World Premiere! Two days of rehearsal and finally world premiere! Unforgettable moments with superb AUKSO and true master Maestro Marek Mos during Sląska Jesien Gitarowa

Concerto for Organ and Guitar and Four Miniatures for Organ and Two Guitars: world premiere during XXV International Chamber Music and Organ Festival in Zmigród, Poland

Zapraszam serdecznie wszystkich na premiery:

• Concerto na Gitarę i Orkiestrę kameralną razem z fenomenalną Aukso (pod dyr. Prof. Marka Mosia): 21października, 18.30 Mediateka XXI wieku, Tychy | inauguracja XVII Ślaskiej Jesieni Gitarowej

• Concerto na Gitarę i Organy oraz 4 Miniatury na Organy i dwie gitary (razem z Prof. Piotrem Rojkiem – organy oraz Dr. Michałem Bąkiem – gitara): 28 października, Żmigród, 19:30 kościół Św. Trójcy | XXV Międzynarodowy Festiwal Muzyki Kameralnej i Organowej

My new CONCERTO for guitar and string orchestra is finished and I’ll première it together with amazing AUKSO orchestra during the inauguration of the Silesian Guitar Autumn  on 21th of October! I’m also honoured to adjudicate and teach there. See some of you soon in Poland!

Final touches on my new 'Concerto for Guitar and String Orchestra’ during amazing workshops Mistrz i uczeń at Europejskie Centrum Muzyki Krzysztofa Pendereckiego

It’s been such a privlidge to be part of 11th edition of summer guitar workshops Mistrz i uczeń Thank You!

Playing through brand new work by Carlo DOMENICONI :12 Preludes and Fugues’ with Pavel Steidl during Guitar Masters Camp

Had amazing time yesterday with Krzysztof Pełech at Strefa Pelecha in Radio Wroclaw

It’s been such a privilege to be commissioned for the 3rd time from Silesian Guitar Autumn / Śląska Jesień Gitarowa to write a new CONCERTO for guitar and string orchestra, to be performed by the AUKSO Orchestra, one of the best in Europe this Autumn.

I’m going to participate in three amazing Guitar Music Workshops this summer in Poland.

Details:

• Krzyżowa: 15-25 July Guitar Masters Camp
• Karpacz: 1-10 August III Letnie Warsztaty Muzyczne by Protalentart Prywatna Szkoła Muzyczna
• Lusławice: 20-26 August Mistrz i uczeń at Europejskie Centrum Muzyki Krzysztofa Pendereckiego Lusławice

SONATA 'Volante’ for Marimba and Alto Saxophone

I. Introduzione e Allegro Veloce
II. Aria ‘ Almanaccare’
III. Interludio in form di Fugato
IV. Rondo Volante (Finale)

commissioned by OAK 'Overstrand Arts Kunste’. World Premiere will be given on 22nd of July in Hermanus, South Africa

Had a blast giving classes and listening to some of my compositions passionately performed by the students at RNCM – Royal Northern College of Music (25th June)

American première of my work PERPETUUS (Jack Body: In Memoriam) for guitar quartet; commissioned by, and dedicated to, the NZGQ ‘New Zealand Guitar Quartet’

Part 1: ‘Fanfares’ Part 2: ‘After Bach’ Part 3: ‘Waiata’ Part 4: ‘Contra Waves’ Part 5: ‘Bells’ Part 6: ‘Spinning Dance’

was given during GFA this week on 22nd of June by NZGQ: Vladimir Gorbach, Jane Curry, John Couch and Owen Moriarty

I’m happy to announce new commission from OAK 'Overstrand Arts Kunste’ for duo: marimba and alto saxophone. The piece will be in SONATA form.

The première will take place at the end of July in beautiful Hermanus, SA.

You can pre-order music score FOR PAT (Tribute to Pat Metheny) now! (12 pages, hard cover )

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Zapraszam serdecznie wszystkich polskojęzycznych przyjaciół do wysłuchania audycji Pana Łukasza Kota (Katolickie Radio Zamość)

For Pat (To Pat Metheny) now available in 4K

My Lutosławski: In Memoriam (version for two guitars) will be premièred by French guitarists: Vincent Kappes and Baptiste Ramond. The French premiere will take place during Festival International de guitare Sul Tasto Paris on 26th of May

Marek Pasieczny – ’For Pat’ (Tribute to Pat Metheny) Out Now! Download/Listen

Last week’s performance of my 'POLISH SUITE’ (for 2 pianos / 8 hands) at the St John’s Smith Square, London

My 'VOX SONITUS’ for baroque quartet was be premièred in Poland during the inauguration concert (full house!) at the Festiwal Warszawskie Spotkania Muzyczne at The Royal Castle in Warsaw

Recording session at the University of Leeds (music department). Recording solo piece: 'FOR PAT’ (tribute to Pat Metheny)

Had lots of fun w/ Michał Daniel Bąk Anna Pietrzak Jakub Kościuszko last year spontaneously recording excerpts from my suite ’Polish Impressions’ at the Krzysztof Penderecki’s Centre in Lusawice, Poland © Marek Pasieczny

closing concert of Erste Guitar Art Festival and panel for European Guitar Integration | Having best time during Guitar Art Festival with my friends and legends: Assad Brothers, Dusan Bogdanovic, with old friends Susana and Alexis from Duo Melis and guitar legend: Costas Cotsiolis after ajudicating, teaching and rehearsals.

© Marek Pasieczny

Two months, 30 concerts for over 13.000 people. Hundreds of meetings with amazing audience across USA and Canada! Feeling fulfilled 'n lucky! © Marek Pasieczny

CANADA / USA:

January 18 Cowichan Theatre, Duncan B.C.
January 20 Massey Theatre, New Westminster B.C.
January 21 University of Victoria, Victoria B.C.
January 23 Washington Center for Performing Arts, Olympia WA
January 24 Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds WA
January 26 Port Theatre, Nanaimo B.C.
January 30 Manship Theatre, Baton Rouge LA
January 31 Wolf Trap Barns, Vienna VA
February 1 Wolf Trap Barns, Vienna VA
February 3 Gordon Center, Owings Mills MD
February 6 Center for the Arts, Sun Valley ID
February 8 The Ellen Theatre, Bozeman, UT
February 10 Alberta Bair Theater, Billings MT
February 13 Myrna Loy Center, Helena MT
February 15 Ft. Lewis College, Durango CO
February 17 Swallow Hill, Denver CO
February 18 California Center for the Arts, Escondido CA
February 21 Harris Center, Folsom CA
February 23 Bankhead Theatre, Livermore CA
February 24 OFJCC Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, Palo Alto, CA
February 25 Fulkerson Recital Hall, Arcata CA
February 2 Discovery Theatre, Anchorage AK
March 3 Lincoln Theatre, Mt. Vernon WA
March 7 Keys ICE, Islamorada FL
March 9 Arts Garage, Delray Beach FL
March 10 Miami-Dade Performing Arts Center, Miami FL

EUROPE:
March 16-21 Guitar Art. Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
April 19-22 Gitarrophilia – Sudwest, Trossingen, Germany

CHINA:
May 20-24 The Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China

© Marek Pasieczny

Having fun while working on my Tate Sonata with the amazing Giacomo Susani!

World premiere on the 1st of March at the opening of new concert hall at the Royal Academy of Music, London

Proud to be D’Addario artist since 2011! © Marek Pasieczny

Brand new CD compilation of my music for solo guitar from seven different albums over the last 14 years. Recorded in South Africa, Poland, United Kingdom, Germany and Australia.

The album includes an exclusive brand new recording of re-composed and never released ‘TWO STORIES’ (to Pat Metheny). Available ONLY in hardcopy: Signed Limited Edition, 200 copies. Own one for Xmas!

Price:

£ 17 GBP  | € 19 EURO | $ 23 USD

including FREE postage Worldwide (hand-signed Limited Edition of only 200 copies)

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TRACK LIST:

• JOBURG JAM (Pogo Cover) (2012) (multi-guitar version)
• SPIFFY (to Ana Vidovic) (2013)
• TWO STORIES (to Pat Metheny) (1997/2017)
• DESEJO (to Odair Assad) (2012)

from TRAVELS  (2011)

• Thula baba, thula sana / Keep quiet my child (South Africa)
• Manamolela / The work song (South Africa)
• Cai Cha Feng / Picking Tea (Taiwan)
• Wang Chun Weng / Waiting for Love (Taiwan)
• Hundred Pipers (Scotland)

1. Flow gently, Sweet Afton (Scotland)
2. Sama jo se sama / By myself alone (Poland)
3. Bon Odori (Japan)
4. Cape Byron Lights (Australia)

from LITTLE SONATA (2011)

4. Allegro Vigoroso (Finale)

SCINTILLA (After Arvo Pärt) (2012)

5. Part One
6. Part Two ‘Psalm’
7. Part Three

NEO VARIATIONS (Tribute to John Towner Williams) (2015/2016)

8. Fanfare, Theme, Var 1-5, Finale

THE FLIGHT OF KIKUIDATAKI (to Carlo Domeniconi) (2011)

9. A Glimpse – The Flight

from HOMMAGE A ALEXANDER TANSMAN (2006)

1. Mazurka Romanesque
2. Scherzando a la Krakowiak
3. Fugato Pastoso (Finale)

HOMENAJE A M.DE FALLA (2003)

3. Lamento y Cancion

SATO NO AKI VARIATIONS (to Roland Dyens) (2010)

4. Prelude, Theme, Variations 1-4, Postlude

from AMERICAN SUITE (2003)

5. Tearing Away (Finale)                                                                          Total Time: 68 min

ALL MUSIC COMPOSED AND PERFORMED BY MAREK PASIECZNY | 2018 Recorded in: South Africa, Poland, United Kingdom, Germany and Australia ℗ Publisher: SLE Signature Limited Edition, London | Producer: Marek Pasieczny © Copyright by Marek Pasieczny | All rights reserved worldwide

Currently working on multi-movement composition for four guitars, commissioned by and dedicated to amazing musicians from New Zealand Guitar Quartet (NZGQ)

The piece is a tribute to great NZ composer Jack Body. The New Zealand premiere: January ’18. USA premiere: upcoming Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) convention.

Upcoming Concerts Fall ’17 / Spring ‘18 USA / CANADA / CHINA / EUROPE

Solo and Chamber Music

RUSSIA / HOLLAND / GERMANY / AUSTRIA / SWITZERLAND

October 5-8 Sverdlovsk State Philharmony, Russia
(duo with Ling Ling Yu)
October 15 NL-Rotterdam, LantarenVenster
October 16 NL-Amsterdam, Q Factory
October 19 DE-Rüsselsheim, Das Rind
October 20 DE-Reutlingen, FranzK
October 21. AT-Hard, Kammgarn
October 22 DE-Ingolstadt, Eventhalle am Westpark
October 24 DE-Bonn, Harmonie
October 25 DE-Koblenz, Café Hahn
October 26 DE-Remchingen, Kulturhalle
October 28 DE-Marburg, KFZ
October 29 DE-Celle, CD Kaserne
October 30 DE-Fehmarn, Kirche St.Johannis
November 01 DE-Bochum, Christuskirche
November 02 DE-Potsdam, Lindenpark
November 03 DE-Schwerin, Speicher
November 04 DE-Jena, Volkshaus Jena
November 06 AT-Hallein, Stadttheater Hallein
November 07 AT-Vienna, Reigen
November 09 CH-Gams, Guitar Repairs
November 10 CH-Bülach, JazzInn alterszentrum Im Grampen
(solo, duo, quartet with: Michael Chapdelaine, Lulo Reinhardt & Calum Graham)
USA / CANADA / CHINA
January 18 Cowichan Theatre, Duncan B.C.
January 20 Massey Theatre, New Westminster B.C.
January 21 University of Victoria, Victoria B.C.
January 24 Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds WA
January 26 Port Theatre, Nanaimo B.C.
January 30 Manship Theatre, Baton Rouge LA
January 31 Wolf Trap Barns, Vienna VA
February 1 Wolf Trap Barns, Vienna VA
February 3 Gordon Center, Owings Mills MD
February 6 Center for the Arts, Sun Valley ID
February 9 Myrna Loy Center, Helena MT
February 10 Alberta Bair Theater, Billings MT
February 15 Ft. Lewis College, Durango CO
February 16 Swallow Hill, Denver CO
February 21 Harris Center, Folsom CA
February 23 Bankhead Theatre, Livermore CA
February 25 Fulkerson Recital Hall, Arcata CA
March 2 Discovery Theeatre, Anchorage AK
March 3 Lincoln Theatre, Mt. Vernon WA
(solo, duo, quartet with: Michael Chapdelaine, Lulo Reinhardt & Calum Graham)
May 20-24 The Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China
(solo recital, master-class)

Full score (plus cello and guitar parts) are now available click here to order the score

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Happy to announced that just finishing composing ‘TATE SONATA’ for solo guitar (in four movements, inspired by one of the most prestigious art galleries in the world: Tate Modern, London).

Commissioned and dedicated to great guitarist and superb musician Giacomo Susani.

Thank you to William Kanengiser from (LAGQ) for writing lovely program notes for Scintilla (quartet version).

 ‘Scintilla’ by Marek Pasieczny is an evocation of the spatial and spiritual musical expression of the mystical Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. First composed for solo piano, subsequent versions for solo guitar, guitar duo and now guitar quartet have further explored the atmospheric possibilities of this work. 

 Using an unusual scordatura of low G natural on the sixth string and G# on the fifth, Pasieczny creates a totally unique sonic texture in this riveting and finely detailed score.  Beginning with a mysterious ostinato, the piece unfolds with brooding open harmonies and ominous dissonances. This prepares the entrance of the „Psalm”, with a cantus firmus-like exposition of a fragment from one of Pärt’s vocal works.  Building in intensity with wave-like chordal crests, the work ultimately drifts back to a gentle undulating close.

 Scintilla represents an original and welcome addition to the serious repertoire for guitar quartet. 

William KANENGISER

(LAGQ | Los Angeles Guitar Quartet)

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Brand new version of SCINTILLA: After Arvo Part for guitar quartet (dedicated to LAGQ: Los Angeles Guitar Quartet) now available worldwide!

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My new version of Variations ‘Sakura No Hana’ for guitar and pipa feat. amazing Lingling Yu now available on YouTube in 4K.

Excited to announce new commission from the winner of the last ‘London International Guitar Competition’, ‘Julian Bream Trust’ scholar and co-winner of the Special Prize at The Guitar Masters – Italian virtuoso of young generation: Giacomo Susani.

The piece will be in the form of sonata and it’s inspired by one of the most influential gallery venues worldwide: Tate Modern in London.

English Premiere: End of this year | Chinese premiere: May ‘18

Starting to work on new piece which was commissioned and will be dedicated to brilliant musicians – members of the NZGQ ‘New Zealand Guitar Quartet’: Owen Moriarty, John Couch, Christopher Hill and Jane Curry.

The piece will be in multi-movement form (suite) in memory of great NZ composer and ethnomusicologist Jack Body. New Zealand Premiere: end of this year | USA Premiere: during Guitar Foundation of America in 2018.

Back in CHINA

Happy to announce my appearance at 中央音乐学院 The Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing (four days of master-classes, solo recitals, duo collaboration), May ’18.

’POLISH SUITE’ (for 2 pianos/ 8 hands) was recently premiered in Crete, Greece during the ‘Heraklion Piano Festival’.Pianists: Petros Moschos, Dimitris Karydis, Michalis Angelakis, Nikos Stavlas.

Originally piece was commissioned by Aaron Shore for the ‘International Piano Festival’ in Glasow, Scotland – celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Fryderyk Chopin’s Birth

I and II movement

III – IV

V

 

Polish Sketches for cello and guitar now available in HD

Three Festivals and Summer Workshops in POLAND! Teaching (individual classical guitar and composition classes), adjudicating and performing as following:

• 30^th of June – 10^th of July | International Guitar Festival ‘Master of Six Strings’
• 13^th – 23^rd July | Guitar Masters Camp 
• 30^th July – 4^th August 10^th | The Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music 

RUSSIA!

Happy to announce my appearance during the The 6^th Eurasia International Music Festival in October this year. Going to perform some of my compositions with Lingling Yu (pipa).

Big thank you to Maestro Dmitry LISS (artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Urals Academic Philharmonic Orchestra).

Finis Autem Principium Est (Epitaph on Sir John Tavener) | PASIECZNY, Marek (for solo guitar)

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