SUMMER CONCERT BY CANDLELIGHT - LA BELLE NUIT | JARYNA RAK | JAGODA SOKOŁOWSKA O'DONOVAN | ROBERT SKIERA

By the light of candles, we will listen to beautiful music, and during the break on our charming patio, under the moonlight, we will treat ourselves to a glass of exquisite champagne.

In the elegant interior of the Fryderyk Concert Hall, illuminated only by candlelight, we will listen to extraordinary artists - the outstanding musicians of our time.

The concerts are two-part recitals lasting about 60 minutes, based on the popular 19th-century idea of salon musical gatherings. During the concert break, we will offer you a glass of sparkling wine.

Please arrive 15 minutes before the concert.

Jagoda Sokołowska - O’Donovan - soprano

She graduated with honors from the Academy of Music in Krakow. She is a laureate of first prizes at Polish and international music competitions. She has performed at all significant music festivals in Poland and represented Poland at music festivals and stages worldwide. She is a soloist, chamber musician, and also a cultural manager.

Renowned Polish critic and humanist Jerzy Waldorff wrote: "Responsibility for the state of Polish musical life compels me to address those of you who contribute to Polish culture with these few words... I recommend to you this exceptionally talented artist... an outstanding musical personality."

She performs for you in the concert hall she created, the Fryderyk Concert Hall.

Yaryna Rak - soprano

A graduate of the Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Music Academy in the piano class of Maria Kruszelnicka and in the operatic singing class of Volodymyr Ignatenko and Ludmila Bozhko. She also completed an artistic internship in the operatic singing class of Izabela Kłosińska at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. Winner of piano and vocal competitions nationally and internationally. A scholarship recipient from the President of Ukraine and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland. She taught a chamber singing class at the music academy in Lviv for several years, a master class in interpretation and vocal technique at the University of Tromsø. Currently, she is a coach for soloists at the Grand Theatre - National Opera in Warsaw. Collaborates with numerous festivals, philharmonics, and theaters nationally and internationally as a vocal coach and operatic singer.

Robert Skiera - piano

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).