Kaczkowski: Violin Duos, Opp. 10 & 16 Polish Violin Duo

• Joachim Kaczkowski (1789 - 1829): Duo concertant in F Minor, Op. 10 No. 1:
• 1 Kaczkowski: Duo concertant in F Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: I. Allegro moderato 05:27
• 2 Kaczkowski: Duo concertant in F Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: II. Poco adagio quasi andante 05:44
• 3 Kaczkowski: Duo concertant in F Minor, Op. 10 No. 1: III. Allegro 04:17
• Duo concertant in E-Flat Major, Op. 10 No. 2:
• 4 Kaczkowski: Duo concertant in E-Flat Major, Op. 10 No. 2: I. Allegro 05:01
• 5 Kaczkowski: Duo concertant in E-Flat Major, Op. 10 No. 2: II. Andante un poco allegretto 04:06
• 6 Kaczkowski: Duo concertant in E-Flat Major, Op. 10 No. 2: III. Finale. Presto 03:53
• Duo in C Major, Op. 16 No. 1:
• 7 Kaczkowski: Duo in C Major, Op. 16 No. 1: I. Allegro con spirito 05:43
• 8 Kaczkowski: Duo in C Major, Op. 16 No. 1: II. Andante 03:09
• 9 Kaczkowski: Duo in C Major, Op. 16 No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegretto 03:59
• Duo in F Major, Op. 16 No. 2:
• 10 Kaczkowski: Duo in F Major, Op. 16 No. 2: I. Allegro 07:03
• 11 Kaczkowski: Duo in F Major, Op. 16 No. 2: II. Poco adagio 05:01
• 12 Kaczkowski: Duo in F Major, Op. 16 No. 2: III. Allegro vivace 04:38
• Duo in B-Flat Major, Op. 16 No. 3:
• 13 Kaczkowski: Duo in B-Flat Major, Op. 16 No. 3: I. Allegro 07:27
• 14 Kaczkowski: Duo in B-Flat Major, Op. 16 No. 3: II. Romanze. Allegretto 04:27
• 15 Kaczkowski: Duo in B-Flat Major, Op. 16 No. 3: III. Presto 03:55
• Total Runtime 01:13:50

Info for Kaczkowski: Violin Duos, Opp. 10 & 16

Joachim Kaczkowski, a Polish violinist, teacher and composer, was born in 1789 in the city of Tábor in southern Bohemia. He came from a family with strong musical traditions. Joachim Kaczkowski took his first violin lessons from his father. He grew up in Lviv at a time when such outstanding representatives of the musical community as Polish conductor and composer of German origin Józef Elsner and violinist, conductor and composer Karol Kurpinski were active there. The form of violin duo has never gained great popularity and attention among composers of chamber music throughout the musical eras. Due to the relatively limited sound range of the violin, this kind of works, on the one hand, severely hampered the artistic potential of composers, and on the other hand, unlike the much more popular string quartets, it did not arouse much interest among a wider audience. Therefore, Joachim Kaczkowski, an excellent violin virtuoso, had a great opportunity to experiment with a rarely exploited musical form, which resulted in numerous innovative and often surprising textural and sound effects.

Polish Violin Duo:
Marta Gidaszewska, violin
Robert Łaguniak, violin

Marta Gidaszewska
was born on 30.10.1998. She started playing the violin at the age of 6. Now she is a student of Music High School in Poznan class of Karina Gidaszewska. Currently she is 17 years old and one of the greatest violinists of the younger generation. Despite her very young age she participated in nearly 79 violin competitions winning 56 awards including first places.

Marta actively participates in many international music courses. She had contact with the world's celebrities and prominent violin pedagogues such as Zakhar Bron, Bartosz Bryła, Krzysztof Węgrzyn, Wanda Wiłkomirska, Jadwiga Kaliszewska. She plays recordings on the radio and performs on television programs.

She has performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras in the country and abroad – Polish Radio Orchestra (2015), Sudeck Philharmonic (2012., 2010.), Krakow Philharmonic (2014.), The Ukrainian Symphony Orchestra (2014.), School Orchestra in Poznan (2014, 2013.). She was awarded the best student of the year 2013/2014 and 2014/2015, with the greatest artistic achievements.

In 2014, violinist Paul Wojtowicz published a collection of etudes and caprices dedicated to talented young Polish violinists who win awards at national and international competitions. One of the caprices was dedicated to Marta Gidaszewska.

International Music Competition – Belgrade, Serbia includes 31 nominations (all classical and national instruments – solo, duets, ensembles, orchestras and choirs). In the contest in 2016, was attended by 875 online applications from 30 countries, which is 1167 contestants and 180 cities from 280 schools.

At the since its inception from 2010 to 2016 in competition were competed more than 6,000 participants from 42 countries, 357 cities and from more than 800 musical institutions.

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Production center Mir Production is continuing distribution of the prize fund and by the end of March 2017, all receivers of prizes will be revealed.

Mir Production with such a distribution of the prize fund helps talented young musicians, participants of the International Music Competition - Belgrade, Serbia 2016. In promoting their music career, professional growth and opens for them new horizons in the music world.

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