Sunday Music Series | Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra: The Musical Pilgrimage of Polish Diaspora , Sunday, June 8, 2025 3:00 PM
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Sunday, June 8, 2025 3:00 PM
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Sunday Music Series | Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra: The Musical Pilgrimage of Polish Diaspora
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The NBMAA’s longstanding monthly concert series features local & regional performances from a variety of musical genres.Program:
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2 in F-minor
Soloist: Corbin Beisner
Soloist: Corbin Beisner
Stanisław Moniuszko: Latin Mass in E-flat major
Agnieszka Tyrawska, soprano
Rebecca Almeida, alto
Ed Napier, tenor
David Kennedy, bass
The Academic Choir of Lublin University of Technology
Elzbieta Krzeminska, artistic director
The Moniuszko Choir
Connecticut Virtuosi
Agnieszka Tyrawska, soprano
Rebecca Almeida, alto
Ed Napier, tenor
David Kennedy, bass
The Academic Choir of Lublin University of Technology
Elzbieta Krzeminska, artistic director
The Moniuszko Choir
Connecticut Virtuosi
Adrian Sylveen, conductor
The Academic Choir of Lublin University of Technology was established in 1975. Elzbieta Krzeminska has been the Conductor and Director of Music since 1987. The Group consists of Lublin Technical University students, graduates, and staff as well as students of other Lublin universities. The repertoire embraces wide variety of folk songs of different cultures, sacred, jazz, and oratorio pieces. The Choir participated in various prestigious national and international festivals, very often with great success: Academia Cantat ’89 (Poland), Eurotreff ’89 and ’94 (Germany), Cant Coral ’90 (Spain), Oskarshamn ’93 (Sweden), Riva del Garda ’96 (Italy) – Golden Diploma and Conductor Prize Winner, Rhodes ’98 (Greece) – awarded the Bronze Medal, Grado ’01 (Italy) – Golden Diploma, Winner of the Mixed Choir Category and Conductor Prize Winner, Oristano ’03 (Italy – Sardinia), Coimbra ’05 (Portugal), Bratislava ’07 (Slovakia) – Golden Band and Conductor Prize Winner, Cantate Croatia ’09 (Croatia). The Group has given concerts in most European countries. Since its very beginning, the Choir has been very much involved in the cultural life of the Technical University and the city. Owing to the cooperation with orchestras, such as the Lublin Philharmonic, Baltic Philharmonic and Torun Chamber Orchestra, the Choir had an opportunity to perform the following musical works: G. Rossini’s Stabat Mater, L. van Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9, A. Vivaldi’s Gloria, M.A. Charpentier’s Te Deum, J. Haydn’s Stabat Mater and Nelson Mass, J.S. Bach’s Wachet auf and Weihnachtsratorio, C.Orff’s Carmina Burana, G. Mahler’s Symphony no. 2 & 8, W.A. Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Requiem, Grand Mass in C minor, G. Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, W. Kilar’s Exodus, Angelus and Missa pro pace, G.F. Handel’s Messiah and Dixit Dominus. Good reviews of these performances were the result of great interpretations conveyed by conductors like: sir David Willcocks, Laszlo Heltay, Krzysztof Missona, Wlodzimierz Szymanski, Zygmunt Rychert, Jerzy Salwarowski, Tadeusz Wojciechowski and Ruben Silva. The Choir has so far recorded three albums. The strongest attribute, notwithstanding the high artistic level, is the special bond between the members, who after many years of creating wonderful music together remain close friends for a long time.
Elzbieta Krzeminska is a professor of musical arts, a graduate from The Artistic Department at Maria Sklodowska-Curie University in Lublin, and a graduate from two-year Postgraduate Programme at Music Academy in Bydgoszcz, in the class of choir management and voice pedagogy. She works as a Professor in the Music Institute of the Artistic Department at Maria Sklodowska-Curie University, where she commands the class of choir management. She has been the conductor of The Choir since 1987. Under her direction, The Choir has given about 400 concerts of a cappella and oratorio music, both in Poland and across Europe. The Choir has won many prizes in the choral competitions, among others: Golden Diploma and Conductor Special Award in Riva Del Garda (Italy, 1996), Bronze Medal on Rhodes (Greece, 1998), Golden Diploma and Conductor Special Award in Grado (Italy, 2001), Golden Band and Conductor Special Award in Bratislava (Slovakia, 2007), National Festival of University Choirs “Swiety Krzyz 2014” (Kielce, Poland), two Golden and Silver Diplomas in 5th International Choir Competition and Festival “Cançó Mediterrània 2015” (Lloret de Mar, Spain), two Golden Medals in 1st International Choir Competition “Adratic Pearl” in Dubrovnik (Croatia, 2019), 8th International Choral Music Festival in Eišiškės (Lithuania, 2021) – the highest score, „Musica Orbis Festival” in Prague (2021) – the Golden Medal and two Silver Medals in 15th Rimini International Choral Competition (Italy, 2021), 30th Prague Advent and Christmas Choral Festival in 2022 – Grand Prix and 1st Prize. In the years 2013-2018 Elzbieta Krzeminska worked as the conductor of ‘Lutnia Lubelska’, the Lublin Philharmonic Choir. Elzbieta Krzeminska has been invited to sit on the jury of many choral competitions and festivals. She was taking part in the work of The Chancellery, which grants the Artistic Award of the City of Lublin. She has been awarded the Golden Cross of Honours, the Board of Education Medal, the Gloria Artis Medal, the Medal for the Meritorious for the City of Lublin, the Medal for the Meritorious Activity in the field of Culture, President of the City of Lublin Award for cultural and artistic achievements and the Medal of the Lublin city’s 700th jubilee.
Corbin Beisner has been active as a classical pianist throughout the United States and Europe since his solo recital debut in 2005. A year later in 2006, he gave his debut concerto performance with Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, op. 37. Notable performances have included recitals at the Conservatoire Liceu in Barcelona, Spain, the Liszt Saal at the Accademia d’Ungheria in Rome, Italy, numerous recitals throughout Switzerland, including an all-Liszt recital in the famous “Le Troi Rois” hotel in Basel. Repeated invitations at the Schmiedenhof Zunftsaal, also in Basel, various concerts in Budapest, Hungary, and performances at the Summer Liszt Academy in Schillingsfürst, Germany. In the United States, he has been invited to perform by Chopin societies in Connecticut, Texas, the Chopin Foundation in Florida, the American Liszt Society, and the Polish-American Foundation of Connecticut. Mr. Beisner has performed with symphony orchestras in Indiana, Connecticut, and Nevada in the U.S. and in Switzerland and Italy. He also frequently collaborates with colleagues in chamber music and vocal accompaniment. He is a graduate of the Hartt School of Music in Connecticut, USA (BMus) and the Franz Liszt Academy of Music (Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem) in Budapest, Hungary (M.A.). Mr. Beisner received rave reviews in the German/Swiss newspapers “Die Neue Fricktaler Zeitung” and “Badische Zeitung” for his recitals, notably his performances of the music of Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin, and Liszt. He is also a 1st prize winner of the London Liszt Society Competition, and holds the “Marie Hohenlohe” medal for pianistic excellence from the Summer Liszt Academy at Schloss-Schillingfuerst, Germany. His debut CD, presenting the works of Franz Liszt, was released under the German label “Perfect Noise.”
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