
Mary James writes:
The upcoming fifth edition of the Seifert Competition brings together ten violinists from Poland, France, Portugal, the United States and Brazil. Since its inception in 2014 more than 200 musicians from all over the world have entered the competition. Through their participation, the rich legacy of Zbigniew Seifert is renewed and rediscovered.
The event opens on 24 August at the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in LusÅawice, where auditions will be held for three consecutive days. The jury consists of Czech bassist Miroslav VitouÅ”, a member (with Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul) of Weather Report; ECM artist Mark Feldman, and Polish violinist MichaÅ Urbaniak, best known for his collaboration with US jazz legend Miles Davis.
The following violinists have qualified for the semi-finals:
- Amalia ObrÄbowska (Poland) a participant of the 2018 Seifert Competition and winner of the audience award
- Lucy Southern (USA),
- Serge Hirsch (France),
- Benjamin Sutin (USA),
- Wojciech Barteczek (Poland),
- Kacper Malisz (Poland),
- Guilherme Pimenta (Brazil),
- Eduardo Bortolotti (Mexico and living in Poland),
- Gabriel Vieira (Brazil) a participant in 2020 and winner of the audience award,
- João Silva (Portugal) also a participant in the 2020 competition.
GALA CONCERT FOR STANKO 80th
Following the competition, a gala will be held on 29 August at ICE Kraków which will be dedicated to the memory of Tomasz StaÅko. It will be held on the 80th anniversary of StaÅkoās birthday in Kraków, where he received his music education and set up his first bands, including the Tomasz StaÅko Quintet with Zbigniew Seifert, BronisÅaw Suchanek, Janusz Muniak and Janusz StefaÅski.
StaÅkoās compositions will be recalled and reinterpreted by those who accompanied him on his musical journey for nearly three decades by pianist Marcin Wasilewski, bassist SÅawomir Kurkiewicz, and drummer MichaÅ MiÅkiewicz, together forming the Marcin Wasilewski Trio, with a guest appearance by Nils Petter MolvƦr.
This concert is part of the international celebrations of Stanko 80, which also include a concert at the EFG London Jazz Festival
LINKS: Seifert Competition
The finals will be live streamed on the competition’s Facebook page
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