Ignacy G. Music, cello, piano Rochester, NY

Cellist Ignacy was born in Poland, where he began playing the piano at age of six and the cello at age of twelve.  In 2005, he graduated from F. Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw in the cello class of Prof. Kazimierz Michalik and Prof. Andrzej Bauer. At the same time, he gave solo recitals as well as chamber music performances at the National Philharmonic Hall, the Royal Castle Hall and the Museum of Modern Arts in Warsaw, Poland, the Berlin Philharmonic Chamber Hall, Germany, among others.

            He took part in numerous master-classes in Austria, Croatia, Italy, USA and his native Poland, working with cellists: Elias Arizcuren, Valter Despajl, Norman Fischer, Alban Gerhardt, Heinz Holliger, Tobias Kühne, Jamie Laredo, Reinhardt Latzko, Josef Luitz, Angelica May, Aldo Parisot, Sharon Robinson, Brant Taylor, Tomasz Strahl and Victoria Yagling.

            Ignacy took part in the Mexican Chamber Music Festival in Dallas, TX; the Chain II- Witold Lutoslawski Music Festival and the Warsaw Autumn Contemporary Music Festival, Poland. He also appeared as Young Artist/Junior Faculty at the Conservatory and he is performing regularly at Festival Music in the Mountains in Durango, CO.

            He is been awarded with the Grand Prize, Best Solo Performance Prize and Best Chamber Music Performance Prize at the Allegro-Vivo Music Festival in Horn, Austria; Prize at International Kiejstut Bacewicz Chamber music Competition in Łódź, Poland; twice the Faculty and Friends Chamber Music Series Award at TCU, Fort Worth, TX; an Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture in Poland; a Prize and Scholarship from Austrian Culture Forum in Warsaw, Poland and an Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture in Vienna, Austria.

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EDUCATION                                                                                                                    

2006-2008      Master of Music in Cello Performance, Texas Christian University,

                        with Dr. Jesus Castro-Balbi

2000-2005      Master of Arts in Cello Performance, Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in                         Warsaw, with Prof. Kazimierz Michalik and Prof. Andrzej Bauer

1997-2000      Diploma, Karol Szymanowski Music High School in Warsaw,

                        with Prof. Kazimierz Michalik

Awards                                                                                                                           

2007, 2006      TCU Faculty and Friends Chamber Music Series Awards, Fort Worth, TX

                        Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture in Warsaw, Poland

2005                Grand Prix, Best Solo Performance Prize and Best Chamber Music                            Performance Prize, Allegro-Vivo Music Festival, Horn, Austria

                        Prize and Scholarship, the Austrian Culture Forum, Warsaw, Poland

            Scholarship, the Ministry of Culture, Vienna, Austria

2004                Prizewinner, Kiejstut Bacewicz International Chamber Music Competition,                 Poland

Professional experience                                                                        

PERFORMANCES

Important appearances

2003-2007      Conservatory Music in the Mountains, Durango, CO

                        Fort Worth Club, Fort Worth, TX

                        Faculty & Friends Chamber Music Series, TCU, Fort Worth, TX

                        Orchestra Hall, Fort Worth, TX

                        National Philharmonic Hall; Museum of Modern Arts; Royal Castle Hall,

                        Warsaw, Poland

                        Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin, Germany

Festivals

2007                Music in the Mountains Festival, Durango, CO

                        Mexican Chamber Music Festival, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX

                        TCU Cellofest, Fort Worth, TX

2006, 2005      Allegro Vivo Music Festival, Horn, Austria

2005                Chain II, Witold Lutoslawski Music Festival, Warsaw, Poland

                        Warsaw Autumn Contemporary Music Festival, Warsaw, Poland

Recordings

2005                “Res Tua” by Milosz Bembinov, DUX, Poland (premiere)

                         “El Tango” by Astor Piazzolla, Polish Radio, Poland

Ensembles

2006-2007      TCU Cello Ensemble, Fort Worth, TX, Principal Cellist

2005                Polish-German New Music Orchestra, Warsaw, Poland, Principal Cellist

                        Lutoslawski Youth Orchestra, Warsaw, Poland, Principal Cellist

2004                Orchestra Sinfonica Giovanile Internazionale, Catania, Italy, Principal Cellist

                        Jugend Klangforum Mitte Europa Orchestra, Berlin, Germany

                        Mala Filharmonia Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw, Poland, Principal Cellist

2002                Svenska Yrkeshogskolans Kammarorkester, Jakobstadt, Finland, Principal                Cellist

Master-classes

2006-07          Norman Fischer, Alban Gerhardt, Jamie Laredo, Aldo Parisot, Sharon                                   Robinson, Brant Taylor; TCU, Fort Worth, TX

2005                Josef Luitz; Horn, Austria

2000-05          Angelica May, Elias Arizcuren, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Heinz Holliger;                               Warsaw, Poland

2004                Valter Despajl, Reinhardt Latzko; Zadar, Croatia

2004                Tomasz Bugaj; Catania, Italy

2003                Tobias Kuhne; Gutenstein, Austria

2000                Victoria Yagling; Lancut, Poland

1999-2003      Kazimierz Michalik, Andrzej Bauer, Tomasz Wojciechowski,

                        Tomasz Strahl; Zagan, Poland

TEACHING

2007                Teaching Assistant, TCU School of Music, Fort Worth, TX

                        Junior Faculty, Conservatory Music in the Mountains, Durango, CO

                        Cello Faculty, Youth Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Fort Worth, TX

2004-06          Private Studio, Warsaw, Poland

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE                                                                     

THEATER                 

                        Creator, “Theater of the Music Shadows”, Warsaw, Poland

                        Co-Creator and Music Director, “Dzien Smierci Mozarta” Theater,                            Warsaw, Poland

RESEARCH

Articles authored by Ignacy:

2006                Alfred Schnittke – an annotated bibliography

2005                Alfred Schnittke Sonata for cello and piano No. 1

OTHER SPECIAL SKILLS                                                                                  

Languages

                        Fluent in Speaking, Reading and Writing in English, Polish, and Russian

If your or your child’s goal is to become a professional cellist or you just love the sound of a cello - you found a right person to start working with.

I am very passionate about teaching music. If one has a gift of music-making it is God’s blessing that should be used wisely. Playing music opens mind, helps children grow intellectually faster and comes with some many positive experiences that you rarely can find in life without music.

I am very accurate. My experience in teaching shows that without discipline it is hard to make a fast progress. I teach cello methods that are used by the world’s best teachers in Berlin, Paris and Yale Universities. I had worked with them and I saw how they teach. This knowledge I am willing to pass to my students.

Most important is the Music. It does not matter if you want your 3 years old child to play a cello and become a virtuoso or you are 63 years old and you discovered that playing the cello is what you really want to do now. In both cases on the lesson, we will talk, listen, play and learn how to understand music, which will take you to a new world of experience of sounds.

Playing music requires passion, understanding and tools to do it. With me, you will discover how much passion you can actually get out of yourself. Passion, which can be linked to your own life. Understanding music comes naturally, as you make a progress and progress you make by learning how to use the tools that I will provide for you. Even most difficult piece or passage can be achieved quickly with a right tool (read: technique).

I look forward to meeting you!

Ignacy

elementary theory, elementary harmony, youth orchestra conducting, classical music, traditional cello performance, ear training

Music, cello, piano