“The Go-Dai Concerto is not only a triumph for the guitar technically; it marks a turning point in the instrument’s repertoire for the concerto medium. For many commentators the guitar’s relationship with ensemble has always had great potential, but few examples have come to the fore to define the instrument in this way.
Pasieczny has shown here not only what level of musical interaction is possible with orchestra, but also how the guitar might come to redefine the orchestral palette for a new crop of composers. I am certain that its significance will lie in its future status as a milestone for the guitar canon.”

Guy TRAVISS March 2013, London (‘CLASSICAL GUITAR MAGAZINE’)

Badi, Sergio, Odair & Clarice ASSAD with Marek Pasieczny

“CALL FOR GUITARISTS” – Competition Winners announced!

We are very happy to announce the collaboration between Marek Pasieczny and Brazilian composer Clarice ASSAD. From almost 120 submissions Marek together with another five players (Alieksey Vianna, Cecilio Perera, Connie Sheu, Gaële Sola and Jose Antonio Escobar) has been chosen to participate closely in new project with Clarice. Details soon!

Brand new work (commissioned and dedicated to David Russell) titled SCINTILLA has been just released.

Scintilla (from Latin: ‘spark’) means “a sparkling glittering particle”, “a tiny or scarcely detectable amount”. The piece is divided into three slow movements separated by ‘attacca’. The middle movement titled “Psalm” forms the ‘heart’ of the piece, inspired by and based on the first four entrances (men’s voice lines) of “De Profundis” (for male choir, organ and percussion). Arvo Pärt composed this piece in 1980 (coincidently the year of my birth). The entire work is based mainly on the affiliation between two chords: A flat major and G major. Following Pärt’s “tintinnabulum” style, the score has been written on three staves, very unusual for solo guitar. The tuning system is also atypical: 6th E – low G and 5th A – g sharp. Almost simultaneously, I composed a version of this work for solo piano.

Marek Pasieczny’s new piece titled ‘DESEJO’ is commissioned dedicated to Odair Assad and his future ‘Solo’ project.

‘DESEJO’ in Portuguese means ‘wish’, ‘desire’, ‘pleasure’ or ‘longing’ and that’s exactly what this project means to me and how I felt when Odair Assad asked me to compose something for his ‘solo’ project. I transferred these very same feelings into writing it, resulting in something very flashy, full of bliss, energy and spontaneity. I also felt a calling to return to my compositional roots – jazz and improvisation. I’m honored to write and dedicate this piece to my musical hero and living legend Odair Assad.

Marek Pasieczny (London, November 2012)

The Tango Impressions | Tribute to the Art Of Astor Piazzolla has been finally published by PWM.

We are very happy and thrilled to announced that Marek Pasieczny become the featured artist worldwide (August Issue) of  CLASSICAL GUITAR MAGAZINE. Interview by Guy Traviss (CG) about Marek Pasieczny’s compositional style and ethics.

Marek Pasieczny, Keiko and Kazuhito Yamashita

New commission from International Guitar Festival in Tychy / Poland to compose and world premiere a new guitar concerto for guitar and orchestra. This work will be inspired by Japanese traditional music and will be a tribute to Japanese classical composer Toru Takemitsu.

Pasieczny’s new concerto will be performed amoung  world renowned legendary guitarist Kazuhito Yamashita will perform Keiko Fuji’s “Kyoto; Reverberation” double concerto for guitar and double bass (European premiere). This  will be a part of the “2012 Silesian Guitar Autumn” – an internationally acclaimed guitar festival – taking place from the 13^th to 20^th October 2012. Other special guest appearances will include : Kazuhito Yamashita, Tomatito, Sergio Assad, Odair Assad, Badi Assad, Ana Vidovič and many more.

more info HERE

The Silesian String Quartet

Upcoming world premiere of Marek Pasieczny’s brand new strong quintet titled CONCERTO CHACONNE | prelude and chaconne (25 variations and cadenza | the concerto for guitar and string quartet) will take place during the The XVth INTERNATIONAL GUITAR MUSIC FESTIVAL in Trzesacz, Poland between 7th and 9th of June. Pasieczny is going to premiere this quintet together with world renowned The SILESIAN STRING QUARTET.

The work is commissioned and dedicated to Cezary Strokosz and “The 15th Anniversary of International Music Guitar Festival in Trzęsacz, Poland”

Excellent review by Colin Cooper (Classical Guitar Magazin) on Pasieczny’s LITTLE SONATA: 

“Most composers are aware of the difficulties in writing good music that is at the same playable by amateurs. They have reached a high executive level on the instrument of their choice, and cannot resist showing it. Mozart was one of them (…) Marek Pasieczny’s LITTLE SONATA is in this category. (…). This young man knows what he is doing and what he is doing is exciting”. COLIN COOPER, Classical Guitar Magazine | April 2012

click HERE to read FULL review

Susana Prieto, Marek Pasieczny and Alexis Mazurakis (in Poland)

New composition for two guitars finished! Six movement work called POLISH SUITE is dedicated to Duo Melis – Susana Prieto and Alexis Mazurakis.

This duo is composed in the avant-garde modern and post-classical language. Innovative investigation into the dramatic and virtuosic possibilities of musical performance, and in compositional terms – as well investigation into a widely comprehended sonority of the two instruments.