Programme of the 13th International Competition of Contemporary Chamber Music

Cracow 19 - 23 August 2009

Competition auditions: 20, 21 August 2009
Place: W. Żeleński Public Music School  9 Basztowa Street
Time: from 9.00 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. 
Free Advance

Recitals:

20 August 2009 9.00 p.m. (Free Advance)
Laureate of 13 Competition Anna Maria Sarna (marimba)
Place: Concert Hall of W. Żeleński Public Music School  9 Basztowa Street

21 August 2009 9.00 p.m. (Free Advance)
Laureates of 13 Competition: Teresa Malik (percussion)
Miejsce: Concert Hall of W. Żeleński Public Music School  9 Basztowa Street

Gala Concert 

prize award, laureates concert, Grand Prix 2009 laureate selection
22 Aust  7.00 p.m.
Place: K. Szymanowski Philharmony in Cracow, 1 Zwierzyniecka Street

Special Guests of Gala Concert:

Ivan Monighetti
programme

Frangiz Ali-Sade - Ask Havasy /love song/
Thomas Demenga - Aus den Fugę
Krzysztof Penderecki - Scherzo

and

Agata Zubel with accompanying of Marcin Grabosz
programme:
Paweł Szymański - Drei Lieder nach Trakl:
Ein Traum
Einer Vorübergehenden  
Im Herbst   

Aaron Copland -  Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson:
Why do they shut me out of Heaven?
The world feels dusty
I felt a funeral in my brain

Luciano Berio - Sequenza III per voce femminile

During the Competition are held Masterclasses, in which take part laureates of former edition of competition.
This year Masterclasses are leading byMarta Ptaszyńska for Anna Sarna (perkusja).

Ivan Monighetti

Ivan Monighetti was Mstislav Rostropovich's last student at the Moscow Conservatory and Krzysztof Penderecki described him as a "phenomenal cellist". He was a top prizewinner in many international competitions including the 1974 Tchaikovsky competition, and since then he has enjoyed a career which has taken him all over Europe, Japan and both Americas. The artist participated in many important festivals of music such as Ravinia festival, Berliner Festwochen, Santa Fe chamber music festival, Schleswig Holstein music festival, Argerich festival, Holland music session. As a soloist he has performed with many of the world's great orchestras and conductors, including the Berlin Philharmonic under Krzysztof Penderecki, the Leipzig Gewandhaus under Kurt Masur, the Gulbenkian Orchestra under Muhai Tang, and the Moscow Philharmonic under Mstislav Rostropovich. Ivan Monighetti's sensational appearances at numerous contemporary music festivals have brought him a wide reputation as one of the leading figures in the field of modern music. His CD 20th Century Music for Cello Solo was nominated Best Recording of Year, Diapason d'or, and his recording of the 6 Solo Suites by J.S. Bach was awarded the 2003 Frederic prize. The artist constantly extends his contemporary music repertoire with pieces of such great composers as Penderecki, Xenakis, Dutilleux, Knaifel, Gubajdulina, Silvestrow and Ali-Zadeh. Ivan Monighetti is a professor of cello at the Basle Academy of Music and a guest professor at the High School of Music Reina Sofia in Madrid.

Agata Zubel

She graduated with honors Primus Inter Pares from the Karol Lipinski Academy of Music where she studied composition with Jan Wichrowski and voice with Danuta Paziuk-Zipser. In 2004, she received a doctorate in musical arts. She has received scholarships granted by the Ministry of Culture, the Rockefeller Foundation, Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, the Executive Board of the City of Wroclaw, and the International Foundation for Education. She is also a member of the Polish Composers' Union. As a vocalist she has participated in many prestigious musical events. She has performed many concerts abroad: in Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Greece, Denmark, Korea and the United States. In 2009 two new Agata Zubel's CD's were published by CD ACCORD: Cascando with her own chamber music and POEMS with the songs of A. Copland, P. Szymański and A. Berg, performed together with pianist Marcin Grabosz. She has won several competitions (including international ones) both for voice and composition. At the beginning of 2005, she received the prestigious Polityka Weekly Passport award. Together with Cezary Duchnowski she co-create ElettroVoce duo. She lectures in Wrocław's Academy of Music.