2007 Krawiec Duo news release

Chopin, the most celebrated pianist of any age, said, "Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, except, possibly, two." And two guitars will be delighting Ontario audiences from April 25 to 29. This will be a unique opportunity to enjoy the Classical Guitar Duo, Andrzej and Grzegorz Krawiec of Poland. Their program will include familiar pieces and new compositions by J.S. Bach, Frederic Chopin, Andrzej Cwojdzi½nski, Enrique Granados, and Joaquin Rodrigo written or arranged for two guitars.

Brothers Andrzej and Grzegorz Krawiec have played guitar duets since 1996.

Their achievements include:

-1st prize at the National Guitar Competition in Koszalin (Poland)

-1st prize at the International Guitar Competition for Chamber Music Ensembles with Classical Guitar "Ghitaralia" in Przemysl (Poland)

-3rd prize at the International Guitar Competition in Viareggio (Italy)

Andrzej and Grzegorz perform works originally written for guitar-duo as well as their own transcriptions. They have been awarded grants by The Ministry of Culture, The Mayor the city of Przemysl, and a prize for "Young Artists in Europe" – Paderborn (Germany). Their concert schedule has taken them to Spain, Germany, Austria, Romania, Canada and throughout Poland.

Grzegorz Krawiec

Born on 22nd of November 1980 in Przemysl (Poland). 1987-1999 studied classical guitar
in Przemysl with prof. Wojciech Mandzyn.. In 2004 he finished his Masters Degree at The Frederic Chopin Academy in Warsaw with prof. Marcin Zalewski.

Grzegorz is a prize-winner of many classical guitar competitions in Poland, Bath, Vienna, Sernancelhe and Belgrade, and has played in such great concert halls as: Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Studio, Polish National Philharmonic Hall, Wiener Konzerthaus and Glenn Gould Studio.

His first solo CD "Journey – Podroz" (MA Recordings) was voted by SoundStage! as one of the 12 best CDs in 2005.

Andrzej Krawiec

Born on 28th of November in 1981 in Przemysl (Poland). At the age of 7 he began guitar lessons at the Music School in Przemysl. Andrzej graduated in 2005 from the Robert-Schumann-Hochschule in Düsseldorf (Germany) with prof. Joaquin Clerch. He has participated in masterclasses conducted by A.Desiderio, E.Fisk, W.Lendle, T.Müller-Pering, A.Swete and M.Tröster. Presently Andrzej studies at the Academy of Music in Cracow with prof. Michał Nagy.

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