Program Torun visits Leiden 6-9 june  2012

Program Choir Torun  Visits Leiden 7-10 june  2012

Thursday 7 june

Friday 8 june

Saturday 9 june

Sunday 10 June

Torun Music School Youth Choir "Semper Iuvenes"

has been working under Renata Szerafin-Wójtowicz directorship since September 1997 and consists of ca. 55 school students. The choir actively participates in artistic activities of the Music School, and many local events in its hometown, giving concerts and embellishing main ceremonies with music. The choir takes part in school composer’s concerts, performing young composers’ premiere pieces. Although the primary repertoire of "Semper Iuvenes" consists of a capella music, the choir also sung pieces with orchestra, e.g. ”Missa Criolla” by A. Ramirez. In June 1999 the choir sang in joint choirs during Pope John Paul II visit in Torun. In 2006 the ensemble took part in performance of “Requiem for Beslan”, a piece composed exclusively to commemorate the tragedy in Chechen. In 2010 the choir recorded a CD with christmas carols. "Semper Iuvenes" has toured with concerts in Europe: Greece, Belgium, the Netherlands, Czech Republic.

Torun Music School Youth Choir "Semper Iuvenes" has been awarded many prestigious prizes in international and national competitions and festivals, including:  

·         2^nd Prize in 48^th European Music Festival for Young People in Neerpelt, Belgium –  2000

·         twice Grand Prix in the Challenge Cup of the Voivode of Kujawsko-Pomorski Province in Torun, Poland – 2000 and 2008

·         Silver Medal in 7^th International Sacral Music Competition in Preveza, Greece –  2001

·         twice 1^st Prize in 2^nd and 5^th All–Poland Competition of Music School Choirs in Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland – 2002 and 2008

·         1^st Prize and Special Award for Best Performance of Compulsory Piece in Music Schools Choirs A Cappella Festival of Kujawsko-Pomorski Province in Inowroclaw, Poland – 2005

·         Silver Medal in 33^rd International Festival of Choirs in Olomouc, Czech Republic – 2005

·         five times 1^st Prize in 4^th, 5^th, 7^th, 9^th  and 13^th Choir Festival "Cantio Lodziensis" in Lodz, Poland – 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010

RENATA SZERAFIN-WOJTOWICZ, Ph.D. – conductor

was born in Lublin, Poland, where she studied at primary and secondary music school in violin class. In 1994 she graduated from the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, Poland, specializing in choir directorship in class of doc. Jan Przybylski. In 2002 she completed Postgraduate Choirmaster Studies at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, Poland. In 2006 she earned Ph.D. in Choral Conducting degree.

Since 1994 she's been having lectures and classes in Primary and Secondary Music School in Torun with vocal ensembles and the Music School Children Choir "Gioia di Cantare" and since 1997 also with the Youth Choir "Semper Iuvenes". Since 1995 till 2003 she took the artistic lead of the Male Voice Choir "Copernicus" in Torun. In 2002 she founded "Akolada" Chamber Choir in Bydgoszcz, Poland. With her choirs Renata has had numerous concerts in Poland and other European countries.

She was awarded Best Conductor Prize: in 2000 in the First All-Poland Competition of Music School Choirs in Ostrow Wielkopolski, in 2005 in Festival of Music School Choirs of the Kujawsko-Pomorski Region in Inowroclaw and in 2010 in the Second International Children’s Choir Competition “Il Garda in Coro” in Italy, in 2011 in 10th International Choral Music Festival in Barczewo.

Renata has been a jury member of many nationwide and international choral festivals and competitions.

Twice, in 2000 and in 2003, she was recognized with the Prize of the President of Torun. In 2001 she got recognition as Person of Merit from the Minister of Culture and Nation Heritage of the Republic of Poland.

Het jeugdkoor muziekschool Leiden

 Het jeugdkoor muziekschool Leiden bestaat uit ongeveer 18 jongeren in de leeftijd van 12 tot 18 jaar en staat onder leiding van Wim de Ru.

Het doel is om met eenvoudige middelen een zo hoog mogelijk niveau te bereiken, waarbij het repertoire zo breed mogelijk wordt opgezet.   Het klassieke repertoire kan variëren van Barock- tot twintigste eeuwse muziek. Elk jaar werkt het jeugdkoor mee aan de uitvoering van de Matthäus-Passion.    Daarnaast geeft het jeugdkoor jaarlijks kerstconcerten, waarvoor het een breed en gevarieerd kerstrepertoire heeft opgebouwd.

Vanuit de stedenband, die Leiden met diverse steden in Europa onderhoudt, heeft het koor diverse concertreizen o.a. naar Oxford en Torun (Polen) gemaakt.

In december 2009 heeft het jeugdkoor een concertreis naar Wenen gemaakt en deelgenomen aan het Wiener Advent Sing Festival

Wim de Ru

is actief als koordirigent in Leiden, Hij is dirigent van het Oratoriumkoor EX ANIMO te Leiden. Hij is Cantor van de Leidse Studenten ecclesia en verzorgt koorscholingscursussen voor mensen, die meer thuis willen raken in het koorzingen, aan de muziekschool

Ook verzorgt hij koorscholing voor kinderen aan de muziekschool en is tevens dirigent van het kinderkoor en het jeugdkoor aan de zelfde school

Met het jeugdkoor reisde hij in 2007 naar Torun om daar samen met het jeugdkoor aldaar een concert te verzorgen. Ook reisde hij met het jeugdkoor naar Oxford en eind 2009 deed hij met het jeugdkoor mee aan het Advent-sing-Festival in Wenen

Bogdan Holownia

born in Toruń ( Poland )

He started his music journey In early 80 `s in Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski Quartet .

Attended summer jazz workshops in Chodzież – and there he was listening lectures of  Janusz Szprot !! Graduated from Berklee College of Music ( Boston Mass. USA )  in 1993 .- favourites teachers – Ray Santisi , Laszlo Gordony, Greg Hopkins )

Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly and Enrico Pieranunzi are his favourites pianists.

He released

Don`t ask why – solo piano

Chwile – quartet

Both for SONY MUSIC POLAND

Recently he formed his own little music company – HoBoRecords and released CD called SEN – (Dream )

 Zmierzch ( Down )  Bogdan plays piano and it contains music of Jerzy Wasowski .

SEN (HoBo 001)
Magda Gołębiowska - śpiew, Bronek Suchanek - bas, Bogdan Hołownia - fortepian.

ZMIERZCH (HoBo 002)
Bogdan Hołownia fortepian solo - music by composer: Jerzego Wasowskiego.

TRIO (HoBo 003)
Gunter Wehinger - flet, Bronek Suchanek - bas, Bogdan Hołownia - piano

JUST FRIENDS (HoBo 004)
Sibel Kose - śpiew, Bogdan Hołownia - fortepian, Bronisław Suchanek - bas,
Kazimierz Jonkisz - perkusja.

Jerzy Wasowski SONGBOOK (HoBo 005)
Bogdan Hołownia- fortepian, Greg Hopkins- trąbka,flugelhorn, Jerry Vejmola- saksofon tenorowy, flet, Bronisław Suchanek- kontrabas, Joe Hunt- perkusja

CARISSIMA L.A.Trio (HoBo 007)
Bogdan Hołownia- fortepian, Andrzej "Bruner" Gulczyński- kontrabas, Józef Eliasz- perkusja

His latest CD is called:

Żarcik a propos (HoBo 2011)
Joanna Trzepiecińska, Bogdan Hołownia, Paweł Pańta, Robert Murakowski, Cezary Konrad

see: www.Holownia.pl

Magdalena Golebiowska

is a Polish jazz singer.

Her first musical fascination of the early years

was classical music.

She was trained as a classical pianist but then

switched to jazz. Jazz is by far the most

important in it's freedom, it's harmony, and it's

sense of time.

Magdalena has worked with great polish

musicians; Janusz Szrom, Ewa Bem, Dorota

Miskiewicz, Bronislaw Suchanek and Bogdan

Holownia "Sen".

In 2008 Magdalena Golebiowska started her

studies at the Conservatory van Amsterdam.

In june 2012 she has been graduated at conservatorium of Amsterdam

Magdalena Cynk

Magdalena Cynk was born in Torun.

She still lives in this beautiful city and teaches in the Music School in Torun. Magdalena is a teacher of theory and composition there.

She’s really succesfull composer, wrote many pieces for a symphonic and chamber orchestra, for choir and solists.

Magdalena likes composing about Torun, the history of city and people which where close to Torun like Mikolaj Kopernik. Since 2008 she’s been playing on the carillon in the Academii of Music in Gdansk.

This instrument is not very wellknown in Poland, there are only two of them, and they are in the same place, in the north of Poland, in Gdansk.

She travels there to practise. She is an organiser of many festivals, competitons and concerts in Torun.