VALENTINE'S DAY BY CANDLELIGHT - LOVE SONGS | AGATA MARCEWICZ I ROBERT SKIERA

We invite you to the Valentine's Concert by Candlelight. Let's hear the most beautiful songs about love of 1920s Warsaw.

Agata Marcewicz - Szymańska - soprano and Robert Skiera - piano will lead us through the famous hits of past years: "Love will forgive everything”, “This Last Sunday”, “I’m afraid to sleep alone”, “Sex appeal” are just some of them.

It will be a wonderful time with the music of pre-war cinema!

In the beautiful interior of the Fryderyk Concert Hall, lit only by candlelight, we will listen to Fryderyk Chopin's performed by extraordinary artists - outstanding musicians of our time.

In addition to Fryderyk Chopin's compositions, the concert program will also include works by other composers, those who inspired Fryderyk Chopin (including Jan Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven), composers from the circle of European romantic music (including Ferenc Liszt, Joseph Elsner, Stanisław Moniuszko), as well as later artists.

The concerts are two-part recitals lasting approximately 60 minutes, based on the idea of salon musical meetings popular in the 19th century.

During the concert break, we will offer you a glass of sparkling wine.

Please arrive 15 minutes before the concert.

Agata Marcewicz-Szymańska during her artistic studies took part in numerous opera and operetta concerts, recitals and oratorio competitions.

While still studying at the F. Chopin Academy, she gave concerts with the National and Lublin Philharmonic Stage. In 1991, she won the 21st Chamber Ensemble Competition in Wrocław, performing cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach.

After graduating, she cooperated with the Musical Theater in Lublin. Currently, he cooperates with the National Philharmonic, as well as with many philharmonics in Poland. In her artistic achievements, in addition to opera and operetta parts, the artist also presents recitals consisting of Polish, German, French, Czech and Russian songs. The artist took part in vocal competitions, including: in the Vocal Competition Ada Sari in Duszniki Zdrój, in the International Competition. Stanisław Moniuszko in Warsaw and improved her vocal skills during master classes with prof. Teresa Żylis-Gary. In addition to the oratorio, opera, operetta and song repertoire, with which she has performed in many European countries, the artist has a stage repertoire, including the repertoire of other cultures (including participation in the International Roma Festival in Ciechocinek in 2005, 2014 and in the xx-Jubilee Festival in 2016), and also performs numerous repertoire of contemporary composers, such as Marek Sewen, Ludomił Rogowski (first performance of Rogowski's works). Agata Marcewicz-Szymańska has participated in many television and radio recordings in Poland and abroad.

Robert currently performs as a soloist and chamber musician in Poland and throughout Europe. Between performances he fits in teaching at music schools in Warsaw from the Jozef Elsner State College Music School to his old alma-mater the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw from where he graduated in 1988.

Robert has also conducted classes at the international courses of musical interpretation in Nowy Sącz.

Among the concerts and festivals Robert has performed at are: Germany (Kiel, Frankfurt, Mainz, Trier, Mannheim, Cottbus, Husum, Mülheim, Oberhausen, Segeberg), Holland (The Hague), Italy (Milan, Turin, Genoa), Austria (Vienna), France (Paris), Belgium (Brussels) and Hungary (Budapest).

Robert has also made recordings for both polish radio and television, performing as a soloist with chamber orchestras, and also performing piano ensembles in orchestral works (e.g. under Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau).

Robert repertoire doesn’t just include Chopin’s many wonderful works, but ranges from Bach to Bartók.

Robert has released albums for the labels Acte Préalable (Chopin’s works) and DUX (chamber music).