Friday, July 25, 2025, 7:00 PM

Damian Skowroński graduated with distinction from the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw (organ class of prof. Andrzej Chorosiński and dr Bartosz Jakubczak). He continued his studies at the Universität der Künste in Berlin in the field of "organ improvisation" (professors: Wolfgang Seifen and Paolo Crivellaro) and received a Master of Music diploma (2021). He participated in master classes led by Julian Gembalski, Peter Planyavsky, Martin Schmeding, among others. Winner of the 2nd prize at the international improvisation competition in Katowice (2017) and the main prize at the improvisation competition as part of the Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck International Organ Competition in Gdańsk (2021). Since 2017, he has been an assistant professor at the Faculty of Church Music of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. In 2022, he defended his doctoral dissertation with distinction. Since 2020, he has been the organist of the Evangelical-Augsburg parish of the Holy Trinity in Warsaw.

Brass Quintet Castelbrass  is a brass ensemble formed by soloists from the Poznań Philharmonic and the Stanisław Moniuszko Grand Theatre in Poznań. It was founded in 1993 and initially operated under the name Art Brass Ensemble. The ensemble is a quintet consisting of two trumpets, a horn, a trombone and a tuba. The ensemble's rich and stylistically very diverse repertoire - from Renaissance and Baroque music to contemporary compositions - also includes popular and entertainment pieces. The quintet performs in historic interiors of palaces, castles, manor houses, as well as in concert halls in Poland and abroad.