NEWS
Polish artists in Tanzania
9.05.2025 The National Muzeum
Polish artists invited to Tanzania by the Polish Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Jadwiga Kotnowska (flutist) and Jarosław Bester (accordionist), played a Polish and international repertoire, which included, among others, works by Fryderyk Chopin, Krzysztof Herdzin, Ignacy Paderewski, Krzysztof Komeda, Astor Piazzolla, Bela Bartók and the original composition of J. Bester.
https://www.gov.pl/web/tanzania/…
Great performance in Barcelona
5.05.2025 Barcelona, Paraninfo | Espacios de la Universidad de Barcelona
Recital Jadwiga Kotnowska – flute
Tomasz Lis – piano Polish music
Sofia in duet
2.02.2025 Sofia, Bulgaria, Central Military Club,
Recital Jadwiga Kotnowska – flute
Jarosław Bester – accordeon
The world and classical music
Solo performances during J.S.B. Festival
20.08.2024 August 20th and 21st 2024
XXXVI International Johann Sebastian Bach
- Organ Festival The Łowicz Cathedral
- The Polish Catholic Church Cathedral,
Johann Sebastian Bach and Carl Philipp, Emanuel Bach – Sonatas for flute alone
Summer Masterclasses
- I have a great pleasure to invite all flutists to my Summer Masterclass in Rybna Palace Pałac w Rybnej from August 26 – 30, 2024. We planned a Concert of participants accompagned by our esteemed pianist Marianna Waszkiewicz on August 30, 2024
- I invite young flutists to my summer master class at XXVII Międzynarodowe Kursy Interpretacji Muzycznej in Nowy Sącz from July 21-29, 2024. Application form in the link below.
www.musicakurs.org/formularz-zgloszeniowy/
March Music Days 2023
March 20, 2023
March Music Days Festival
Ruse, Bulgaria
The world premiere of ‘Polish Suite’ by Mateusz Smoczyński
December 22, 2022, Witold Lutosławski Chamber Philharmonic in Łomża (Poland)
The world premiere of ‘Polish suite’ for flute, violin / baritone violin and symphonic orchestra by Mateusz Smoczyński conducted by Jan Miłosz Zarzycki
Concert at the International Music Interpretation Course in Nowy Sącz
July 21st, 2022 – Little Galery, Nowy Sącz (Poland)
Concert at the International Music Interpretation Course with pianist Marianna Waszkiewicz
Biography
A laureate of top prizes in eight international contests, including the Queen Sofia Music Competition in Madrid, the Maria Canals Competition in Barcelona, the G.B. Viotti Competition in Vercelli, the V. Bucchi Competition in Rome, she also won a Gold Medal and a Grand Prix at the Festival in Bordeaux.
Apart of her studies at the F. Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw, she mastered her skills under Maestro Aurele Nicolet in Switzerland, Jean-Pierre Rampal and Alain Marion in France. She gave concerts at such venues as the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, the Lincoln Center in NYC, the Tivoli Hall in Copenhagen, the Grieg Hall in Bergen (at the Bergen International Festival), the Palau de Musica in Barcelona, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Purcell Room in London, De Doelen in Rotterdam, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Warsaw Philharmonic and at festivals, including the Bergen Festival-Grieg, the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival (Finland), KLCC in Kuala Lumpur, The Warsaw Autumn, the Premiere Festival in Katowice, the Krzysztof Penderecki Festival in Kraków or the Mozart Festival in Warsaw.
In her native Poland she is usually the soloist of choice for premieres of flute concertos of contemporary composers such as Hanna Kulenty (2019), Mikołaj Górecki (2017), Krzysztof Knittel (2013), Pavel Klimahevsky (2013), Jerzy Maksymiuk (2010), Darek Przybylski (2009), Dariusz Przybylski (2009), Marta Ptaszyńska (2008), Piotr Wróbel (2008), Maciej Małecki (2006), Mikołaj Górecki (2005), Aleksander Szczetyński (1999), Krzesimir Dębski (1998). These compositions were written especially for her. The artist performed these concertos with such orchestras as the National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice during „Premieres Festival”, the National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and the Aukso Chamber Orchestra led by Marek Moś.
She was the first Polish flutist to perform Henryk Mikołaj Górecki’s flute concerto (with the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic, the Moscow Philharmonic) and the Krzysztof Penderecki`s flute concerto conducted by the composer. She also gave concerts with the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon under Claudio Schimone and with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders in Antwerp.
Jadwiga Kotnowska also participates in ‛crossover’ projects blending classical music and jazz, working together with acclaimed jazzmen such as Andrzej Jagodziński, Krzysztof Herdzin, Mike Richmond and Vitold Rek.
She has been recording for the radio in Spain, France, Switzerland, Holland, USA, and for the record labels: Polskie Nagrania, MDG, Quantum (Paris), Scotstown Music (Edynburgh), Tonpress, DUX.
The artist is a professor at the Feliks Nowowiejski Music Academy in Bydgoszcz (Poland) and at the Academy of Music. K. Lipinski in Wrocław (Poland). She has given her master classes in the USA, Malaysia, Finland, Italy, France and at the Royal College of Music in London.
In January 2023, the artist was awarded the Gold Medal “Meritorious for Culture Gloria Artis”.
Premieres
The artist is often the soloist of choice for premieres of flute concertos dedicated for her by various contemporary Composers.
Hanna Kulenty – Flute Concerto No.3, The National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Humala, The World Premieres Festival, NOSPR Katowice
5th International Festival of Electroacustic Music Musica Electronica Nova, Wrocław
51th Bydgoszcz Music Festival Classics and Jazz, Pomeranian Philharmonic, Bydgoszcz
The Katowice Philharmonic Hall
The World Premieres International Festival, G. Fitelberg Concert Hall, Katowice
4th Polish Chamber Music Festival, Warsaw
The G. Fitelberg Concert Hall, Katowice
The G. Fitelberg Concert Hall, Katowice
Silesian Philharmonic, Katowice
International Contemporary Music Festival Musica Polonica Nova, Wroclaw
7th Summer Aukso Philharmonic Festival, Suwałki
Festival of World Premieres, G. Fitelberg Concert Hall, Katowice
Mikołaj Górecki – Variations for flute and piano, Mariusz Rutkowski – piano
Witold Lutosławski – Flute transcription of a Double Concerto for oboe, harp and chamber orchestra with Aukso Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy conducted by Marek Moś, Anna Sikorzak-Olek – harp
Polish Contemporary Music – Poland for Europe, The Royal Castle in Warsaw
The Royal Castle in Warsaw
Warsaw National Philharmonic Hall
The G. Fitelberg Concert Hall, Katowice
Krzysztof Penderecki’s Festival, Kraków Philharmonic Hall
Poznań Philharmonic Hall
CONCERTS
Barcelona, Paraninfo | Espacios de la Universidad de Barcelona
Recital
Jadwiga Kotnowska – flute
Tomasz Lis – piano
Polish music
Jadwiga Kotnowska – flute
Jarosław Bester – accordeon
The world and classical music
Jadwiga Kotnowska – flute
Jarosław Bester – accordeon
The world and classical music
XXXVI International Johann Sebastian Bach Organ Festival
- The Łowicz Cathedral
- The Polish Catholic Church Cathedral, Szwoleżerów 4 street, Warsaw
“Świętokrzyskie Dni Muzyki”
Recital z muzyką polską
March 20, 2023
March Music Days Festival
Ruse, Bulgaria
December 22, 2022, Witold Lutosławski Chamber Philharmonic in Łomża (Poland)
The world premiere of ‘Polish suite’ for flute, violin / baritone violin and symphonic orchestra by Mateusz Smoczyński conducted by Jan Miłosz Zarzycki
July 21st, 2022 – Little Galery, Nowy Sącz (Poland)
Concert at the International Music Interpretation Course with pianist Marianna Waszkiewicz
May 7, 2022
Concert at the Teatro Compensar, Bogota, Colombia
The concert was subsidized by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute from the programme ‘Polish Culture in the World’.
May 3, 2022 at 19.00
Bogota, Colombia
Jorge Tadeo Lozano University Concert Hall
Recital with the pianist Andrzej Jungiewicz
Polish music of 19th and 20th century
The concert was subsidized by Adam Mickiewicz Institute from the programme ‘Polish Culture in the World’.
The Royal Castle in Warsaw – Museum , Plac Zamkowy 4
Antonio Vivaldi – 4 Flute Concertos with Arte dei Suonatori Baroque Orchestra
Marcin Świątkiewicz – cembalo
Jadwiga Kotnowska – flute soloist
Jadwiga Kotnowska flute
Aga Yano percussion
The Symphonic Orchestra of Filharmonia Świętokrzyska im. O. Kolberga w Kielcach
Krzysztof Jakuba Kozakiewicz – conductor
A. PIAZZOLLA Meditango for flute and string orchestra
A. MÁRQUEZ Danzón No 2
A. PIAZZOLLA Violentango for flute and string orchestra
A. PIAZZOLLA Tres movimientos tanguísticos porteños
B. MARTINO Estate
C. COREA Armando`s Rhumba (arr. for flute, percussion and strings by A. Jagodziński)
details at: http://filharmonia.kielce.com.pl/press/press_05.03.21.html
Płock, Karol Szymanowski Concert Hall of Music School, Kolegialna Street 23
30 Oct 2020, 7 pm
Jadwiga Kotnowska – flute
The Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra
Jan Miłosz Zarzycki – conductor
Joaquin Rodrigo – Fantasia para un gentillhombre (flute version)
Bydgoszcz, I.J. Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz, A. Vivaldi – “Le quattro stagioni”
9 Sept 2020, 19:00
Jadwiga Kotnowska – flute
Capella Bydgostiensis Chamber Orchestra
Miłosz Kula – conductor
see more: http://www.filharmonia.bydgoszcz.pl/blog/wydarzenia/koncert-kameralny-44/
cancelled
Warsaw, Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio S1, Polish Radio, ul.Modzelewskiego. Concerto with The Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra conducted by Jan Miłosz Zarzycki
cancelled
Olsztyn Warmian-Mazurian Philharmonic Hall, Flute Concerto by C.Ph.E.Bach and latino arrangements by.Andrzej Jagodziński for flute with latino drums – José Manuel Albán Juárez with Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Piotr Sułkowski.
2 Double Concertos, W.A. Mozart & W. Lutoslawski for flute and harp with Anna Sikorzak-Olek – harp and Chain Ensemble conducted by Andrzej Bauer
30th International Kraków Composer Festival, Kraków – Florianka Recital Hall, Recital
Katowice, The World Premieres Festival, G.Fitelberg Concert Hall – Hanna Kulenty – Flute Concerto No. 3 with The National Radio Symphony Orchestra. The World Premiere
Concert Hall of The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice
Flute Concerto by Mieczysław Weinberg with Aukso Tychy Chamber Orchestra led by Marek Moś
Concert Hall of The Adam Mickiewicz University Auditorium, Poznan
Flute Concerto by Saverio Mercadante with Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio led by Agnieszka Duczmal
Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, recital with Radosław Kurek – piano and Krzysztof Pełech – guitar
The Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra in Katowice – Mikołaj Górecki – 2nd Flute Concerto with The Silesian Symphony Orchestra. The World Premiere
Norway, Oslo Gamle Logen Concert Hall, Recital
17th International Chamber Music and Organ Festival, Wygiełzów – Lipowiec, recital with Hanna Holeksa – piano
Katowice, NOSPR – The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Concert hall – Master Recital with Hanna Holeksa – piano and Anna Sikorzak-Olek – harp
Lebanon, St. John-Marc Cathedral in Byblos/Jbeil – Recital
Warsaw, Culture Promotion Center Saska Kępa – Flute with harp recital with Anna Sikorzak-Olek
The Szczecin Philharmonic Hall – Concert with Andrzej Jagodziński Trio, Agnieszka Wilczyńska, Henryk Miśkiewicz with Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra
Mikolaj Gorecki Silesian Philharmonic Hall in Katowice – Recital
Royal Castle Museum – The Cooper Roof Palace, Polish King`s Residence – Recital with guitar player Leszek Potasiński
X International Mozart Festival Mozartiana in Gdańsk, Uphagen House
Inauguration concert – Recital with the pianist Hanna Holeksa
Museum of Ancient Mazovian Metallurgy in Pruszków – Recital with the pianist Kuba Stankiewicz
Podlasie Philharmony, Bialystok
Lowell Liebermann – Flute Concerto op.39 with Podlasie Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by George Tchitchinadze
“Verita Nostra” Music Festival 2015 in Warsaw, ul.Mysia 3, at 6 pm. Recital with Leszek Potasiński – guitar
Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio S1, Warsaw
Lowell Liebermann – Flute Concerto op. 39 with Juventus Symophony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Slowik
Mozart Festival, The Royal Castle in Warsaw
W.A. Mozart – Flute Concerto in G-major KV 313 with Warsaw Chamber Opera Orchestra conducted by Ruben Silva
XXIV Mikolow Music Festival
Joaquin Rodrigo – Fantasia per un gentilhombre with The National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk
Paris, Bilbioteque Polonaise
Recital with Mariusz Rutkowski – piano. Pieces by L. Liebermann, A. Tansmann, H.M. Górecki
Skierniewice
Recital with Mariusz Rutkowski – piano. Pieces by L. Liebermann, S. Prokofiev, C. Debussy
Kielce Philharmonic Orchestra
Saverio Mercadante – Concerto in E-minor with Kielce Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ruben Silva
DISCOGRAPHY
2011, STUDIO REALIZACJI MYŚLI TWÓRCZYCH
2010, DUX
2007, POLSKIE RADIO
2005, Filharmonia Narodowa TWOJA MUZA
2005, DUX
2005, SCOTSTOWN MUSIC
1993, TONPRESS
1993, Francja, Paryż – QUANTUM
1980, Polskie Nagrania MUZA SX1976
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