Wigrosfera

Polish violin/cello duo that blend traditional classical music with electronic and world music using native instruments like koto, tambura, monochord, erhu, sansula and kalimba. Brothers performed at EFG London Jazz Festival, Delemont Jazz Days (Switzerland), 26th Vilnius Jazz Festival, Handelsbeurs Ghent Concert Hall, Leeds Film Festival, and Christopher Summer Festival (Lithuania). In 2017 they recorded a CD for the NAXOS record label – two trios of Karol Lipiński with Voytek Proniewicz. The record was nominated for International Classical Music Awards (ICMA 2019). Adam and Jan run ART – SOS Foundation in Suwalki, Poland, where they contribute to the cultural life of Suwalszczyzna region. They were involved in organization over 50 concerts and fundrising events. Adam graduated with honors from Royal Conservatory of Brussels where he received two scholarships from the government of Belgium. Jan, thanks to the Fulbright Scholarship, has completed a Master’s Degree in Music Performance at Manhattan School of Music in New York, where he also studied Jazz Piano and Composition.

made his solo debut with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra in 2005. Since then he has appeared with the orchestras of Wrocław Philharmonic, Szczecin Philharmonic, Rzeszów Philharmonic, Kielce Philharmonic, Gorzów Philharmonic, Toruń Symphony Orchestra as well as Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, Sinfonia Viva Orchestra and many youth orchestras. He performed under the baton of Jan Krenz, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Mariusz Smolij, Tadeusz Wojciechowski, Tomasz Radziwonowicz, Ewa Strusińska and played violin concertos of Mozart, Bach, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Bruch as well as different works of Sarasate, Wieniawski, Lipiński, Kreisler, Lutosławski, Piazzolla. The violinist performed at the concert halls of Rudolfinum Philharmonic in Prague, Cracow Philharmonic, Baltic Philharmonic in Gdańsk, Poznań Philharmonic, Lublin Philharmonic, Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice and in many other Polish cities as well as the entire world – Vienna, Paris, Madrid, Brussels, Munich, St. Petersburg, Vilnius, Palermo, Hanoi, Yangon, Singapore.

NEOQUARTET is Polish string quartet focused on performing contemporary classical music.
Karolina Piątkowska-Nowicka – 1st Violin, Paweł Kapica – 2nd Violin, Michał Markiewicz – Viola, Krzysztof Pawłowski – Cello very often combine contemporary classical music with visual arts, modern dance, and electronics.
Quartet`s aim is to collaborate with contemporary composers and to make their music familiar to wider audience.
NeoQuartet is one of the most active European ensembles specializing in new music. It played numerous concerts on most renown festivals throughout Europe, China, South Korea, Japan, and USA.
The ensemble recorded so far 10 CDs for Polish, German, American and Greek labels.
NeoQuartet is the winner of Pomeranian Art Award 2018 and was nominated to other prestigious Polish awards: Sztorm Roku, and Fryderyk (Polish Grammy Award).
Since 2017, NeoQuartet started also to play on electric instruments with synthesizers and looper stations. This project is called Neo Electric Quartet – the world’s only electric string quartet performing new music.
NeoQuartet organizes NeoArte Synthesizer of Arts Festival established in 2012 and held each year in Gdansk.

Resina is Karolina Rec’s solo project. The Polish composer is known by her fellow Poles from collaborations with an eclectic list of artists but since 2016 she’s been carving a solo path with her own project. Her second album Traces (Fat Cat/130701) sees her expanding the sound palette, employing not only otherworldly soundscapes created from heavily looped and processed cello, but also wordless vocals and rhythms. These take inspiration from an obsession with damaged sacral objects, memory, survivors of violence and the ravages of time. On May 31, 2019 ‘Traces Remixes’ EP was released by 130701 / Fat Cat Records with remixes by Lotic, Ben Frost, Abul Mogard and Ian William Craig.