Koncert symfoniczny – Konstanty Andrzej Kulka

Konstanty Andrzej Kulka was born in Gdańsk. He began learning the violin at the age of eight under the tutelage of Ludwik Gbiorczy, while still in elementary school. He made his first public appearance at the age of 12 – in 1959, in the intermediate hall of the Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz music school, with a recital featuring works by Mozart, Młynarski, and Corelli. He continued his studies at the State Music Lyceum under one of Poland's most distinguished violin pedagogues, Stefan Herman, and then in his class at the State Higher Music School in Gdańsk. As a 17-year-old student, he performed for the first time with an orchestra and earned a special distinction at the International Niccolò Paganini Violin Competition in Genoa. A pivotal moment in his career was his victory in the 1966 International German Radio ARD Competition in Munich. He performed on both hemispheres (all of Europe, the USA, South America, Japan, and Australia). From 1968, he performed in duo with Jerzy Marchwiński and practiced chamber music with Stefan Kamasa, Roman Jabłoński, and Jerzy Marchwiński as a member of the Polish Radio and Television Quartet. In 1971, he graduated from university with the highest honors. To date, he has performed over 2000 recitals and concerts with an orchestra worldwide. Since 1994, he has been a professor at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and a lecturer in masterclasses. He is a visiting professor at the Gdańsk Academy of Music. He serves as a judge in many prestigious violin competitions, including the International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition in 2006, and has frequently served as chairman and member of the International Young Violinists Competition named after Karol Lipiński and Henryk Wieniawski in Lublin, and the International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań. Jacek Brzoznowski is a young conductor born in 1993 in Elbląg. He graduated from the Stanisław Moniuszko Music Academy in Gdańsk, under the tutelage of Professor Wojciech Rajski (licencjat) and Professor Rafał Jack Delekta (magister), specializing in symphonic and operatic conducting. In 2017, he began doctoral studies at the Kraków Academy of Music. He won first place at the I Academy and Competition of Orchestra Conducting in Estoril (Portugal, 2020), third place, a special award for the most interesting interpretation of contemporary music, and an award for the chamber orchestra at the II National Student Conducting Competition named after Adam Kopciński in Wrocław in 2017. He was a semi-finalist in the I European Union Conducting Competition in Pazardzhik (Bulgaria, 2018) and participated as the youngest participant in the X International Fitelberg Competition in Katowice (2017). From 2017 to 2018, he was a resident conductor for Cappelli Gedanensis. With this ensemble, he recorded two CD albums featuring compositions and arrangements by K. Wileński, and participated in a recording for Polish Television.