Celebrating Jarek Śmietana
Back in Poland this week, leading the Extra Sounds Ensemble for a beautiful event celebrating the life and music of the legendary Jarek Śmietana. If you are anywhere near Krakow, come!! More event information here.
CD Release: Extra Sounds Ensemble ‘Metamorphoses’
So proud to have been a part of this awesome project, the debut recording from the Krakow-based Extra Sounds Ensemble with Alicja Śmietana and Pekka Kuusisto! Available on CD and iTunes. Released April 15, already chalking up sweet reviews across the continent. Go team!
A little behind the scenes action here for you. Hot tip: kickass La Folia at 0:54. 😉
Recording in Krakow
Great time in Krakow with some wonderful musicians I met while playing in Nigel Kennedy’s Orchestra of Life.
Recording tracks beautifully arranged by Alicja Śmietana for a project very dear to our hearts – ‘FRIENDS’ an album of the music of the late, great Polish guitarist Jarek Śmietana to be released in the next few months.
‘Orchestra of Life’ strings – a very special concert in Krakow
Honoured to be playing in a very special concert in Krakow on 17 June – ‘Music Inspired by Friendship’.
This concert features members of the original Orchestra of Life strings founded by Nigel Kennedy in 2010, who accompanied him on extensive tours across Germany, UK, Poland and Switzerland.
Program includes: E. Grieg – Holberg’s Suite, A. Vivaldi – Concerto for 4 Violins in b minor RV-580, J.S.Bach – Concerto for Violin and Oboe in d minor BWV 1060 (Alicja Śmietana, Mariusz Pędziałek), A. Vivaldi – Concerto for 2 Violins in A minor RV 522 (Alicja Śmietana, Sonja Schebeck), M. Karłowicz – Serenade for String Orchestra.
Funds raised will go towards medical treatment for the great Polish jazz guitarist and our dear friend Jarek Śmietana. If you are anywhere near Krakow please come along.
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