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KRAKOW 97 Observed by COLIN COOPER THE Czeslaw Drozdziewicz Memorial Guitar Compe- tition changed its format this year. The new tape elimination round produced entries from a wider field than before, many competitors no doubt feeling that it would be worth travelling to this Polish city for a semifinal but not for a first round. Whûe 1 am no great lover of the tape cassette (too much depends on the skûl of the engineer), there was at least a semifinal of eleven players to be heard in the t1esh and thus produce a final worthy of the name. ln fact, the semifinal was unusually good. and choosing a small handful of finalists meant that much talent had to be put aside. The jury was almost entirely Polish this year. which may have made a small difference, but the result was interna- tional enough: the First Prize shared between France (Sébastien Vachez) and Pol and (Michal Nagy), the 2nd prize going to Italy (Gabriele Natûla). The warm and graceful playing of Vachez won him many new admirers who had not heard his suc- cessful recital in Tychy 1996. A powerful Nocturnal from Nagy showed what an advance this young player has made in a short time. If you can take one of the most difficult works in the modern repertoire and make it into something like this. you must be on the road to somewhere. His crescendo of agitato was remarkable. Natilla's style, bright and forward yet capable of thoughtfulness, compelled attention by its compressed musical tension. Gratifyingly, two players from Britain turned up. 1 hope this is the beginning of a new trend. Blairism in action? Hard- ly; for the new Labour government was only a few days old. Nevertheless, a welcome departure from the norm. This was the jury: Ryszard Balauszko (president), Colin Cooper, Zbigniew Dubiella, Alina Gruszka, Jerzy Nalepka, Adam Zalas, Piotr Zaleski. ln the concerts, the Katona Duo distinguished themselves in Handel and, particularly, Brouwer's Per suonare a due. Much has been written about their brûliance and wit in this work, and 1 need say no more. José Maria Gallardo deI Rey came with his group, 'La Maestranza', in a Spanish programme which the audience found greatly appealing: flute. clarinet, viola, cello, doublebass and voice, with of course the guitar of its spiritual and actual leader. There are possibûities here for some very interesting composition and arrangement, and 1 compliment the initiative of José Maria Gallardo deI Rey in form- ing the ensemble. Great things may corne out of il. ln the same evening the young Polish prizewinner Piotr Tomaszewski played. A pupû of Ryzsard Bal- auszko, he is one of Poland's young guitar tigers, a name to watch. Cos tas Cotsiolis wove a powerful spell in Domeni- conïs Koyubaba. then created a new suite with a long string of Brouwer pieces - no more oddly assorted than the Baroque's jigs, courantes and sarabandes. The great Jorge Car- doso played in his inimitable way. partnered by Krzysztof Pelech in his Suita Indi- ana. a concerto. des pite its name. for two guitars and orchestra. It only remained for Pelech to perform Fantasia de la Danza by the other great Jorge. Morel (the Krak6w National Phil- harmonic Orchestra conducted by Stanis- law Welanyk), and MariaJaglarz. another good festival was over. The concerts were introduced. as usual, by the ever-glamorous Lidia Jazgar. and the organisation was in the super -efficient hands of Adam Zalas (Artistic Director). Maria Jaglarz (Administration). Iwona Gajewska, Bozena Bienkowska, Elabe Jurru. and the other talented people at the Cultural Insti- tute, whose work 1 admire more and more with every festival. Sponsors: The City of Krak6w Councû; Polish Air- !ines LOT; Foundation 'Stefana Batorego'; the Embassy of Argentina: Leonard's Restaurant: Krak6w Academy of Music; Interton; Tryton. Patron: The Ministry of Culture. , JUST ARRIVED . .. ~ AM2001 ANDRÉSSEGOVIA: THEFINESTPIECESFROMHISREPERTOIRE E15.40 This anthology contains the finest pieees from the repertory of the unforgetlable Andrés Segovia with which he gained dignity and prcs' tige for his instrument in the world of music Includes works by Frescobaldi, Bach, Couperin, Handel. Scarlatti, Bcnda, Sor Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Albeniz, Ponee, Torroba and othcrs Over ninety pages of music AM2002 JOAQUiNRODRIGO: MUSICFORGUITARE14,25 Nineteen pieces for guitar with on introduction by Chnstophcr Parkening and Jooquin Rodrigo Includeslarabondo leiono'Tlcs Pequenas Piezas', Ires Piezas Espanolos 'Pastoral' 'Sonata (] 10 Espanola' and 'Dos Preludios' Priees include post and packing Available now from ASHLEY MARK PUBLISHING COMPANY Olsover House, 43 Sackville Road, 18.. Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 5TA, United Kingdam ~ 53
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KRAKOW 97Observed by COLIN COOPER
THE Czeslaw Drozdziewicz Memorial Guitar Compe-tition changed its format this year. The new tapeelimination round produced entries from a widerfield than before, many competitors no doubt feelingthat it would be worth travelling to this Polish cityfor a semifinal but not for a first round. Whûe 1am
no great lover of the tape cassette (too muchdepends on the skûl of the engineer), there was atleast a semifinal of eleven players to be heard in thet1esh and thus produce a final worthy of the name.
ln fact, the semifinal was unusually good. andchoosing a small handful of finalists meant thatmuch talent had to be put aside. The jury wasalmost entirely Polish this year. which may havemade a small difference, but the result was interna-tional enough: the First Prize shared betweenFrance (Sébastien Vachez) and Pol and (MichalNagy), the 2nd prize going to Italy (Gabriele Natûla).The warm and graceful playing of Vachez won himmany new admirers who had not heard his suc-cessful recital in Tychy 1996. A powerful Nocturnalfrom Nagy showed what an advance this youngplayer has made in a short time. If you can take oneof the most difficult works in the modern repertoireand make it into something like this. you must beon the road to somewhere. His crescendo of agitatowas remarkable. Natilla's style, bright and forwardyet capable of thoughtfulness, compelled attentionby its compressed musical tension. Gratifyingly, twoplayers from Britain turned up. 1 hope this is thebeginning of a new trend. Blairism in action? Hard-ly; for the new Labour government was only a fewdays old. Nevertheless, a welcome departure fromthe norm.
This was the jury: Ryszard Balauszko (president),Colin Cooper, Zbigniew Dubiella, Alina Gruszka,Jerzy Nalepka, Adam Zalas, Piotr Zaleski.
ln the concerts, the Katona Duo distinguishedthemselves in Handel and, particularly, Brouwer'sPer suonare a due. Much has been written abouttheir brûliance and wit in this work, and 1 need sayno more. José Maria Gallardo deI Rey came with hisgroup, 'La Maestranza', in a Spanish programmewhich the audience found greatly appealing: flute.clarinet, viola, cello, doublebass and voice, with of
course the guitar of its spiritual and actual leader.There are possibûities here for some very interestingcomposition and arrangement, and 1 complimentthe initiative of José Maria Gallardo deI Rey in form-ing the ensemble. Great things may corne out of il.
ln the same evening the young Polish prizewinnerPiotr Tomaszewski played. A pupû of Ryzsard Bal-auszko, he is one of Poland's young guitar tigers, aname to watch.
Cos tas Cotsiolis wove a powerful spell in Domeni-conïs Koyubaba. then created a new suite with along string of Brouwer pieces - no more oddlyassorted than the Baroque's jigs, courantes and
sarabandes. The
great Jorge Car-doso played in hisinimitable way.partnered byKrzysztof Pelechin his Suita Indi-ana. a concerto.des pite its name.for two guitarsand orchestra. It
only remained forPelech to performFantasia de la Danza
by the other greatJorge. Morel (theKrak6w National Phil-harmonic Orchestraconducted by Stanis-law Welanyk), and
MariaJaglarz. another good festivalwas over.
The concerts were introduced. as usual, by theever-glamorous Lidia Jazgar. and the organisationwas in the super -efficient hands of Adam Zalas(Artistic Director). Maria Jaglarz (Administration).Iwona Gajewska, Bozena Bienkowska, Elabe Jurru.and the other talented people at the Cultural Insti-tute, whose work 1 admire more and more withevery festival.
Sponsors: The City of Krak6w Councû; Polish Air-!ines LOT; Foundation 'Stefana Batorego'; theEmbassy of Argentina: Leonard's Restaurant:Krak6w Academy of Music; Interton; Tryton. Patron:The Ministry of Culture.
, JUST ARRIVED . . . ~AM2001 ANDRÉSSEGOVIA:THEFINESTPIECESFROMHIS REPERTOIREE15.40
This anthology contains the finest pieees from the repertory of theunforgetlable Andrés Segovia with which he gained dignity and prcs'tige for his instrument in the world of music Includes works byFrescobaldi, Bach, Couperin, Handel. Scarlatti, Bcnda, SorSchumann, Brahms, Chopin, Albeniz, Ponee, Torroba and othcrsOver ninety pages of musicAM2002 JOAQUiNRODRIGO:MUSICFORGUITARE14,25Nineteen pieces for guitar with on introduction by ChnstophcrParkening and Jooquin Rodrigo Includeslarabondo leiono'TlcsPequenas Piezas', Ires Piezas Espanolos 'Pastoral' 'Sonata (] 10Espanola' and 'Dos Preludios'
Priees include post and packing Available now fromASHLEY MARK PUBLISHING COMPANY
Olsover House, 43 Sackville Road,
18.. Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 5TA, United Kingdam ~
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KULTURA
"Rodriguez" dia Sebastiena Vacheza
Final sWÎ-:tagitaryJury krakowskiego .Miçdzynarodowego Konkursu Gitarowego
pod przewodnictwem Ryszarda Bafauszki, wyktadowcy warszgw-skiej Akademii Muzycznej, 1miejsce i Grand Prix przyznafo rewela-cyjnemu francuskiemu gitarzyscie. Sebastien Vachez otrzymafwspaniafq gitarç koncertowq "Manuela Rodrigueza" - model E,wartosci 3400 zt, ufundowanq przez gdynskq firmç "Interton", na-grodç pieniçznq (3 tys. zt) i statuetkç Grand Prix Festiwalu.
kich wielkich slaw jak: RolandDyens, Roberto Aussel czy Pa-blo Marqcz. Obecnie samuczY,komponuje i koncertuje.. Drugie 1miejsce "wygral" Po-lak Michal Nagy. Studiowal wAM w Warszawie u prof. Marci-na Zalewskiego i w Konserwa-torium Wiedenskim. uczestni-czyl w lekcjach mistrzowskich.Otrzymal nagrod~ pieni~znl\ i
Sebastien Vachez nie jest rvatOry w Troyes i Conservato-nowicjuszcm, gra na gitarze ry Maurice Ravel, pobieral tak-od 1982 r., studiowal w Conse- ze lekcje mistrzowskie u ta-
laureaci Michat Nagy i Sebastian Va chez tuz przed koncertem w Filharmonii
gitar~ koncertow!\ ufundowan!\przez krakowskq firm~ "Try-ton". Sebaslicn Vachez i MichalNagy zostali zaproszeni doudzialu w kolejnym MFMG wKrakowie za dwa lata.
II miejsce przypadlo Wlo-szce Gabriele Natilla. Wyroz-nieni zoslali: Denis Asimo-witch z Bialorusi i MichalPindakiewicz.
TrzydnioWy!11 konkurso-wym przesluchaniom odby-wajl\cym si~ w sali "Florian-ki" towarzyszyly koncertymistrzow w Sali Holdu Pru-skiego w Sukiennicach.
(E.Koz.)
