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The album features three sonatas for viola and piano by Andrzej Czajkowski, Pawe\u0142 Szyma\u0144ski, and Andrzej Kara\u0142ow. They were recorded by the virtuoso duo of Agnieszka Pod\u0142ucka (viola) and Andrzej Kara\u0142ow (piano), whose collaboration is founded not only on shared music-making but also on artistic reflection, which has resulted in a new, dedicated composition. The works presented here\u2014woven together by a remarkably engaging performance history\u2014display a wide range of characters. One can therefore hear classical form alongside freedom from notational rigor, a dialogue with the past and the search for new inspirations, as well as vivid, painterly soundscapes shaped by the instruments.<\/p>\n
\u201cClosure, and at the same time a beginning: this is Agnieszka Pod\u0142ucka\u2019s phonographic debut, heralding further stories and\u2014perhaps\u2014future journeys through the realm of contemporary sonatas. On her album, three important works, connected by threads of form, inspiration, and history, solidify into a sonic photograph. Phonography, in turn, gains a recording that\u2014regardless of the concert life of the three sonatas\u2014will, I have no doubt, inspire future music lovers, performers, and composers.\u201d (Mariusz Gradowski)<\/p>\n
The recordings were made in 2023 and 2024 in Warsaw, in the concert hall of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music.<\/p>\n
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Robert Schumann \u2013 M\u00e4rchenbilder op. 113<\/p>\n
Dmitri Shostakovich \u2013 Sonata for viola and piano op. 147<\/p>\n
Haflidi Hallgrimsson \u2013 Notes from a Diary (2005) for viola and piano<\/p>\n
Andrzej Czajkowski \u2013 Sonata (1954-55) for viola and piano<\/p>\n
Pawe\u0142 Szyma\u0144ski \u2013 Sonata (2015) for viola and piano<\/p>\n
Jan Astriab \u2013 Sonata\u00a0for viola and piano<\/p>\n
Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz \u2013 Sonata for viola and piano<\/p>\n
Andrzej Kara\u0142ow \u2013 Sonata (2021) for viola and piano<\/p>\n
Aleksander Ko\u015bci\u00f3w \u2013 Noumen III (2022) for viola and piano (dedicated to duo)<\/p>\n
Benjamin Britten \u2013 Lachrymae for viola and piano<\/p>\n
Valentin Silvestrov \u2013 Epitaph (version for viola and piano)<\/p>\n
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fot. Magda Pawluczuk \/ Festiwal Trzy-Czte-Ry<\/p>\n
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Agnieszka Pod\u0142ucka \u2013 violinist and violist. She is a graduate from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music\u00a0in Warsaw (diploma with distinction) where she studied in Jan Stanienda violin class and in professor Piotr Reichert viola class. Currently she is an assistant\u00a0in the viola and chamber music class at her maternal University. She has the position in National Radio Symphony\u00a0Orchestra in Katowice as Principal violist.\u00a0Since 2020 Agnieszka studies the baroque violin with dr Martyna Pastuszka at Academy of Music in Katowice.<\/p>\n
Agnieszka has been already awared at many national and international violin, viola\u00a0 and chamber music competitions:\u00a0Primuz International Strings Competition\u00a0<\/em>(2021, 1st prize), 67. ARD International Music Competition in Munich\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>(2018, second round),\u00a0Micha\u0142 Spisak XI International Music Competition\u00a0<\/em>(2017, 1st prize),\u00a0\u00a0I Intercollegiate Viola Competition\u00a0<\/em>(2017, 1st prize),\u00a0II Baltic Competition for String Duos\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>(2016, 1st prize),\u00a0II Chamber Music Competition\u00a0<\/em>in students category (2015, 1st prize),\u00a0 XX International Johannes Brahms Competition\u00a0<\/em>(2012, semifinal);\u00a0IV Tadeusz Wronski\u00a0 Young Solo Violin Competition\u00a0<\/em>(2012, distinction).<\/p>\n She has attended master classes and festivals (violin, viola, chamber music, orchestra)\u00a0 such as\u00a0International Summer Academy\u00a0<\/em>of the University of Music and Performing Arts\u00a0 Vienna;\u00a0Musethica\u00a0<\/em>International Chamber Music Festival in Spain, Sweden and Germany;\u00a0 International Chamber Music Festival\u00a0Ensemble\u00a0<\/em>in Wa\u0142brzych; International Chamber Music\u00a0 Festival\u00a0Quarto Mondi\u00a0<\/em>in Pozna\u0144;\u00a0Singer’s\u00a0<\/em>Warsaw Festival;\u00a0Summer Academy of Music\u00a0<\/em>with\u00a0 Scharoun Ensemble from Berliner Philharmoniker;\u00a0iPalpiti\u00a0<\/em>Festival in United States.<\/p>\n She has worked with Tabea Zimmerman, Jerzy Kosamala, Stefan Kamasa,\u00a0 Wolfgang Boettcher, Peter Riegelbauer, Micha Afkham, Wolfram Brandl, Christoph Horak,\u00a0 Jose Gallardo, Avri Levitan, Agata Szymczewska, Marcin Zdunik, Krzysztof Jakowicz,\u00a0 Jakub Jakowicz, Marcin Baranowski, Krzysztof Chorzelski, Danuta G\u0142owacka-Pitet.<\/p>\n Agnieszka Pod\u0142ucka has performed extensively as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician\u00a0 in her native Poland in such halls as the National Philharmonic Hall, Royal Castle in Warsaw,\u00a0 \u0141a\u0144cut Castle, National Forum of Music in Breslau, Polish National Radio Symphony\u00a0 Orchestra in Katowice, Ksi\u0105\u017c Castle in Wa\u0142brzych, as well as in different parts of Europe,\u00a0 Germany, Holland, Spain, Japan, South Korea, United States. She was a member of Sinfonia\u00a0 Varsovia Academy as a violist. She took part in orchestra tours with\u00a0European Union Youth\u00a0 Orchestra\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Baltic Sea Philharmonic.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n She was awarded the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage scholarship.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1677590049285{padding-right: 5% !important;padding-left: 5% !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”454″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n ANDRZEJ KARA\u0141OW\u00a0<\/strong>is a Polish pianist, composer and improviser based in Warsaw. He is a graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in the composition class of Prof. Stanis\u0142aw Moryto and the piano class of Prof. Bronis\u0142awa Kawalla. Doctor of musical arts. Since 2016 he is an assistant professor at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. He trained hi interpretive skills on piano masterclasses, among others, in Oxford, Montreal, Valencia, Bergen, Imola, Leipzig, Nice, Duszniki Zdr\u00f3j, under the tutelage of professors such as Beat Furrer, Toshio Hosokawa, Chaya Czernowin, Zygmunt Krauze, Stefano Gervasoni, Mikhail Vosskresensky, Boris Petrushansky, Arie Vardi, Gary Graffman and others.<\/p>\n He is a laureate of many Polish and international piano (i.a. in Paris, Athens, and Warsaw) and composition (Katowice, Warszawa, Pozna\u0144, Miskolc) competitions.<\/p>\n In 2020 he released his metaopera\/mystery\u00a0De invitatione mortis\u00a0<\/em>(Chopin University Press) which was nominated to the Fryderyk 2021 Award in Oratorio and Opera cathegory. Earlier he released two free-improvised albums: in 2020\u00a0Pedestal\u2019s Complement\u00a0<\/em>(Bocian Records, live concert) and,\u00a0in 2018,\u00a0Wir\u00a0<\/em>(Requiem Records<\/em>) in electroacoustic duo collaboration with Jerzy Prze\u017adziecki. In 2019, along with saxophonist Pablo S\u00e1nchez Escariche Gasch, he released a CD album\u00a0After All\u00a0<\/em>(Requiem Records) with music by Szymanowski, Hindemith, Albright, Rydzewska, and by himself. He also released his monographic album\u00a0Through\u00a0<\/em>with chamber works released\u00a0<\/em>by renowned label DUX.\u00a0Recordings of his works and performances were released on over a dozen albums by Ablaze Records, DUX Records, Requiem Records, Chronicles of Warsaw Autumn \u2013 Festival of Contemporary Music and others.<\/p>\n His works are performed in country and abroad during concerts and festivals in the USA, Australia, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, France, Russia, Italy, Estonia and Hungary. 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fot. Magda Pawluczuk (Festiwal Trzy-Czte-Ry \/ Polskie Radio) \/\u00a0fot. Maria Skarbek-Kie\u0142\u0142czewska (b&w photos)<\/h6>\n