De invitatione mortis || SCENE IX

Andrzej Karałow – fortepian, elektronika, kompozycja / piano, electronics
Jacek Dziołak – klarnet / klarnet basowy / clarinet, bass clarinet
Mateusz Stankiewicz – akordeon / accordion
Michał Ochab – saksofon sopranowy, altowy, barytonowy / saxophones: soprano, alto, baritone

Martyna Szymczak – dyrygent / conductor

Joanna Freszel – sopran solo
Dawid Duec – baryton solo
Aleksander Rewiński – tenor solo

Messages Quartet:
Małgorzata Wasiucionek – I skrzypce / I violin
Oriana Masternak – II skrzypce / II violin
Maria Dutka – altówka / viola
Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska – wiolonczela / cello

Chór (Men’s Vocal Group Gregorianum):
Tomasz Kubiak
Wojciech Jakubiak-Danek
Wiktor Gniazdowski
Jakub Prasał
Mateusz Cedzidło
Antoni Grobel
Tomasz Gozdek
Jacek Iwaszko
~ przygotowanie chóru / choir preparation: Berenika Jozajtis

Igor Szymański, Michał Bereza – nagranie, reżyseria dźwięku, miks, master / sound engineers

De Invitatione Mortis // ACT III - Scene IX

Andrzej Karałow, b. 1991 is a Polish pianist, composer and improviser based in Warsaw (Poland). He is currently an assistant professor at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. Doctor of Musical Arts.
He is a laureate of many national and international piano competitions, e.g. Milosz Magin Competition in Paris, Konzerteum in Athens, or Frederic Chopin National Competition in Warsaw. He performed in prestigious concert halls in the country and abroad, also with accompaniment of renowned orchestras [Warsaw National Philharmonic, Sinfonia Varsovia], under the baton of Ewa Strusińska or Jakub Chrenowicz. Equally successful as a composer, he is a prize winner of, among others, the 2nd Karol Szymanowski International Composition Competition in Katowice, or Opera Compostion Competition in Miskolc, Hungary, where he was praised for his professionalism, imagination and artistic sensibility. Although classical music is the main field of his activity, he is also open to experiments in electronic and alternative genre, combining techniques and inspirations from various fields of art into his own, unique musical language.