18.07 – Friday – 8:30 pm

/ the tower of St. Catherine’s Church /

Student prelude – students for the City

Wojciech Kowal
/ accordion

Zuzanna Wężyk
/ guitar

Kinga Orzechowska
/ flute, voice

Alicja Pałka

Witold Maciak

Antoni Ziober
/ carillon

Program:

Alicja Pałka, Witold Maciak

Katarzyna Kwiecień-Długosz (*1978)
Kopciuszek. Siedem aforyzmów na duet carillonowy:
W domu / At home
Macocha / Stepmother
Czary matki chrzestnej / Godmother’s Magic
W karecie / In the Coach
Taniec z księciem / Dancing with the Prince
Zagubiony pantofelek / The Lost Slipper
Ślub / The Wedding

Antoni Ziober

Zuzanna Wężyk (*1995)
Balustrade

Antoni Ziober (carillon), Wojciech Kowal (accordion), Zuzanna Wężyk (guitar), Kinga Orzechowska (flute)

Zuzanna Wężyk (*1995)
Impresje: (premiera części II, III i IV)
I. Idylla
II. Litania
III. Ekspresje
IV. Potańcówka w Dans(z)ing

Kinga Orzechowska (voice), Wojciech Kowal (carillon)

Antonio Caldara (1670-1736)
Sebben Crudele

Antoni Ziober (carillon), Zuzanna Wężyk (guitar)

Zuzanna Wężyk (*1995)
El Tridente
I. Goodbye
II. Akoustikí
III. Akaneiro (Tribute to Krzysztof Benkowski)

Antoni Ziober (carillon), about 9:15 pm

Kamil Cieślik (*1991)
Opowieści Fontanny Heweliusza (2016) na carillon, elektronikę i Fontannę Heweliusza

guitarist, composer and vocalist from Gdańsk. She has won numerous awards in national and international guitar competitions. Zuzanna is also connected with Salzburg and London, where, among other things, she honed her guitar skills at University Mozarteum Salzburg and film composition at Kingston University London. In 2020, with the UK-based creative group Acid Grass Records, Susanna released 'EP 2020′ – a mini-album of original guitar and vocal music, and in 2022 the production 'I Was Melting That Way / ULGA’.
During the 2022 Gdansk Carillon Festival, one could hear Zuzanna’s first arrangements for solo carillon. At subsequent editions of the festival, Zuzanna’s compositional contributions continued in the form of pieces for unusual instrumental lineups – in 2023 for classical guitar and carillon, and in 2024 for carillon, guitar and accordion. The creative process on these compositions was supported by the Gdansk Cultural Scholarship – Creative Fund. Again, for this year’s festival, Zuzanna will present further musical propositions for carillon, guitar, accordion and… flute.

WOJCIECH KOWAL  

has been playing the accordion since the age of 6. Enthusiast of carillons, member of the Pulsanti accordion orchestra, graduate of the Master’s degree in accordion class and Bachelor’s degree in church music specialty at the S. Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdansk. He also studied on scholarships at Hochschule für Künste in Bremen (Germany), Conservatorio di Musica Arrigo Boito in Parma (Italy) and did his graduate training at Conservatorio Superior de Mùsica de Aragón in Zaragoza (Spain). He gives concerts in Poland and abroad, including Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, Spain and Lithuania.

KINGA ORZECHOWSKA  

flutist, vocalist and certified vocal trainer originally from Nowy Sącz. She is currently a student at the Academy of Music in Gdansk, majoring in music education with elements of art therapy. She also developed her skills in Italy during a scholarship at the Conservatorio di Musica in Bologna. A special place in her passions is occupied by musical improvisation and teaching the youngest children.

ANTONI ZIOBER   

born 2003 in Mościska, Lviv region – a graduate of the Mościska Art School in the piano and guitar class, and Bachelor’s and Master’s degree graduate of the Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdansk in the specialty of church music in the organ class of Prof. Dr. Andrzej Szadejko and in the carillon class of Dr. Monika Kazmierczak.
From 2022 to 2024 he participated in the European Night of Museums, performing organ presentations in the churches of the Holy Trinity and the St. John’s Center in Gdansk.
He participated in organ workshops conducted by Prof. Jörg-Andreas Bötticher (Switzerland), Prof. Ludger Lohmann (Germany) and Pieter Dirksen (Netherlands). In 2023-2024, he conducted summer carillon presentations on the tower of St. Catherine’s Church in Gdansk and performed at the Gdansk Carillon Festival (2022-2024). He participated in carillon playing workshops conducted by Dr. Monika Kazmierczak (Poland), Prof. Gert Oldenbeuving (Netherlands), Richard de Waardt (Netherlands) and Mathieu Daniël Polak (Netherlands).

WITOLD MACIAK  

harpsichordist, composer, student of State Music School in Warsaw and the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen (Belgium). He developed his carillon playing skills during lessons and courses in Poland and abroad (Eddy Mariën, Monika Kazmierczak, Rien Donkersloot, Boudewijn Zwart). Witold is interested in combining the worlds of old and new music, eagerly using electronic and historical instruments and exploring it in terms of microtonal phenomena.

born in 1994 in Katowice, Poland. Pianist and organist. Graduate of the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Instrumental Pedagogy on Piano specialty at the Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdansk in the class of Prof. Andrzej Artykiewicz and Dr. Maciej Ganski.
She also holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Church Music specialty at the same academy in the carillon class of Dr. Monika Kazmierczak, organ class of Prof. Boguslaw Grabowski and Dr. Ewa Rytel. Alicja teaches piano and accompaniment at the Sopot School of Music.