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Artists:
Daniel Prajzner – organ
Choir "The Zielinski Singers" from the United States
Richard Zieliński – conductor
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Daniel Prajzner graduated from the Organ Class of Prof. M. Semeniuk-Podraza at the Academy of Music in Kraków (diploma with distinction in 2008) and from the Conservatory in Amsterdam (Organ Class of Prof. P. van Dijk, 2010). He took part in master classes (professors: G. Bovet, J. Gembalski, G. Gnann, L. Lohmann, J. Serafin, M. Toporowski). He is a laureate of international organ competitions, including Opava (Czech Republic, distinction), Castellana Grotte (Italy, 1st prize). He has given concerts in Poland and abroad (the Netherlands, Japan, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Belarus, Lithuania, Ukraine, Italy). He is an assistant professor at the Academy of Music in Kraków, where he obtained a doctorate in art in 2017. He also teaches at the A. Malawski State Music School Complex in Przemyśl. He is the president of the board of the Salesian Organ School in Przemyśl, reactivated in 2018.
Zielinski Singers is a group founded in 2005 by Richard Zielinski. The group consists of professional singers from all over the world dedicated to choral music. Their repertoire includes works from the Baroque to Broadway music, from classical to contemporary choral music and a whole host of pieces in between. Whether it is a popular music concert or a classical a cappella program, the singers present their high professionalism.
Richard Zielinski is an American conductor of Polish origin. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois (USA), after which he came to Poland and studied Polish music, among others, under the supervision of H. Czyż and J. Szyrocki. In the years 2003–2005 he was the artistic director and main conductor of the Academic Choir of the Szczecin University of Technology named after J. Szyrocki. He also held the positions of artistic director and main conductor of the International Choral Academy "In terra pax" and the International Festival of Choral Song in Międzyzdroje. In August 2018 he became the artistic director and conductor and juror of the "Legnica Cantat" Choral Festival. He is the artistic director and conductor of the Philharmonic in Norman (USA). He has held the same positions for over a dozen years at the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria, where he received the Gold Medal for artistic achievements. He has conducted both in the United States and abroad.
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