On Sunday, August 1, we listened to another artist as part of the "Basilica Sonans" organ festival. This time Vincent de Pol from Hamburg sat at the organ.
The organ virtuoso comes from Kielce, and has been living and working in Hamburg for over 20 years. He began his musical education under the supervision of his father, Stefan Strzęp, and studied piano in a secondary music school. He graduated from the Music University of F. Chopin in Warsaw in the class of prof. A. Chorosiński, Hochschule für musik und Theater in Hamburg and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington. He was the first in Indiana University history to receive a Performer Diploma in Artistic Organ Playing.
Organist and music director of the Church of St. Bernard, as well as the organizer of the Klassik International Music Festival in st. Bernard, which mainly presents artists from Poland and Polish origin. His artistic achievements include recordings of albums for, among others, Arte Nova BMG, Pavane Records. Plein Jeu Production and ZS Records. He gives concerts on all continents and is one of the elite organ virtuosos. At the same time, apart from concert tours and recordings, he lectures on literature and interpretation of organ music, among others in Australia, Namibia, the United States, and Singapore. Author of a biography, catalog of works and the world's first recording of organ works by the forgotten Felix Borowski.
For the next concert, we invite the audience to the basilica on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 14.30.
Renata Marcinkutè Lesieur from Vilnius will play pieces composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mikolajus K. Ciurlionis, Tomaso Albinoni, Cèsar Franck, Gabriel Fauré, Charles Marie Widor. We invite.
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