Bartosz Kowalski-Banasewicz
Bartosz Kowalski-Banasewicz – © ZKP

Bartosz Kowalski-Banasewicz

(*1977)

Composer, multi-instrumentalist and improviser. A versatile artist, he writes symphony, choral, vocal and instrumental, chamber, film, and electronic music. Banasewicz’s works display an individualistic approach to the problems of time and space, as well as an ability to create clear narratives and openness to avant-garde techniques of sound extraction. (AM)

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Contra Tempus for baroque ensemble

year of composition: 2013
duration of the piece: 17'
genre: chamber (from 2 to 9 performers)
programme edition: 2012/13
commission: Związek Kompozytorów Polskich
materials accessible until: 6 May 2016
recording accessible until: indefinitely

details:

CONTRA TEMPUS for baroque ensemble premiere, held on 15 May 2013 at the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

performers:

Il Tempo Ensemble
Agata Sapiecha, art director

Prisma for piano quintet

year of composition: 2014
duration of the piece: 17'
genre: chamber (from 2 to 9 performers)
programme edition: 2014/15
commission: Stowarzyszenie Polskich Artystów Muzyków
materials accessible until: 25 September 2017
recording accessible until: 25 September 2020

details:

PRISMA for piano quintet premiere, held on 12 October 2014 at the Nieborów Palace.

performers:

Nostadema Piano Quintet:
Wojciech Świętoński, piano
Kamil Staniczek, violin I
Marta Piórkowska, violin II
Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska, viola
Joanna Citkowicz-Włodarczyk, cello

Symphony no III Symmetrical Visions for orchestra

year of composition: 2014
duration of the piece: 22'
genre: orchestral
programme edition: 2013/14
commission: Orkiestra Sinfonia Varsovia
materials accessible until: 25 September 2017
recording accessible until: indefinitely

details:

SYMPHONY NO III SYMMETRICAL VISIONS for orchestra premiere held on 16 November 2014 at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw.

performers:

Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra
Jerzy Maksymiuk, conductor

cast overview:

2222-4331-batt (3esec) ar-archi (6.5.4.3.2)