Biographies & programs
27.5.24
14:30
Alexandra Blanik
Poland
Grzegorz Biegas
Poland
Program
Franz Schubert
Der Musensohn D 764 (J.W.v.Goethe) - 1R
Vedi quanto t´adoro D 510 (Pietro Metastasio)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Arietta assai seriosa "L´amante impaziente" (Pietro Metastasio)
Franz Liszt
Tre Sonetti di Petrarca, S 270
1. Pace non trovo - 1R
Oh, quand je dors S 282 (Victor Hugo)
Henri Duparc
Mélodies
1. L´invitation au voyage (Charles Baudelaire)
9. Chanson triste (Jean Lahor) - 1R
Hugo Wolf
Spanisches Liederbuch
4. Die ihr schwebet um diese Palmen (Lope de Vega/Geibel)
Ivor Gurney
Five Elizabethan Songs
4. Sleep (John Fletscher)
Roger Quilter
Three Shakespeare Songs, Op.6
3. Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
Erich W. Korngold
Four Shakespeare Songs, Op. 31
4. When birds do sing - 1R
Richard Strauss
Drei Lieder der Ophelia" Op.67 (Shakespeare/Simmrock)
2. Guten Morgen, ist Sankt Valentinstag
Media
Alexandra Blanik
Soprano
Year of birth:
1997
Born on August 21, 1997 in Mikołów. Her adventure with classical singing began at the age of 14. She received her first singing lessons from the opera singer and outstanding teacher Dr. have. John Ballarin. Since 2019 she has been a graduate of the “Mieczysław Karłowicz” State Music School in Katowice. She has currently completed the first year of her master's degree at the singing and acting department of the "Karol Szymanowski" Music Academy in Katowice. During her bachelor's degree, she was mentored by Prof. Ph.D. Agata Kobierska teaches. She began her master's studies in the class of the Dean of the Singing and Drama Faculty, Prof. Ph.D. Ewa Biegas. The study period brought with it numerous successes in national and international singing competitions. The most recent achievements are:
1st place – International Singing Competition “Iuventus Canti” Imrich Godin International Singing Competition, Vrable – 2023
1st place – International Sacred Singing Competition “Ars et Gloria”, Katowice – 2023.
3rd place – 8th National Vocal-Instrumental Duo Competition, Wroclaw – 2022. ,
1st place – 7th National Singing Competition Krystyna Jamroz, Kielce – 2022,.
3rd place – 1st International Singing Competition Monika Swarowska-Walawska, Krzeszowice – 2021
Grand Prix – International Competition for Young Musicians “Nouvelles Étoiles”, Paris – 2020.
Grand Prix – International Singing Competition, “International Vienna Spring Music Competition”, Vienna – 2020.
The soprano's repertoire includes the role of Donna Anna from the opera "Don Giovanni" and the Countess from the opera "The Marriage of Figaro" - W.A. Mozart. In her final year of study she sang the soprano role in “Carmina Burana” by Carl Orff. She also sang the soprano part in W.A. Mozart's Coronation Mass in C major. She has worked with many conductors, including Tadeusz Kozłowski, Alexander Humala, Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk, Jurek Dybał and Rafał Kłoczko.
The soprano improved her vocal skills in numerous master classes with world-famous opera singers, including: Izabela Kłosińska, Andrzej Dobber, Mariusz Kwiecień, Piotr Bewała. She received a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in 2021/2022 for outstanding artistic achievements. So far, in each academic year she has managed to receive a scholarship from the rector for the best students in the singing and acting department of the "Karol Szymanowski" Academy of Music in Katowice and an artistic scholarship from the city of Mikołów.
Grzegorz Biegas
Pianist
He studied at the Karol Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice and completed the piano class of Prof. Eugeniusz Knapik (1990-1995). In 2002 he completed postgraduate studies in the piano class of Prof. Józef Stompel. He is a professor in the chamber music department of his alma mater. The focus of his artistic activity is primarily on chamber music, with particular attention to vocal literature. As a trainer and teacher, he took part in numerous singing and chamber music courses, including in Bückeburg, Vienna, Duszniki-Zdrój, Katowice, Radzyń Podlaski, Nowy Sącz, Wroclaw, Gdansk, Sosnowiec, Beijing and Louisville, and worked with teachers, conductors and Directors such as Irena Argustiene, Walter Berry, Henryka Januszewska-Stańczyk, Helena Łazarska, Bogusław Makal, Eugeniusz Sąsiadek, Leopold Spitzer, Daniel Weeks, Ingrid Kremling, Michał Znaniecki, Michael Ramach, Michał Klauza, Rudolf Piernay, Izabella Kłosińska, Wł odzimierz Zalewski together. As an accompanist, he played for soloists in numerous singing competitions in Poland and abroad, including Bilbao, Karlovy Vary, Vienna, Oslo, Pärnu, Sion, Trnava, Vráblach, Düsseldorf, Bydgoszcz, Duszniki-Zdrój, Katowice, Łódź, Nowy Sącz, Kraków, Dublin , Włoszakowice, Warsaw, Gliwice and Wroclaw and won numerous awards for best accompaniment, including the Jerzy Lefeld Special Prize. As a chamber musician, he has performed at numerous concerts in Poland and abroad, as well as at music festivals (Europe, USA, Argentina, China) and has collaborated with many leading singers. He has made numerous recordings for Polish public radio and television (TVP) as well as CDs to his credit, with a particular focus on Polish music (Quartet in D minor op. 8 by Zygmunt Noskowski, Humorous Songs by Henryk Czyż, Arias by Józef Poniatowski, songs by Witold Lutosławski, children's preludes by Edward Bogusławski, songs by Mieczysław Weinberg). From 2005 to 2012 he was deputy rector of the Faculty of Vocal and Instrumental Music and is currently deputy rector of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice.