Silesian String Quartet
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The Silesian String Quartet is a string quartet
founded in 1978 by the graduates of the Karol Szymanowski
University of Music in Katowice
, Katowice
, Silesia
, Poland
. Its current members are:
The Quartet plays a repertoire of over 300 pieces, nearly two-thirds of which are by 20th-Century composers. They are also heavily invested in performing, and sometimes premiering, the works of Polish composers, as well as music by other Eastern Europeans. Many of these Polish pieces have been dedicated to the Quartet. The ensemble has given over 1000 concerts.
They are distinguished interpreters of the chamber music of Henryk Górecki
.
String quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
founded in 1978 by the graduates of the Karol Szymanowski
Karol Szymanowski
Karol Maciej Szymanowski was a Polish composer and pianist.-Life:Szymanowski was born into a wealthy land-owning Polish gentry family in Tymoszówka, then in the Russian Empire, now in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. He studied music privately with his father before going to Gustav Neuhaus'...
University of Music in Katowice
University of Music in Katowice
University of Music in Katowice is one of the leading musical schools in Poland. It is located in Katowice, Silesia...
, Katowice
Katowice
Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
, Silesia
Silesia
Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. Its current members are:
- Szymon Krzeszowiec, (violin I)
- Arkadiusz Kubica, (violin II)
- Łukasz Syrnicki, (viola)
- Piotr Janosik, (cello)
The Quartet plays a repertoire of over 300 pieces, nearly two-thirds of which are by 20th-Century composers. They are also heavily invested in performing, and sometimes premiering, the works of Polish composers, as well as music by other Eastern Europeans. Many of these Polish pieces have been dedicated to the Quartet. The ensemble has given over 1000 concerts.
They are distinguished interpreters of the chamber music of Henryk Górecki
Henryk Górecki
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki was a composer of contemporary classical music. He studied at the State Higher School of Music in Katowice between 1955 and 1960. In 1968, he joined the faculty and rose to provost before resigning in 1979. Górecki became a leading figure of the Polish avant-garde during...
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