Photo Filip Błażejowski / NIMiT

Sedinum Piano Trio

Monika Szemelak ? violin

Wojciech Jaworski ? cello

Olga Bilas ? piano


Monika Szemelak is currently under the guidance of her teacher Tomasz Tomaszewski at the Szczecin Art Academy. She has also perfected her skills with Walentyna Jakubowska, Krystyna Jurecka, Krzysztof Śmietana, Wiesław Kwaśny and Jan Stanienda, amongst others. She has a busy schedule as an orchestra member and a chamber music player. She has performed with the Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin and other musical enterprises, and she has been playing alongside the chamber-sized Baltic Neopolis Orchestra since 2018. Wojciech Jaworski studied with Adam Krzeszowiec at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. Since January 2020, he has been principal cello in the orchestra of the Castle Opera in Szczecin. Previously, in 2018-2019, he was assistant principal cello of the Toruń Symphony Orchestra. During his studies, he was involved in a number of Polish and foreign orchestral projects, such as the International Lutosławski Youth Orchestra and the I, CULTURE Orchestra. Olga Bilas studied with Jozef Ermin at the Lviv National Music Academy named after Mykola Lysenko in the city of Lviv. She made her debut at the age of eight performing the Harpsichord Concerto by Dmitry Bortniansky at the Lviv National Philharmonic. She has frequently performed as a soloist and a chamber player. Since 2017, she has worked as a pianist/tutor at the Castle Opera in Szczecin. She is also actively involved in projects organised by the Szczecin Art Academy and the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin.

PROGRAMME

First Stage

?    Artur Malawski 

Piano Trio

I. Lento ? Allegro moderato

II. Andante sostenuto

?    Ludomir Różycki 

Rapsodia na fortepian, skrzypce i wiolonczelę op. 33

 

Final

?    Andrzej Panufnik 

Piano Trio, Op. 1

I. Poco adagio ? Allegro ? Poco adagio

II. Largo

III. Presto

?    Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński 

Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 2

I. Moderato ? Allegro

II. Andante con moto

III. Vivace

IV. Allegro con fuoco