VARIATIONS AND TRANSFORMATIONS, or how music is created | Concert for children

Tuesday, October 1, 2024.
11:00 AM

Organizer: Polish Society of Contemporary Music
Location: Wawer Cultural Center auditorium
1a Żegańska Street, Warsaw

We invite children aged 6 to 11 to the concert 'Variations and Transformations', which will take place on International Music Day – on Tuesday, October 1st at 11:00 AM in the Wawer Cultural Center auditorium at 1a Żegańska Street in Warsaw.

For this special day, we have prepared a very original concert, led by composer Jarosław Siwiński and actor Grzegorz Ociepka.

We will show how various ways of having fun with music can be created by inventing increasingly crazy variations of a single musical theme. As a result, alongside the changing music, abstract lines and spots, spider webs, beach balls, and rockets will appear... All this thanks not only to the excellent musicians but also to the video animations prepared by the composer and the poems of Małgorzata Kołcz, who plays in 'Variations...' on the double bass.
The concert will feature outstanding performers who will joyfully introduce the young audience to the world of contemporary music. For example, composer Jarosław Siwiński has been the artistic director of the Warsaw Music Meetings festival for 8 years. Actor Grzegorz Ociepka runs his own theater for children daily. Clarinetist Bogdan Kraski is a soloist with the Grand Theatre Orchestra. Bartłomiej Sutt is a laureate of 6 percussion competitions and an ambassador for the French brand 'Bergerault Percussion'. Dagny Baczyńska-Kissas teaches piano, is also a composer and dancer, while double bassist Małgorzata Kołcz creates poetry, conducts original improvisation workshops for children, and continues to create new events related to contemporary music.

Performers:
Jarosław Siwiński – conductor I
Grzegorz Ociepka – conductor II
Bogdan Kraski – clarinet
Dagny Baczyńska-Kissas – piano
Bartłomiej Sutt – percussion
Małgorzata Kołcz – double bass

Tickets: 12 PLN / person.
⚡ Details: fb.me/e/22Xe6cfzu
See you there!

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* The concert is co-financed by the City of Warsaw as part of the project 'Music and Creation – concerts for the centenary of the Polish Society of Contemporary Music'.
** We also invite music lovers with special needs. Please send such information to [email protected] if you need assistance in participating in the concert. We will be happy to help.

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Organizer: Polish Society of Contemporary Music | Co-financing: Capital City of Warsaw | Cooperation: Wawer Cultural Center, ZAiKS Authors' Association, Art Deco Group Music Agency | Media patronage: POLMIC.PL – Polish Music Information Center, Presto Junior, Warsaw for free – waw4free, cameralmusic.pl and wolnasobota.pl

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ARTISTS:

JAROSŁAW SIWIŃSKI – composer / conductor I
A graduate of piano and composition from the Warsaw Academy of Music. As a pianist and composer, he has collaborated with Fryderyk Rzewski, Michelangelo Pistoletto, the duo Viktor Lois/Yin Peet, as well as with ensembles such as Grupa Azorro, Bang On a Can (New York), Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra (Beijing), and Orkest de ereprijs (Apeldoorn).
For many years, he collaborated with the Animation Film Studio of Daniel Szczechura at the Warsaw ASP and with the Children's Art Center in Poznań. Since 2017, he has served as the artistic director of the Warsaw Music Meetings, a festival organized by the Polish Composers' Union. Besides classical music, his creative interests also include playful installations and an autonomous piano (without a pianist).

GRZEGORZ OCIEPKA – actor / conductor II
His creativity has been associated with children's theater from the beginning. He was an actor in the Animation Theatre in Poznań, the Guliwer Puppet Theatre in Warsaw, and the Children’s Theatre in Będzin. He directs theatrical plays and is the author of scripts and performances for children, such as 'Recipe for Courage' and 'Vitamin Adventure'. For over 20 years, he has run his own theater called 'Promyk'.
He also conducts theater workshops for children, youth, teachers, and theater instructors. He organizes them independently and in cooperation with various institutions and organizations, such as the Children's Art Center in Poznań and the Polish Society of Contemporary Music.

DAGNY BACZYŃSKA-KISSAS – piano
Dagny Baczyńska-Kissas is a graduate of the piano and music theory departments of the F. Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw. A laureate of numerous awards in international piano competitions, from 2011 to 2022, she received 8 awards for solo piano recordings of Chopin's compositions, as well as for recordings with her own music. The artist is a composer of numerous cycles of works for piano: 'Misteria Antiqua Polonia', 'Visions', 'Star Suite', Preludes-Poems, Preludes-Etudes, Preludes-Pictures, Preludes-Impressions, 'Prayers', 'Hussars', 'Dies Irae', as well as fantasies, polonaises, and nocturnes. She works as an educator, dancer-choreographer, and music theorist, writing articles and participating in conferences dedicated to music and visual arts.

MAŁGORZATA KOŁCZ – double bass / text author
She graduated from the Gdańsk Academy of Music and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. A scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the ZAiKS Authors' Association. A laureate of the ZKP award in the field of education. She performs with chamber ensembles and orchestras. She plays classical and contemporary music, as well as improvised music.
She works to promote serious music and its creators. She designs, organizes, and promotes various artistic events (including the 'Images from Conrad' Festival, 'Images from Warsaw', 'Audio Stage'). She is the initiator of children's workshops 'Tell Me a Fairy Tale', 'What do you hear in music?' and 'Don’t be afraid to improvise!'. She also creates poetic texts.

BOGDAN KRASKI – clarinet
A graduate of the F. Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in the class of Prof. Eugeniusz Skubis. As a versatile musician, he moves freely in various areas of music – from classical to entertainment and even avant-garde. He has collaborated with the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra, the Warsaw Chamber Opera, the National Philharmonic, the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw, the National Polish Radio Orchestra in Katowice, the Wojciech Rajski Chamber Orchestra, the Camerata Vistula ensemble, and the Poco Leggero clarinet quartet. He is currently a soloist with the Grand Theatre – National Opera.

BARTŁOMIEJ SUTT – percussion
He studied percussion instruments at The Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen (bachelor's degree with the highest grade), Haute Ecole des Arts du Rhin in Strasbourg (studies with Prof. Emmanuel Sejourne), and the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw (master's studies, currently – doctoral studies). He is a laureate of numerous international percussion competitions and a scholarship holder of the President of the City of Gdańsk and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (the 'Young Poland' program). Since May 2024, Bartłomiej Sutt has been an artist – ambassador of the well-known French percussion instrument manufacturer Bergerault Percussion.