3rd International Piano Duo Festival “Duettissimo!”

Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 6:00 PM

  • Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 6:00 PM
  • Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 7:30 PM
  • Thursday, April 25, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Thursday, April 25, 2019, 7:00 PM
  • Friday, April 26, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Friday, April 26, 2019, 7:00 PM
  • Saturday, April 27, 2019, 4:00 PM
  • Saturday, April 27, 2019, 7:00 PM
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Piano duos are often perceived as a non-demanding offshoot of chamber music, even though the truth is that playing as a duet – whether for four hands or on two pianos – is incredibly challenging: the performers must come together to create a single musical entity to achieve perfect sound. The diversity and beauty of the form are explored during the 3rd International Piano Duo Festival “Duettissimo!” (23-27 April), organised by the Academy of Music in Kraków and hosted at the Academy and the Kraków Philharmonic. As well as classical works by J.S. Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johannes Brahms, Maurice Ravel and Sergei Rachmaninov, we will hear contemporary compositions by Charles Camilleri, Derek Charke and Anne Louise-Turgeon. Performers include the acclaimed Duo Turgeon and Ravel Piano Duo, lecturers and students at the Academy of Music in Kraków and winners of the International Piano Duo Competition in Białystok. The festival is accompanied by an academic session discussing music education as upbringing through music. (Anna Mazur)

23.04.2019, 6pm
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
admission free
Ravel Piano Duo: Agnieszka Kozło, Katarzyna Sokołowska
J. Brahms Variations on a Theme by Schumann Op. 23
M. Ravel Ma mere l’Oye
I. Friedman 5 Waltzes Op. 51
R. Palester Sonatina
R. Maciejewski Lullaby

J. Bauer Divertimento in Three Pieces

24.04.2019, 4pm
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
admission free
Weronika Skop, Alexandra Szczepanik, Monika Paluch, Monika Potoczek, Jan Olesz, Paweł Sopel
M. Bruch Fantaisie Op. 11
K. Olczak Toccatina
F. Busoni Duettino concertante nach Mozart BVB 88

A. Scriabin Fantaisie in A minor Op. posth.
D. Shostakovich Concertino Op. 94
D. Brubeck Points on Jazz for two pianos

24.04.2019, 7:30pm
KRAKÓW PHILHARMONIC
PLN 30/20
Turgeon Piano Duo: Anne Louise-Turgeon, Edward Turgeon
V. Gavrilyn Sketches (selection)
A. Louise-Turgeon Winter at Gros Cap
S. Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini Op. 43
D. Charke Drift
M. Ravel Rapsodie espagnole
J. Brahms Variation on a Theme by Haydn Op. 56b

25.04.2019, 4pm
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
admission free
Gabriela Fijoł, Justyna Kapusta, Karina Vorobey, Markiian Ivashkevich, Emes Piano Duo: Anna Włodarczyk, Małgorzata Zdebska
C. Guastavino Tres Romances Argentinos Op. 2
S. Rachmaninoff 6 Morceaux op. 11
A. Dvořák Slavic Dances Op. 72 (selection)
M. Ravel Rapsodie espagnole

25.04.2019, 7pm
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
admission free
Only Mozart
Marharyta Kozlovska, Matteo Zoli, Danuta Mroczek-Szlezer, Jacek Tosik- Warszawiak, Anna Dębowska-Jaroszek, Renata Żełobowska-Orzechowska, Justyna Danczowska, Lech Napierała, Novi Piano Duo: Anna Wielgus, Grzegorz Nowak
W.A. Mozart Sonata in C major K. 521, Sonata in F major K. 497, Sonata in B flat major K. 358, Sonata in D major K. 381, Sonata in D major K. 448

26.04.2019, 4pm
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
admission free
Natalia Dziadok, Michał Dorman, Aleksandra Dąbek, Julia Kocjan, Anna Łakomy, Aleksandra Biśta, Magdalena Wojtczak, Vladyslav Borovych
W.A. Mozart Sonata in D major K. 381
P. Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker (suite, arr. N. Economou)
M. Moszkowski 4 Polish Folk Dances Op. 55
A. Piazzolla Libertango (arr. Pablo Ziegler)

26.04.2019, 7pm
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
admission free
Two Pianos – Two Worlds

Milena Kędra, Michał Dziad, Chopin Piano Duo: Anna Boczar, Bartłomiej Kominek
C. Guastavino Tres Romances Argentinos Op. 2
W. Bolcom Recuerdos: Three Traditional Latin-American Dances

27.04.2019, 4pm
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
admission free
Martyna Zakrzewska, Marlies Debacker, Jadwiga Mglej, Tomasz Szczepankiewicz, Maria Słysz, Faustyna Krajewska
G. Aperghis Alter-face
M. Beil Doppel
W. Lutosławski Variations on a Theme by Paganini

C. Saint-Saëns Danse macabre
P. Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker (suite, arr. E. Langer)

27.04.2019, 7pm
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
admission free
Monika Wilińska-Tarcholik, Sławomir Cierpik, Appassionato Piano Duo: Dominika Grzybacz, Klara Kraj, Festival Orchestra, Wojciech Rodek (conductor)
J.S. Bach Concerto in C major BWV 1061
D. Shostakovich Chamber Symphony in C minor Op. 101a (arr. Rudolf Barshai)
E. Grieg From Holberg’s Time Op. 40
C. Camilleri Summer Nights in Malta

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