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Biography Short Bio
Ignacy GrzelĄzka, cello
EDUCATION
2009-2011 Candidate, Graduate Performance Diploma at Boston Conservatory
with Ms. Rhonda Rider
2006-2008 Master of Music in Cello Performance, Texas Christian University,
with Dr. Jesús Castro-Balbi
2000-2005 Master of Arts in Cello Performance, Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, with Prof. Kazimierz Michalik and Prof. Andrzej Bauer
1997-2000 Diploma, Karol Szymanowski Music High School in Warsaw,
with Prof. Kazimierz Michalik in Cello Performance and minor in Piano Performance with Zofia Malcolm
AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS
2008, 2009 Robertsons Violins Young Artist Award, Durango, CO
2008 Judge at the Polish Youth Music Competition, Rochester, NY
2007, 2006 TCU Faculty and Friends Chamber Music Series Awards, Fort Worth, TXScholarship from the Ministry of Culture in Warsaw, Poland
2005 Grand Prix, Best Solo Performance Prize and Best Chamber Music
Performance Prize, Allegro-Vivo Music Festival, Horn, AustriaPrize and Scholarship, the Austrian Culture Forum, Warsaw, Poland
Scholarship, the Ministry of Culture, Vienna, Austria
2004 Prizewinner, Kiejstut Bacewicz International Chamber Music Competition, Łódź, Poland
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PERFORMANCES
Important appearances
2009 Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies, University of Rochester, NY
2008-2009 Kilbourne Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras, El Paso, TX2003-2009 Conservatory Music in the Mountains, Durango, CO
Faculty & Friends Chamber Music Series, TCU, Fort Worth, TX
Orchestra Hall, Fort Worth, TX
National Philharmonic Hall; Museum of Modern Arts; Royal Castle Hall,
Warsaw, Poland
Festivals
2008, 2007 Music in the Mountains Festival, Durango, CO
Mexican Chamber Music Festival, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX
TCU Cellofest, Fort Worth, TX
2006, 2005 Allegro Vivo Music Festival, Horn, Austria
2005 Chain II, Witold Lutoslawski Music Festival, Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw Autumn Contemporary Music Festival, Warsaw, Poland
Recordings
2008 “Cosmospir” by India Czajkowska and Ignacy Grzelązka, HSL, Italy
“Resolution” by Michael Tenzer, New World Records, USA
2005 “Res Tua” by Milosz Bembinov, DUX, Poland (premiere recording)
“El Tango” by Astor Piazzolla, Polish Radio, Poland
Ensembles
2009- Xonor Piano Trio, Boston, MA, Cellist
2008-2009 Conservatory Music in the Mountains Chamber Orchestra, Principal Cellist
Genesee Valley Orchestra and Chorus, Fairport, NY, Principal Cellist
Ossia New Music Ensemble, Rochester, NY, Cellist
2007-2008 San Angelo Symphony Orchestra, San Angelo, TX, Principal Cellist
2006-2008 TCU Cello Ensemble, Fort Worth, TX, Principal Cellist
2005 Polish-German New Music Orchestra, Warsaw, Poland, Principal Cellist
Lutoslawski Youth Orchestra, Warsaw, Poland, Principal Cellist
2004 Orchestra Sinfonica Giovanile Internazionale, Catania, Italy, Principal Cellist
Jugend Klangforum Mitte Europa Orchestra, Berlin, Germany, Cellist
Mala Filharmonia Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw, Poland, Principal Cellist
2002 Svenska Yrkeshögskolans Kammarorkester, Jakobstadt, Finland, Principal Cellist
Master-classes and Private Studies
2009 Andrew Mark, Terry King, Ronald Lowry; Boston, MA
David Ying, Rochester, NY2006-2008 Norman Fischer, Arkady Fomin, Alban Gerhardt, Jamie Laredo, Aldo Parisot, Sharon Robinson, Brant Taylor; TCU, Fort Worth, TX
2005 Josef Luitz; Horn, Austria
2000-2005 Angelica May, Elias Arizcuren, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Heinz Holliger; Warsaw, Poland
2004 Valter Despajl, Reinhardt Latzko; Zadar, Croatia
2004 Tomasz Bugaj; Catania, Italy
2003 Tobias Kuhne; Gutenstein, Austria
2000 Victoria Yagling; Lancut, Poland
1999-2003 Kazimierz Michalik, Andrzej Bauer, Tomasz Wojciechowski, Tomasz Strahl; Zagan, Poland
TEACHING
2007-2009 Junior Faculty, Conservatory Music in the Mountains, Durango, CO
2008 Master-classes at Mahanaim Institute, Huntington, NYMaster-classes at El Paso Symphony Youth Orchestras, El Paso, TX
2007-2008 Teaching Assistant, TCU School of Music, Fort Worth, TX
Cello Faculty, Youth Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Fort Worth, TX
2004-2006 Private Studio, Warsaw, Poland
CONDUCTING
2007 Chamber Orchestra Conductor, Conservatory Music in the Mountains, Durango, CO
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
THEATER
Creator, “Theater of the Music Shadows”, Warsaw, Poland
Co-Creator and Music Director, “Dzien Smierci Mozarta” Theater, Warsaw, Poland
INTERNET
Webmaster and designer of the web sites:
- Xonor Trio <www.xonor.info>
- TCU Cellofest <www.cello.tcu.edu/cellofest>
- TCU Cello Department <www.cello.tcu.edu>
- Texas Cello Society <www.texascellosociety.org>
- Ignacy Grzelązka’s Home Page <www.cellosite.info>
- Dzien Smierci Mozarta Theater <www.mozart.com.pl>
- The Eclipse Symphony Orchestra <www.eclipsesymphony.info>RESEARCH
Articles authored by Ignacy Grzelązka:
2008 Extension to Janos Starker’s “Organized Method of String Playing”
2006 Alfred Schnittke – an annotated bibliography
2005 Alfred Schnittke Sonata for cello and piano No. 1
OTHER SPECIAL SKILLS
Other Instruments proficiency
Piano
Languages
Fluent in Speaking, Reading and Writing in English, Polish, and Russian
String instrument repair