Mazurka - Duo Worobec Witek-Jaron (Violin, Piano) + visit of Villa Carlotta

PROGRAM

F. CHOPIN: Valse Brillante As – dur op.34/1, Mazurkas op.24/1 & 2
I.J. PADEREWSKI: Menuet op.14/1, Sarabanda op.14/2, Melodie op.16/6
H. WIENIAWSKI: Legende op.17, Obertas, Kujawiak
K. SZYMANOWSKI: Sonate for violin and op.9, Dance from ballet Harnasie

THE ARTISTS

Ludmila Worobec-Witek was born in Żydaczów in Ukraine. She graduated with honors Kruszlnicka School for talent in the violin class of Aleksandra Derkacz. She continued her studies with Nikolaj Lysenko receiving “First class honours”.
She has participated in national and international competitions, where she has received special awards for her interpretation of Russian and Slavic music.
Since 1991 she lives and works in Poland where she is Concertmaster at Świętokrzyska Philharmonic Orchestra in Kielce. You carry out an intense artistic activity as a soloist and chamber musician. She has performed as a soloist in important orchestras: Sinfonia Varsovia, Kielce Philharmonic, Virtuosi Lwow Chamber Orchestra, Torun Chamber Orchestra, the Silesian Chamber Orchestra, Tomsk Chamber Orchestra (Russia), Lviv Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra….. She has worked with the most important Polish conductors such as Jerzy Maksymiuk, Agnieszka Duczmal, Jerzy Salwarowskim, Kawalla Simon, Joseph Wiłkomirskim, Marek Tracz, Czeslaw Grabowski. She is a guest at many international music festivals and has also given concerts several times at the National Museum in Warsaw.
For her artistic activity, she was awarded the Kielce Award.
For several years she has played in duo with the pianist Artur Jaron with whom she made her artistic debut at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York, subsequently holding concerts in France, Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Ukraine, Slovakia, Italy and Sweden.

Artur Jaron graduated from the Music Academy in Krakow in piano with Irena Sijalova-Vogel. He completed his postgraduate studies at the Odessa Conservatory under the guidance of Anatoly Kardaszow. He has a rich artistic activity both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. He has played with prestigious orchestras such as Sinfonia Warsaw, Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra of Krakow, Radio Cameral Orchestra “Amadeus”.
He has given concerts in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Slovakia, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine and the USA. He has worked with prominent Polish conductors, such as Jerzy Maksymiuk, Jerzy Salwarowski, Marek Pijarowsk, Agnieszka Duczma and Tadeusz Wojciechowski. Furthermore, as a chamber musician he has collaborated with Teresa Żylis-Gara, Malgorzata Walewska, Wieslaw Ochman, Adam Zdunikowsk and the Wieniawski Quartett. He has to his credit five CDs as soloist and chamber musician and several music recordings for Kielce Radio and Russian State Television. Among his recordings, the Concerto for Piano and Violin by F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy stands out, a rarely performed or recorded piece.
He has received numerous prestigious awards for his artistic achievements, including the Award of the Saint Cross Marshall, the Golden Emeryk’s Award and the Brown Cross of Merit-State Award.