North Waves Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf

• Marek Czerniewicz (b. 1974): Two Halves, a lyric poem for piano and two performers:
• 1 Czerniewicz: Two Halves, a lyric poem for piano and two performers 14:59
• Tadeusz Dixa (b. 1983): Impression, for percussion and piano:
• 2 Dixa: Impression, for percussion and piano 04:58
• Andrzej Dziadek (b. 1957): Impromptu, for viola and piano:
• 3 Dziadek: Impromptu, for viola and piano 07:26
• Kamil Cieślik: String Quartet, No. 1:
• 4 Cieślik: String Quartet, No. 1 07:40
• Anna Rocławska-Musiałczyk (b. 1987): lullaby for another time, for viola and piano:
• 5 Rocławska-Musiałczyk: lullaby for another time, for viola and piano 06:10
• Adam Diesner (b. 1991): Rondo alla Cassubia, for viola solo:
• 6 Diesner: Rondo alla Cassubia, for viola solo 04:05
• Piotr Jędrzejczyk: Fantasia and Canon, duo for flute, reed block, accordion, loopers and electronics:
• 7 Jędrzejczyk: Fantasia and Canon, duo for flute, reed block, accordion, loopers and electronics 15:51
• Hubert Gabriel Żmudzki (b. 1997): Veste sub altera, for viola solo:
• 8 Żmudzki: Veste sub altera, for viola solo 10:55
• Krzysztof Olczak (b. 1956): North Waves, for tenor solo, viola, accordion, hi-hat and tape:
• 9 Olczak: North Waves, for tenor solo, viola, accordion, hi-hat and tape 05:31
• Total Runtime 01:17:35

Info zu North Waves

North Waves is an album of world-premiere recordings, showcasing repertoire that testifies to the multiplicity and diversity of the currents flowing through the Gdansk school of composition. Featuring chamber music by nine composers, the album celebrates the musical melting-pot of the Academy of Music in Gdansk.

The album title North Waves reflects the concept behind this programme: combining the present with distant echoes of things past, juxtaposing the familiar with the foreign, bringing to mind overlapping sea waves: similar but nevertheless making different patterns, flowing out of each other, sometimes in one direction and sometimes colliding with each other. This album is a musical record of the experiences of composers who are just beginning their creative adventure, as well as those who have been creating contemporary music in order to further contribute to the rich musical mosaic of Poland.

The repertoire ranges from Anna Roclawska-Musialczyk's dream-like Lullaby for another time, written specially for and dedicated to violist Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf, whose acclaimed albums include Quantum of Silence on Odradek, to a texturally varied string quartet by Kamil Cieslik, to the eponymous North Waves for tenor solo, viola, accordion, hi-hat and tape by Krzysztof Olczak. Some of the composers double up as performers in an album that reveals the sheer variety and depth of music-making coming out of the Academy of Music in Gdansk.

Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf, viola
Izabela Paszkiewicz, piano
Rafał Jędrzejewski, flute
Maciej Gański, piano
Jakub Grzelachowski, cello
Paweł Kukliński, violin
Małgorzata Walentynowicz, piano
Krzysztof Olczak, accordion
Ryszard Minkiewicz, tenor

Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf
zählt zu den führenden polnischen Bratschisten seiner Generation. Er entstammt einer Familie mit weitreichenden musikalischen Traditionen: Zu seinen Ahnen zählt der Komponist und Beethoven-Zeitgenosse Michał Kleofas Ogiński. 2012 schloss Tymendorf mit Auszeichnung sein Musikstudium bei Prof. Irena Albrecht an der Stanisław-Moniuszko-Musikakademie in Gdańsk ab. Seine Studien setzte er in den Klassen von Prof. Wolfgang Klos und Ulrich Schönauer an der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Wien fort und lernte als Gaststudent in der Orchesterakademie des Schwedischen Nationalorchesters Göteborg. Heute unterrichtet er selbst Viola an der Musikakademie in Gdańsk und gibt internationale Meisterkurse.

Komendarek-Tymendorf trat unter der Leitung von Dirigenten wie Pierre Boulez, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Krzysztof Penderecki, Marek Moś und Tadeusz Strugała auf und spielte mit Solisten wie Ivry Gitlis, Kolja Blacher, Quatuor Ebène, Krystian Zimerman, Piotr Beczała, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka und Łukasz Długosz. Berühmte Konzerthäusern, u.a. die Berliner Philharmonie, das Konzerthaus Berlin, der Herkulessaal München, der Musikverein Wien, das Wiener Konzerthaus, das Musiktheater Schönbrunn, das Tivoli in Dänemark, das Konserthuset Göteborg und das Gemeindehaus Prag, luden ihn zu Konzerten ein.

Der Bratschist trat bei renommierten internationalen Festivals auf, darunter das Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, das Usedomer Musikfestival und das Apollon Musagète Festival. Für Deutschlandfunk Kultur, den Bayerischen Rundfunk, den ORF Wien und Polskie Radio spielte er Rundfunkaufnahmen ein. Darüber hinaus wirkte er als Musiker bei den Dreharbeiten zu Agnieszka Hollands historischem Drama „In Darkness“ („W ciemności“, PL/D/CAN 2011) mit.

Dieses Album enthält kein Booklet