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Magdalena Białecka

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Magdalena Białecka
Magdalena Białecka at pipe organ in Ochsenhausen (Germany)
Background information
Born1993
Occupation(s)composer, instrumentalist
Instrumentspipe organ, harpsichord, piano

Magdalena Białecka (born 1993)[1] is a Polish composer,[2] organist,[3] cembalist,[3] pianist,[2] vocalist[4] and conductor.[5]

Biography[edit]

Białecka grew up in Warsaw.[2] She studied at the Zespół Państwowych Szkół Muzycznych nr 1 musical school Warsaw[6] and in LXIV High School there.[7] She graduated from the piano, harpsichord and organ faculty at the Frederic Chopin University of Music[2][4] (the class of Prof. Bartosz Jakubczak). In 2015-2016 she studied organ at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne (at the invitation of Prof. Johannes Geffert). A three-time scholarship holder of the State University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart as well a scholarship holder of the International Summer Music School in Pučišća.[8] She has developed her composing skills,[2] which she continues during her studies at the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk (class of Prof. Tadeusz Dixa). At the same time, she is a PhD candidate in music theory at Frederic Chopin University of Music, where she also teaches from 2021. Her doctoral supervisor is Professor Katarzyna Szymańska-Stułka.

Music[edit]

Performance[edit]

Białecka was a participant of over 40 (2021) masterclasses in Europe. As an organist, she has performed, inter alia, in Poland, Germany, France, Denmark, Croatia, United Kingdom and Lithuania. She was a 2nd prize winner in the national organ competition Per Artem Ad Astra. She also regularly performed at the festivals in north-eastern Poland: Olsztyńskie Koncerty Organowe,[4] Reszelskie Koncerty Muzyki Organowej i Kameralnej,[9] Long Night Of Museums[10] and Juniores Priores Organorium Seinesis.[11]

Occasionally she conducts (e.g. IV International Workshop Singing without Borders).[5][12]

She is also involved in popularising music: as a member of the Slavic a Capella Quintet,[13] Christmas carol singing and teaching activities.[14]

Work[edit]

Białecka mainly composes for keyboards.[2] She also composed two operas (Nanoopera - premiered at Teatr Druga Strefa in Warsaw and Wianki).[2] In 2020, in the broadcast of Polskie Radio Program II she presented her Christmas carols for pipe organ and harpsichord[3]. When creating music, she composes with specific composers in mind.[2]

Her compositions were performed i.a. at the concerts of UFM,[15][16] at Frederic Chopin University of Music[17] and at the festival Środa na Okólniku.[18]

In the role of a composer-improviser she performed, among others, at the Immediate Composition Competition (Konkurs Kompozycji Natychmiastowej) as part of the Transatlantyk Festival.[19]

Musical activity[edit]

Białecka was a winner of 2nd prize of the Masovian Centre of Culture and Art and a special prize of Gazeta Wyborcza for a music review (about a concert at the Masovia Goes Baroque festival).[20] She regularly conducts interviews with musicians.[21][22] She also takes up topics related to feminism and forgotten female composers.[23] Białecka promotes teaching composition and improvisation at music schools.[24] In 2013 she was the organiser of a UFM composers' festival in Warsaw.[16]

Białecka presented her compositional experiences at the 10th edition of TEDx Marszałkowska.[25]

She is a regular speaker at scientific conferences.[26][27][28][29]

Selected works[edit]

  • Wreaths (Wianki, 2013), opera[30]
  • Stream 1 (Strumień 1, 2013), for chamber orchestra[31]
  • Litany for a female voice and piano - nanooper (Litania na głos kobiecy i fortepian - nanoopera, 2017), oper, to the libretto by Agnieszka Małgowska and Monika Rak, based on the work of Gertrude Stein
  • Greenish Rose (Zielona róża, 2014), for a string quintet, liguarion, alto and baritone), the first ever concert performance of a piece composed for liguarion[32]
  • Landscape in white (Krajobraz w bieli, 2019, premiered on 20 March 2019 in Warsaw, with Bartosz Jakubczak - pipe organ and Miłosz Pękala - vibraphone)[1][33]
  • Blackbird (Czarny kos, 2020, commissioned by the Municipal Cultural Center in Olsztyn)[34]

Personal life[edit]

She lives in Olsztyn.[2]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Jakubczak, Bartosz (2019-03-20). "Landscapes of Patmos" (PDF) (in polski). Uniwersytet Muzyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina w Warszawie. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Czarnecki-Pacyński, Łukasz (2019-09-21). "Magdalena Białecka: Organy to moja orkiestra". gazetaolsztynska.pl (in polski). Gazeta Olsztyńska. Retrieved 2021-03-30. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kwiatkowska, Beata. "Kolędy na organy i klawesyn" (in polski). Program II Polskiego Radia. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 JW,MH (2018-08-16). "Nowa organistka dała koncert w murach bazyliki konkatedralnej" (in polski). TVP Olsztyn. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Muzyczny szturm i przełom – pierwsze koncerty Śpiewania bez granic po zniesieniu ograniczeń" (in polski). 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  6. "Lista laureatów Ogólnopolskie Przesłuchania Zespołów Kameralnych Szkół Muzycznych II stopnia 7–8 stycznia 2013 r". absta.pl (in polski). Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  7. Laureaci i Finaliści Olimpiad w roku szkolnym 2011/2012 (PDF) (in polski), LXIV Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Stanisława Ignacego Witkiewicza
  8. Testimonials, International summer music school Pucisca
  9. Reszelskie Koncerty Muzyki Organowej 2019
  10. Noc Muzeów 2019 (in polski)
  11. Mayor of Sejny, ZARZĄDZENIE NR 26/15 BURMISTRZA MIASTA SEJNY (PDF) (in polski)
  12. Justyna Skowronek. "IV Międzynarodowe Warsztaty Śpiewania Bez Granic" (in polski). Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  13. Anna S. Dębowska (2012-12-25). "Współczesnych kolędników zamówisz przez internet". Gazeta Wyborcza (in polski). Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  14. Pedagodzy (in polski), Dywity: Samorządowa Szkoła Muzyczna I stopnia w Dywitach w Powiecie Olsztyńskim
  15. Uczniowskie Forum Muzyczne Program 2012
  16. 16.0 16.1 Program UFM 2013
  17. Koncert Kompozytorski Wydziału II UMFC (in polski)
  18. Warsaw | Patmos. Music for organ & percussion (in polski), Polish Music Information Centre
  19. Sasin, Magdalena. "Myślenie filmem przy fortepianie". e-kalejdoskop.pl (in polski). Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  20. Spotkanie dwóch dźwiękowych rzeczywistości, Warszawa, 2012-05-04, p. 3
  21. Białecka, Magdalena (2012-08-20). "Magia stylowych wykonań" (in polski). Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  22. Białecka, Magdalena (2012-08-24). "Lisiecki: I don't want to be a master". Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  23. "IX Ogólnopolska Konferencja Doktorantów Uczelni Muzycznych" (PDF). Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Lipińskiego we Wrocławiu. 10–11 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-24.CS1 maint: Date format (link)
  24. Białecka, Magdalena, Kompozycja i improwizacja (in polski), Samorządowa Szkoła Muzyczna I stopnia w Dywitach w Powiecie Olsztyńskim
  25. Zawierzeniec, Maja (2020-08-30). "TEDx. Theme: Summerize" (in polski). TED. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  26. "48. Konferencja Muzykologiczna ZKP "Granice wolności"". www.zkp.org.pl. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  27. "49. Konferencja Muzykologiczna". www.zkp.org.pl. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  28. "I. Warszawski Kongres Organowy" (in polski). Uniwersytet Muzyczny Fryderyka Chopina. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  29. Akademia Muzyczna we Wrocławiu. "IX OGÓLNOPOLSKA KONFERENCJA DOKTORANTÓW UCZELNI MUZYCZNYCH" (PDF).
  30. "Letnie koncerty w Altanie w Parku Źródliska". Akademia Muzyczna w Łodzi. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  31. Utforum - nieregularnik uczniowski 4/2013
  32. Agata Mierzejewska (16–18 September 2018). "Program II Ogólnopolskiej Konferencji Instrumentologicznej" (in polski). Ostromecko. Retrieved 2021-03-24.CS1 maint: Date format (link)
  33. "Patmos. Music for organ and percussion". Polish Music Information Centre.
  34. "Projekt Kos" (in polski). Miejski Ośrodek Kultury w Olsztynie. Retrieved 2021-03-24.

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