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Tansman Works for Cello and Piano

Known as the Cracow Duo, cellist Jan Kalinowski and pianist Marek Szlezer share a special commitment to and fascination with music written by rarely performed Polish composers. They tirelessly perform these works across the globe. The Cracow Duo returns to the U.S. for a tour 10.29.2023 – 11.12.2023 with concerts in California, New York, and Chicago. Cracow Duo will perform works by Polish and Polish-Jewish composers including Fryderyk Chopin, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Zygmunt Stojowski, Marta Ptaszynska, Aleksander Tansman, Roman Ryterband, Szymon Laks, Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Krzysztof Meyer, Krzesimir Debski, and Marcel Chyrzynski.

To the general amazement of musical circles, Aleksander Tansman, a citizen of Lódz, young student of law, and student of Piotr Rytel and Henryk Melcer, swept all three prizes (the Grand Prix and two honorable mentions) at the first Warsaw composition competition, organized in independent Poland in 1919. Owing to this spectacular success, he then organized his first composition concert in Lódz and Warsaw. During the concert held on 27th of February 1919 in Lódz, he performed together with Eli Kochanski his first three compositions for cello and piano, including Sonata No.1 (Allegro, Adagio, Fugue), written in 1918. The manuscripts later went missing; however, the fact that they once existed and the record of favorable critical reviews after the concert prove the young composer's interest in the cello as a solo instrument.

The Cracow Duo set to tour the US between October 29 and November 12. SEE THE DATES HERE