Anbild: Piano Concerto, Echoes of the Holy Cross Mountains, Rhapsody Artur Jaron, The Kielce Symphony Orchestra & Jacek Rogala

• Karol Anbild (1925 - 2008): Piano Concerto:
• 1 Anbild: Piano Concerto: Andante – Allegro 11:14
• 2 Anbild: Piano Concerto: Andantino 05:43
• 3 Anbild: Piano Concerto: Allegro 07:24
• Echoes of the Holy Cross Mountains for Symphony Orchestra:
• 4 Anbild: Echoes of the Holy Cross Mountains for Symphony Orchestra: Andante – Andantino – Maestoso 08:59
• Rhapsody for Piano and Symphony Orchestra:
• 5 Anbild: Rhapsody for Piano and Symphony Orchestra: Moderato – Allegro 13:10
• Total Runtime 46:30

Info for Anbild: Piano Concerto, Echoes of the Holy Cross Mountains, Rhapsody

Karol Anbild was born in Katowice on February 16, 1925, into a miner’s family. His father, an amateur musician and a member of Silesian brass bands, was his first teacher of music. Karol attended a primary school in Piotrowice until 1938, but the outbreak of World War Two deprived him of the opportunity to receive a solid education, including in music. As a boy of 15, he was deported to Schweidnitz as a forced farm labourer. Having escaped from there, he enrolled at the secondary music school in Katowice in order to avoid another forced labour deportation. In 1943, however, he had to suspend his education again. Mobilized into the German army, he was sent to France, from where he escaped after the invasion of the allied forces. He joined the Polish Armed Forces in the West and was posted to Scotland. It was there that he started his artistic activity, giving concerts for soldiers with his own ensemble. ...

Artur Jaroń, piano (tracks 1-3, 5)
The Kielce Philharmonic Orchestra
Jacek Rogala, conductor

Prof. Artur Jaroń
He was born in Kielce. He has graduated from Cracow Music Academy in piano, under professor Irena Sijalova-Vogel. He has completed his postgraduate studies at Odessa Conservatory under professor Anatoly Kardashev. He has also held master classes under the direction of professors Vera Gornostaeva and Günter Ludwig.

He carries rich and ample artistic activities both as a soloist and a chamber musician.

Artur Jaron has performed with the major Polish orchestras such as Sinfonia Varsovia, Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio, Polish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra in Cracow, and Philharmonic orchestras in Bialystok, Bydgoszcz, Kielce, Katowice, Lublin, Jelenia Gora, Olsztyn, Opole, Szczecin, Slupsk, Torun, Walbrzych, Rzeszow, Zielona Gora and Gdansk.

His abroad performances include concerts in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Slovakia, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia and Ukraine. He has worked with eminent Polish condustors, such as Jerzy Maksymiuk, Jerzy Salwarowski, Marek Pijarowski, Agnieszka Duczmal and Tadeusz Wojciechowski. As a chamber musician Mr Jaron has cooperated with Teresa Żylis-Gara, Malgorzata Walewska, Wieslaw Ochman and Adam Zdunikowski, among others. He has also accompanied Ludmila Worobec-Witek, Saskia Szreder, Bartlomiej Niziol, Henryk Wieniawski Quartett and The Multicamerata. Artur Jaron constantly cooperates with Lviv Virtuosos orchestra. He made his artistic debut in Carnegie Hall, NY/USA, in 2005.

Artur Jaron has made several musical recordings for Kielce Radio and Russian State Television. He has released five CDs with solo and chamber music. Among recordings made by Mr Jaron, there is a unique one of The Concerto for Piano and Violin by F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, a piece rarely performed or recorded.

Currently, he is the director of Krystyna Jamroz International Music Festival in Busko Zdroj and runs a regular event of Chamber Music Salon in Kielce.

For his artistic achievements as well as organizational activities, Mr Jaron has been honored with a number of prestigious awards, including The Kielce Voivode’s Award, The Marshall of Holy Cross Voivodship Award, The City of Kielce Award, Regional Leader Award in the field of culture and the Golden Emeric.

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