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Norwid’s Letters | Kasia Pietrzko Trio / Maciej Kądziela / Andrzej Chyra

"Norwid's Letters" is a project commissioned by the festival “Chopin and His Europe” – its concept is based on a musical interpretation of letters by the Poland’s fourth Romantic bard, read by the actor Andrzej Chyra. The world of improvisation appears in an intriguing relationship with selected Norwid’s texts, which are an impulse for musicians to create an individual and unique musical layer.

The trio of Kasia Pietrzko has been dynamically conducting its activities, both in concerts and phonographic projects for several years. Thanks to their extensive activities, the ensemble has acquired noteworthy coherence of sound, which has undoubtedly contributed to its thriving career. The leader of the trio is the laureate of, among others: “Mateusz” – the music award of Polish Radio in the Debut of the Year category for the album “Forthright Stories” (2018) and the Grand Prix award “Jazz Melomani” in the Music Lovers Hope category (2018). The monthly “Jazz Forum” awarded her the title of New Hope of 2019, she was nominated for a Fryderyk 2018 Music Award in the Debut of the Year category.

In “Norwid’s Letters” the trio is joined by the alto saxophonist Maciej Kądziela, with whom Kasia Pietrzko collaborated for the first time in the USA during the recording of the album “Jammin’ with KC” at Make Believe Studios in Kansas City. In an article describing the performance of “Jazz Forum Talents” at the Jazz nad Odrą festival, Andrzej Zieliński from Polish Radio Two wrote: “I particularly liked the singing of Maciek Kądziela’s saxophone, sometimes sounding like Stańko’s lamenting trumpet. Perhaps this is one of the reasons for the collaboration of the pianist and saxophonist – after all, Kasia Pietrzko performed with Tomasz Stańko just before his passing away.

Andrzej Chyra is Poland’s one of the most respected film and theatre actors – constantly looking for new forms of expression and non-obvious, artistic confrontations. He has collaborated with the most important directors, including Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Krauze, Krzysztof Zanussi, Feliks Falk, Marek Koterski, Jacek Borcuch, and Małgorzata Szumowska. In the theatre, he has performed in performances directed by i.a. Jerzy Grzegorzewski, Agnieszka Glińska, and Grzegorz Jarzyna. In 2001, he played Dionysos in Euripides’ “Bacchae” directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski at the Rozmaitości Theatre in Warsaw. Since then, he has continued to appear in the productions of Krzysztof Warlikowski

An important part of Andrzej Chyra’s work is opera directing. He made his debut in this role in 2013 with the staging of “Players” based on a libretto by Nikolai Gogol, with music by Dmitri Shostakovich at the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk. At the request of the International Theatre Festival, Malta, he staged “The Magic Mountain” with music by Paweł Mykietyn to a libretto by Małgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk and set design by Mirosław Bałka. As a director, he also cooperates with the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera. In 2019, the premiere of “Carmen” took place, inspired by the cinema of Carlos Reygadas, a representative of the Mexican arthouse genre.

fot. Ula Kóska/ Paweł Mrowiec

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