Voices of The Mountains in Carnegie Hall

They say friends may meet, but mountains never greet… The Polish National Opera will once again prove the old adage not to be true. This time at Carnegie Hall in New York City! Held on November 14th, 2018, at 8pm EST, the concert will present a thrilling programme of classical pieces tinged with traditional folk music of the Polish highlands enriched with the sound of drum&bass and jazz. Written by Karol Szymanowski, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and Wojciech Kilar, the music will be performed by a star-studded lineup featuring Poland’s world-class charismatic conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk, awe-inspiring Polish pianist Janusz Olejniczak, brilliant folk singer-songwriter Sebastian Karpiel-Bułecka, and exciting representatives of the Polish jazz and contemporary classical music scene: Jan Smoczyński, the Atom String Quartet, Jan Młynarski, Michał Barański and the Neo String Quartet.

Conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk
Concept and script: Waldemar Dąbrowski, Janusz Olejniczak, Jolanta Trykacz
Music director: Janusz Olejniczak
Music arranged by: Jan Smoczyński
Executive producer and project coordinator: 2T Vision Promotion sp. z o.o.

Featuring:
Janusz Olejniczak – piano
Jan Smoczyński – keyboard instruments
Sebastian Karpiel Bułecka’s Highland Quartet:
– Sebastian Karpiel Bułecka – vocals, violin, highland bagpipes, shepherd instruments
-Bartłomiej Kudasik – violin, viola
– Wojciech Topa – violin
– Józef Chyc – highland basy
Atom String Quartet:
– Dawid Lubowicz – violin
– Mateusz Smoczyński – violin
– Michał Zaborski – viola
– Krzysztof Lenczowski – cello
NEO String Quartet:
– Karolina Piątkowska-Nowicka – violin
– Paweł Kapica – violin
– Michał Markiewicz – viola
– Krzysztof Pawłowski – cello
Jan Młynarski – drums
Michał Barański – double-bass

Where?
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall (entrances are located off the Box Office lobby on 57th Street)

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Financed from the founds the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, within the scope of the Multiannual Programme INDEPENDENT 2017-2021 (Niepodległa), as fart of „Cultural Bridges” subsidy program of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute (Instytut Adama Mickiewicza)

The concert’s North American premiere is sponsored by The Kosciuszko Foundation
The concert’s North American premiere sponsor: Ms. Krystyna Piórkowska
Official travel partner: LOT Polish Airlines
The concert’s North American premiere is organized by the Opera Foundation

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