba. The piece was performed by Wojciech Kaszuba (piccolo trumpet) and Bartosz Gaudyn (trumpet).
Over empty chairs (after Egon Schiele). In memoriam Andrzej Chłopecki and Krzysztof Droba: pre-premiere recording
9.03.2021, Wojciech Kaszuba and Bartosz Gaudyn made a pre-premiere audio and video recording of a new duo piece Over empty chairs (after Egon Schiele). In memoriam Andrzej Chłopecki and Krzysztof Droba for piccolo trumpet and B trumpet at Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow concert hall.
