Biographies & programs
27.5.24
11:00
Kacper Kostrzewski
Poland
Grzegorz Biegas
Poland
Program
Franz Schubert
Orpheus D 474 (G. Jakopi) - 1R
Pensa, che questo istante D 76 (P. Metastasio) - 1R
Der entsühnte Orest D 699 (J. Mayrhofer)
Auf dem See D 543 (J.W.v. Goethe)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Andenken WoO 136 (F.v. Mattisson)
Vier Arietten und ein Duett, Op.82
Arietta assai seriosa „L’amante impaziente” (P. Metastasio)
Robert Schumann
Myrthen, Op. 25
1. Widmung (F.Rückert)
17. Zwei Venezianische Lieder I (Moore/Freiligrath)
18. Zwei Venezianische Lieder II (Moore/Freiligrath)
Hugo Wolf
Spanisches Liederbuch
1. Nun bin ich dein (J.R de Hita/Heyse)
Henri Duparc
Mélodies
4. Extase (J. Lahor) - 1R
Gerald Finzi
Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 (W. Shakespeare)
3. Fear No More the Heat o’ the Sun - 1R
Media
Kacper Kostrzewski
Baritone
Year of birth:
2001
Kacper Kostrzewski is a graduate of the State Music Schools of the 1st and 2nd degree named after Wojciech Kilar in Katowice, in the violin class. He is a first-year masters student at the Vocal and Acting Faculty of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, studying with dr hab. Maciej Bartczak. As a student, he played opera roles including: Uberto in Pergolesi’s La serva padrona directed by Grzegorz Eckert and most recently Marcello in Puccini’s La bohème directed by Michał Znaniecki. He also took part in other academic projects, such as a concert version of extensive fragments of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, in the role of Figaro. He received an award of distinction at the 23rd International Vocal Competition IUVENTUS CANTI in Vrable and 2nd prize at the 1st Witold Friemann National Vocal Chamber Music Festival and Competition in Rzeszów.
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.