North Waves Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf

• Marek Czerniewicz (b. 1974): Two Halves, a lyric poem for piano and two performers:
• 1 Czerniewicz: Two Halves, a lyric poem for piano and two performers 14:59
• Tadeusz Dixa (b. 1983): Impression, for percussion and piano:
• 2 Dixa: Impression, for percussion and piano 04:58
• Andrzej Dziadek (b. 1957): Impromptu, for viola and piano:
• 3 Dziadek: Impromptu, for viola and piano 07:26
• Kamil Cieślik: String Quartet, No. 1:
• 4 Cieślik: String Quartet, No. 1 07:40
• Anna Rocławska-Musiałczyk (b. 1987): lullaby for another time, for viola and piano:
• 5 Rocławska-Musiałczyk: lullaby for another time, for viola and piano 06:10
• Adam Diesner (b. 1991): Rondo alla Cassubia, for viola solo:
• 6 Diesner: Rondo alla Cassubia, for viola solo 04:05
• Piotr Jędrzejczyk: Fantasia and Canon, duo for flute, reed block, accordion, loopers and electronics:
• 7 Jędrzejczyk: Fantasia and Canon, duo for flute, reed block, accordion, loopers and electronics 15:51
• Hubert Gabriel Żmudzki (b. 1997): Veste sub altera, for viola solo:
• 8 Żmudzki: Veste sub altera, for viola solo 10:55
• Krzysztof Olczak (b. 1956): North Waves, for tenor solo, viola, accordion, hi-hat and tape:
• 9 Olczak: North Waves, for tenor solo, viola, accordion, hi-hat and tape 05:31
• Total Runtime 01:17:35

Info for North Waves

North Waves is an album of world-premiere recordings, showcasing repertoire that testifies to the multiplicity and diversity of the currents flowing through the Gdansk school of composition. Featuring chamber music by nine composers, the album celebrates the musical melting-pot of the Academy of Music in Gdansk.

The album title North Waves reflects the concept behind this programme: combining the present with distant echoes of things past, juxtaposing the familiar with the foreign, bringing to mind overlapping sea waves: similar but nevertheless making different patterns, flowing out of each other, sometimes in one direction and sometimes colliding with each other. This album is a musical record of the experiences of composers who are just beginning their creative adventure, as well as those who have been creating contemporary music in order to further contribute to the rich musical mosaic of Poland.

The repertoire ranges from Anna Roclawska-Musialczyk's dream-like Lullaby for another time, written specially for and dedicated to violist Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf, whose acclaimed albums include Quantum of Silence on Odradek, to a texturally varied string quartet by Kamil Cieslik, to the eponymous North Waves for tenor solo, viola, accordion, hi-hat and tape by Krzysztof Olczak. Some of the composers double up as performers in an album that reveals the sheer variety and depth of music-making coming out of the Academy of Music in Gdansk.

Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf, viola
Izabela Paszkiewicz, piano
Rafał Jędrzejewski, flute
Maciej Gański, piano
Jakub Grzelachowski, cello
Paweł Kukliński, violin
Małgorzata Walentynowicz, piano
Krzysztof Olczak, accordion
Ryszard Minkiewicz, tenor

Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf
has been among the eminent Polish musicians of his generation for many years now. He comes from a family with deep musical traditions. Komendarek-Tymendorf graduated with honors from the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk in the Master’s viola class of professor Irena Albrecht.

He perfected his skills at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien with Prof. Wolfgang Klos and Ulrich Schönauer and as a guest student of the Swedish National Orchester Academy in Göteborg. He has also studied under eminent viola masters such as Alexander Zemtsov, Matthias Buchholz, Avri Levitan, György Gulyás Nagy (Auer String Quartet) and Piotr Szumieł.

In 2019, he graduated with honors from postgraduate studies in Culture Management in Government, Local Government and Non-Governmental Organizations at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, also receiving the award of the Director of the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

In 2021 he defended his thesis of the postgraduate MBA studies at the Adam Mickiewicz University and the University of Economics in Poznan.

Komendarek-Tymendorf is a laureate of many prestigious music competitions, awards and scholarships.

At the age of 24, after winning two official competitions for the position of assistant, he began to teach at his Alma Mater. In 2018, he defended his doctoral dissertation and received habilitation degree with honors in 2022. In 2021 he began working as a nominated teacher in the viola class at the Zygmunt Noskowski Music School in Gdynia. He is the national consultant for the Center for Artistic Education (CEA).

Currently, he works as an Associate Professor of the Viola and Chamber music class at the Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdansk, and since 2023 has been an Associate Professor of Viola at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz.

He made his debut as a soloist with the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Sopot and as a chamber musician with the famous Polish oboist Tytus Wojnowicz in Tadeusz Baird Zielona Góra Philharmonic.

Komendarek-Tymendorf has been invited to perform concerts as a viola soloist with the National Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra in Warsaw, Poznań Philharmonic, Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Sopot, the Lower Silesian Philharmonic, Gdansk Baltic Opera Orchestra, Kalisz Philharmonic Orchestra, Cappella Gedanensis, Sinfonietta Pomerania Orchestra, Progress Chamber Orchestra, Capella Bydgostiensis, Gdingener Symphonieorchester, Baltic Youth Philharmonic and the Chamber Orchestra of the Stanisław Moniuszko Music Academy.

He has worked as a soloist-leader of the viola section in many international symphony and chamber orchestras. From 2007 to 2012 he was the main leader of the viola group in the world's oldest youth orchestra - RIAS Jugendorchester in Berlin. He also performed the role of group leader and solo voice in such orchestras as: Verler Vier Jahreszeiten Sinfonie Orchetser, Landesjugendorchester Bremen, Junges Philharmonisches Orchester Niedersachsen and International Mahler Orchester, EURO SFK Symphony Orchestra, Verler Vier Jahreszeiten Sinfonie Orchetser, Landesjugendorchester Bremen, Junges Philharmonisches Orchester Niedersachsen, Deutsch-Skandinavischen Jugend-Philharmonie, Salzburger Philharmonie Orchester, Royal Johann Strauss Orchestra, Subcarpathian Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Gedania Chamber Orchestra and International Mahler Orchestra. He also cooperates with such orchestras as: AUKSO Chamber Orchestra, Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Sopot, Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra (USA Tournée – 46 concerts), Elblag Chamber Orchestra, Baltic Opera, Hanseatic Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonietta Nordica Chamber Orchestra, Detmolder Kammerorchester Orchester, Webern Symphonie Orchester, Studentische Philharmonie Hannover, Klangforum Mitte Europa Orchester, Landestheater Detmold Orchester, Pan-European Orchestra, Jasna Gora Ensemble, Gorzów Philharmonic and as violinist with Morphing Vienna Chamber Orchester.

He has performed under the baton of such excellent conductors as Pierre Boulez, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Krzysztof Penderecki, Marek Moś, Tadeusz Strugała, as well as with prominent soloists: Ivry Gitlis, Kolja Blacher, Quatuor Ebène, Krystian Zimerman, Piotr Beczała, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, and Łukasz Długosz.

Komendarek-Tymendorf has acquired his knowledge of chamber music from renowned musicians such as: Valentin Erben (Alban Berg Quartett), Peter Schuhmayer (Artis Quartett), Apollon Musagète Quartett, Quatuor Ebène, Eberhard Feltz, Peter Matzka and Averis Kuyumjian.

He is co-founder and member of the Balthus Quartet, Bydgoszcz Barok Ensemble, Duo del Gesù oraz MonoTony Ænsemble; he performed together with eminent artists such as Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Christoph Hartmann, Avri Levitan, Wolfgang Klos, Elisabeth Kropfitsch, Johannes Kropfitsch, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, Tomasz Strahl, Ryszard Minkiewicz, Joanna Woś, Krzysztof Podejko, Janusz Wawrowski, Bartosz Koziak, Anna Staśkiewicz, Bartosz Woroch, Mateusz Smoczyński, Anna Prabucka-Firlej, NeoQuartet, Mitch&Mitch, Zbigniew Wodecki, Jacaszek, Daniel Olbrychski or Jan Englert.

He has performed in many ensembles and orchestras in the most prestigious European halls, including Berliner Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Berlin, Herkulessaal in Munich (Germany), Musikverein, Wiener Konzerthaus, Musik Theater Schönbrunn, Konzerthaus Klagenfurt (Austria), Philharmonie Luxembourg (Luxembourg), Tivolis Konzertsal (Denmark), Konserthuset Gothenburg (Sweden), Obecní Dům (Czech Republic) and Chamber Hall of the National Philharmonic in Warsaw (Poland).

He has also performed and participated in various international festivals: Baltic Sea Festival, Usedomer Music Festival, La Folle Journée, Puplinge Classique Festival, Alba Music Festival, International Viola Congress, Spectrum Music Festival, Aurora Music Festival, Ritratti Festival, Apollon Musagète Festival – Internationales Musikfest, Wörthersee Classics Festival Sopot Top Trendy Festival, NDI Sopot Classic Festival or Jewish Culture Festival - Singer's Warsaw. ....

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