Michal
Jacaszek is
a Gdansk-based Polish composer and producer of
electro-acoustic, classical-ambient music. Influenced by Henryk
Gorecki, Pawel
Szymanski
and Arvo Pärt, Jacaszek's approach weaves a cinematic vastness
of
scale into works of intimate yet profound beauty. He has released
five albums since 2001. Of Treny
(Miasmah Records), Boomkat writes: "… an album so
heart-stoppingly beautiful and personal that we've been stunned into
silence for its entire 55 minute duration....the subtle grandeur of
the album is almost impossible to take in over one sitting, even if
the impact is absolutely immediate...it feels like a hugely important
piece of work, far outweighing almost anything else we've heard in
the modern classical field these last eighteen months... surely one
of the most impressive, mystical and astonishing albums of the year."
His
latest work is the soundtrack for the film Sala
samobojcow (Suicide's Room)
directed by Jan Komasa. Jacaszek has performed in Great Britain, the
USA, the Netherlands, in Belgium, Portugal, Ukraine, in Sweden,
Slovakia,and Germany, as well as in Poland.
At
C3 Jacaszek will present music from Treny as well as from his recent
album Glimmer
(Ghostly International) with Ingancy Wiśniewski (harpsichord)
and Andrzej Wojciechowski (bass clarinet) and with baroque ensemble
Silva Rerum.
www.jacaszek.com/
Upcoming release: ghostly.com/releases/glimmer
Silva
Rerum
is comprised of Danuta Zawada (Baroque violin), Agnieszka Oszańca
(cello), Małgorzata Skotnicka (harpsichord), Maja Mirocha
(transverse flute), and Wanda Kozyra (lute), a quintet of recent
graduates from music conservatories in Brussels, Amsterdam and
Krakow, that specialise in Baroque music. Silva Rerum do not only
present historically accurate performances of early music but also
co-operate with contemporary artists who compose for Baroque
instruments.
www.silvarerum.com.pl
