Organ Matinee: Krzysztof Urbaniak

What will happen when a Polish professor from the University of Bremen takes over the organ in a Czech church? Krzysztof Urbaniak will offer baroque and his own compositions.

The organ matinee is one of the most popular concerts of the Český Krumlov music festival. On the second Sunday morning of the festival, Krzysztof Urbaniak, winner of numerous awards from international organ competitions and professor at the Bremen University of Performing Arts, will perform. He will make the organ in the monastery church ring with compositions by Ditrich Buxtehude, Johann Sebastian Bach and other composers. The man who considers it crucial to strengthen organ education and skills has been inspiring the public with his love for the instrument for years. He conveys his positive emotions and warm relationship with the organ through competitions, students and concerts. These are usually held in the majestic surroundings that are intrinsic to the royal instrument. This confirms the importance of the historic organ as a tangible and intangible cultural heritage, which is carefully cared for not only by the Polish organist and professor.

Artists

Krzysztof Urbaniak – organ

Program

Johann Ulrich Steigleder: Tabulatur Buch Darinnen daß Vatter unser (Tablature Book Darinnen that Father is Our), 1627 „Fantasia, 4 Vocum“
Krzysztof Urbaniak: Interludium I (improvisation)
Johann Ulrich Steigleder: Ricercar Tabulatura, 1624 „Ricercar in E“
Krzysztof Urbaniak: Improvisation über Vater unser im Himmelreich (Improvisation on Our Father in the Kingdom of Heaven)
Johann Ulrich Steigleder: Ricercar Tabulatura, 1624 „Ricercar in A“
Krzysztof Urbaniak: Interludium II (improvisation)
Johann Ulrich Steigleder: Tabulatur Buch Darinnen daß Vatter unser (Tablature Book Darinnen that Father is Our), 1627, Toccata

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Krzysztof Urbaniak

Krzysztof Urbaniak, professor of historical organ at the Bremen University of Performing Arts, studied organ and harpsichord in Warsaw and Stuttgart and received his doctorate from the Academy of Music in Krakow. He is also the recipient of numerous scholarships and awards from international organ competitions. Krzysztof Urbaniak with organ has performed in Europe and Asia and has also been a professor at the State Academy of Music in Łódź, taught at the Academy of Music in Kraków and given masterclasses around the world. An internationally renowned expert not only on the organ he is frequently invited to serve on the juries of major organ competitions.