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Photo by Piotr Markowski
Photo by Piotr Markowski |
Anna Wielgus – piano Grzegorz Nowak – piano The Novi Piano Duo made their debut in 2018. The ensemble is made up of graduates of the Academy of Music in Kraków. Anna Wielgus studied piano with Mariola Cieniawa-Puchała and chamber music with Janina Baster and Sławomir Cierpik, and she got her Master’s degree in 2016. She has taken part in numerous master classes conducted by such eminent musicians as Andrzej Jasiński, Anna Malikova, Olga Łazarska, Paul Badura-Skoda, Jonathan Aner and Pascal Le Corre. She has twice won a scholarship from the Centrum Edukacji Artystycznej (Artistic Education Centre). Grzegorz Nowak studied piano with Stefan Wojtas and Piotr Machnik and chamber music with Danuta Mroczek-Szlezer, Sławomir Cierpik and Bartłomiej Kominek. As part of master classes, he has cooperated with such distinguished music personalities and teachers as Wojciech Świtała, Ewa Bukojemska, Eugen Indjic, Dina Yoffe, Jerzy Sterczyński and Tamas Ungar. The Novi Piano Duo have a busy concert schedule that takes them to the venues throughout Poland and beyond. In 2018, they won the Grand Prix at the International Piano Duo Competition ‘Lions Club’ in Monaco. They are currently perfecting their skills under the guidance of Bartłomiej Kominek at their alma mater. PROGRAMME First stage Maurycy Moszkowski Album Espagnol for piano for four hands, Op. 21 Allegro moderato Vivace assai Con moto Moderato e grazioso Roman Palester Sonatina for piano for four hands Allegro giusto Andante con moto e molto espressivo Allegro vivace Final Ignacy Jan Paderewski Tatra-Album for piano for four hands, Op. 12 No. 1 Allegro con brio No. 2 Andantino molto espressivo No. 3 Allegro con moto No. 4 Allegro maestoso. Vivace grazioso No. 5 Allegretto. Andantino No. 6 Allegro ma non troppo Juliusz Zarębski Divertissement à la polonaise. Deux morceaux sur des motifs nationaux for piano for four hands, Op. 12 No. 1 Andante Fryderyk Chopin Rondo in C major for two pianos [Op. 73] Witold Lutosławski Variations on a Theme by Paganini for two pianos
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