Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Instruments with an unusual timbre – marimbas – accompany the baritone Marcin Bronikowski, who performs Gabriel Collet's songs to Adam Mickiewicz's sonnets. His poetry in a new version will be heard during the concert premiere of the album Mickiewicz for three voices at the Grand Theatre Teatr - Polish National Opera on the 4^th of April, 2023 at 18.00. 

Percussionist and composer Gabriel Collet, born in France, has been active in Poland since 2005. He is a holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage scholarship and the winner of the 1^st prize at the International Contemporary Chamber Music Competition in Cracow. Together with Elwira Ślązak, he creates the marimbaphone duo Axoum Duo, which we will hear during the concert. 

The cycle of 11 songs for baritone and two marimbas to selected sonnets by Adam Mickiewicz was dedicated by Gabriel Collet to the baritone Marcin Bronikowski, with whom he has been collaborating since 2008. 

The recordings of this first cycle of songs to the poetry of Adam Mickiewicz, written for two marimbas and a baritone, were made in Studio S4 of the Polish Radio in November 2022. Prof. Jerzy Bralczyk - an expert on Mickiewicz's work - wrote a commentary to the album. The publisher of the album is the Krea Music Foundation.

Ticket information: https://teatrwielki.pl/repertuar/kalendarium/2022-2023/mickiewicz-na-trzy-glosy/termin/2023-04-04_18-00/