hymn (for ambroży) was written for final bachelor exam of a dear friend of mine ambro golachowski and was a certain type of musical portrait of him, as well as an auto-confrontation with my own cultural background. The piece is based on a 19th-century poem by Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmayer called ‘Song for Nirvana’. hymn uses modal harmony and renaissance-sounding chant, which reminiscens the songs usually sung in Polish catholic church. Catholic modality, although spiritually distant to me, carries a specific sentimentality which is omnipresent in polish shattered national identity and romantic ethos. This piece is then a concise, but very sincere personal take on this aesthetic.

antek cholewinski - hymn (for ambroży)

thank you is an ensemble piece written for percussionist béatrice picard for the occasion of her final bachelor exam. as it refuses to grow, it represents sincerity, comfort and trust. it’s like a flag - an abstraction that represents something and someone. it’s also an instruction - because even those have meanings. 

glockenspiel, toy piano, crotales - béatrice picard
vibraphone - ambro golachowski
celesta - keith ng
piano - maurycy stawujak
harp - maria miguel
electric guitar - francisco garrido
violin i - stephanie van duijn
violin ii - irene piazza
viola - lilian haug
cello - antek cholewinski
conductor - aristide moari

antek cholewinski - thank you

‘self-portrait (or a hug)’ is a short piece written originally for two toy pianos during the summer of 2023, this time fabulously performed by Maurycy Maria Stawujak on a 19th century Viennese fortepiano. I’ve never been really good at taking selfies, I rarely appear on photos too. It’s not because I’m shy (although in fact I am quite shy), but because it is not my habit. This piece, while still evidently not a photo, is a small exercise in self-indulgence - an illustration of a climactic moment in a meaningful story.

antek cholewinski - self-portrait (or a hug)

antek cholewinski - i love you

Ad Libitum - Pamięci Tomasza Sikorskiego

text by charles bukowski
organ - jeanne chebret
voice - madalena massano
assistance - philip przybyło/antek cholewinski
video - ping-en hung/antek cholewinski

recorded live at het orgelpark, amsterdam
march 6th, 2025

antek cholewinski - oh yes

ensemble klang / antek cholewinski - one must imagine sisyphus happy

live at amare den haag, 3.10.2025.

performed by residentie orkest under richard egarr

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