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season 2024/25
SEASON 2025
Vertical Landscapes
CD Release Canadian contemporary composers
Sunday, FEBRUARY 16 th 2025 at 3pm
Knoppers Hall, King’s University, 9125 – 50 th str NW
Works for piano solo, piano duet, and 2 pianos
Zuzana Simurdova, piano and guests:
Mikolaj Warszynski, piano & Marynia Fekecz, dancer
Tickets avaliable at the door: $30/ $20/ $10
Friday, MARCH 28 th 2025 at 7:30pm
Muttart Hall (Alberta College Campus),
MacEwan Conservatory, 10050 MacDonald Drive NW
Zuzana Simurdova & Mikolaj Warszynski, piano
David Bordeleau, cello & Yeeun Ha, violin
Franck Sonata & Brahms Trio Op.8
Tickets avaliable at the door: $30/ $20/ $10
Sunday, MAY 18 th , 2025 at 3pm
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 – 84 th Ave NW
Art Exhibit in the hall featuring up-and-coming artists
Young Artists Concert
featuring young musicians from the community
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Admission by donation
Saturday, JUNE 14 th 2025 at 3pm
First Presbyterian Church, 10025 – 105 St NW
Zuzana Simurdova & Mikolaj Warszynski, piano soloists
Chopin Piano Concertos
with Mazurka String Ensemble
Tickets avaliable at the door: $30/ $20/ $10
past concerts:
Friday, OCTOBER 25 th 2024 at 7pm
Knoppers Hall, King’s University, 9125 – 50 th str NW
Works by Polish & international contemporary composers
Aleksandra Panasik (Poland), oboe
& Piotr Grella-Możejko, electronics
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Sunday, October 6th , 2024 at 3pm
Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037– 84 th Ave NW
ZUMI Piano Duo: New World Symphony
Works for piano solo & duo by Dvořák, Janáček, Liszt, Chopin & Szymanowski
Zuzana Simurdova & Mikolaj Warszynski, piano
Art Exhibit on stage featuring Paul Freeman
Tickets avaliable at the door: $30/ $20/ $10
or via Eventbrite
CANADIAN WOMEN COMPOSERS
SATURDAY, MAY 18th, 2024
TIME: 7:30pm
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
10037 84 Ave, Edmonton AB
TICKETS AT THE DOOR:
$30/ $20/ $10
LISZT VIA CRUCIS
Mazurka Music and Art Society presents the third concert of the 2024/25 season:
A musical odyssey about the passion of Jesus Christ and the 14 Stations of the Cross.
Mikolaj Warszynski will join forces with Kappella Kyrie for a performance of this work in the arrangement for piano & choir & soloists. Please join us for this unique event taking place on Palm Sunday, March 24th at 7pm at the Anglican Parish of Christ Church, located in 12116 102 Ave NW in downtown Edmonton.
Via Crucis, (The 14 Stations of the Cross) by Franz Liszt for mixed choir, soloists, and piano, and refers to a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixion and accompanying prayers. It is a work of great serenity and contemplation, and as one of the last large scale works of Liszt, it is significant because it reaches the limits of tonality, breaking the status quo of predominant tonal music of the time.
In addition to the Via Crucis, in the first half there will also be a solo piano performance of Liszt’s Legend “St. Francis of Assisi preaching to the Birds” and choir performances of religious chorales Crucem Tuam by Paweł Lukaszewski & O vos omnes by Pablo Casals.
Please join us on Palm Sunday for this rarely performed masterpiece ‚Via Crucis’ composed in the late 1870s by Abbé Liszt. This piece exists in many versions - piano solo/ piano duo / mixed chorus with solo voices and organ / mixed chorus with solo voices and piano - the latter being the version which will be performed at the upcoming concert. The work depicts in music the 14 Stations of the Cross, and features reworking of Bach chorales, a capella hymns including Stabat Mater, and piano solo interludes, interwoven all together creating a fascinating musical odyssey.
This piece was so bold in its musical language, with some stations bordering on dodecaphony, that it wasn’t even published during the composers lifetime and was first performed 50 years after Liszt’s death. Truly a testament to the composer’s mantra, who stated: „my sole ambition is to hurl my javelin into the infinite space of the future.”
SUNDAY, MARCH 24th,2024
TIME: 7:00pm
CHRIST CHURCH
12115 102 Ave NW,
Edmonton AB
TICKETS: $30/ $20/ $10
young artists concert
Talented artists from the community and universities
Virtuoso performances and
Artist Exhibit!
SUNDAY, APRIL 28th, 2024
TIME: 3:00pm
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
10037 84 Ave, Edmonton AB
ADMISSION BY DONATION
Saxophone & Piano
Charles Stolte &
Viktoria Reiswich-Dapp
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th, 2023
TIME: 3PM
KNOPPERS HALL, King’s University
9125 – 50th str
The programme includes compositions by Aleksandra Garbal, Alicja Gronau, Iwona Kisiel, Piotr Grella-Możejko, Zbigniew Kozub, and Rafał Stradomski.
In addition to the music, there will also be an art exhibit on stage of photographer:
Sima Khorrami.
TICKETS AT THE DOOR:
$25/ $20/ $10
Online discount:
$20/ $10/$5
Live streaming broadcast will be available, and the link will be sent to the listeners prior to the performance.
Please join us for this exciting opening event of the season!
SLAVIC SOUL
CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT & ART EXHIBIT
JUNE 17th, 2023
7:30PM
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
10037 84 Ave, Edmonton AB
TICKETS AT THE DOOR:
$25/ $20/ $10
Smetana Piano Trio & Noskowski and Zelenski Piano Quartets
+ Art Exhibit of Hanna Pawlikowska
Pianists Mikolaj Warszynski & Zuzana Simurdova
play alongside with Tatiana Warszynski - Violin
Clayton Leung - Viola
David Bordeleau - Cello
Art Exhibit in the Gallery featuring Polish Tapestry Artist Hanna Pawlikowska.
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The Art Exhibit will constitute a showcase of fabulous hand woven tapestries (kilimy) made by 97 year old Polish artist Hanna Pawlikowska, who is the mother of violinist Tatiana Warszynski and the grandmother of pianist Mikolaj Warszynski. Some of her works were inspired by the paintings of the Canadian “Group of Seven”. A short lecture about the artist's works and their connection to the Slavic music to follow!
young artists concert
Talented artists from the community and university
Virtuoso performances and artist exhibit!
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APRIL 2nd, 2023
3PM
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
10037 84 Ave, Edmonton AB
last light
Multimedia Contemporary Music Event + Art Exhibit
NOVEMBER 13th 2022 at 3pm
KNOPPERS HALL,King’s University
9125 – 50th Str. NW
Contemporary Canadian composers for piano duo and piano trio with strings, featuring multimedia components.
Works by Ron Hannah, Piotr Grella-Możejko, Frederick Viner,
Shane Krepakevich
ZUMI Piano Duo will be joined by violinists
Tatiana Warszynski, Joanna Ciapka-Sangster & cellist Amy Nicholson
Art Exhibit in the hall featuring locally acclaimed artists
TICKETS AT THE DOOR: $25/ $20/ $10
DISCOUNTED TICEKTS FOR ON-LINE STREAMING:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/last-light-tickets-463951640847?discount=Last_Light
DVOŘÁK LEGENDS
ZUMI PIANO DUO
In collaboration with the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies
& Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences of Alberta (S.V.U.)
ZUMI Piano Duo CD release Concert with friends:
Tatiana Warszynski - violin
Karel Jasa - piano
Art Exhibit in the hall featuring locally acclaimed artists
Welcome address by the Wirth Institute Director, Dr. Alexander Carpenter
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH 2023
TIME: 5:00pm
MUTTART HALL,
MacEwan University
(Alberta College)
10050 MacDonald Drive NW
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past concerts
of the season 2021/22:
Jan JiraskÝ
VISITING ARTIST FROM CZECH REPUBLIC
OCTOBER 26TH 2022
7:30pm
MUTTART HALL,
MacEwan University
(Alberta College)
10050 MacDonald Drive NW
Under the auspices of the SVU- Czech & Slovak Society for Arts and Sciences of Alberta
Jan Jiraský – piano recital with works by Janáček, Smetana and J.S. Bach
Jan Jirasky's Bio: https://www.keepandshare.com/doc20/25932/jirasky-cv-pdf-109k?da=y
Tickets $30 regular, $20 seniors, $10 students
Purchase at the door/ on-line using the following link:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/piano-recital-with-jan-jirasky-tickets-431222396797
Alternatively, the tickets can be reserved by email to Prof. Pavel Jelen:
psjelen@interbaun.com, by calling 780-435-8817
"The Shape of Things"
CD RELEASE LAUNCH CONCERT
& FUNDRAISING ART EXHIBITION
featuring tatiana warszynski and guests.
Pop Up Art Exhibit presenting artists within the community
SATURDAY, December 4th, 2021
KNOPPERS HALL, THE KING'S UNIVERSITY
9125 - 50 STR. EDMONTON
TICKETS AT THE DOOR: $25 REGULAR $20 SENIORS $10 STUDENTS
COVID PROTOCOLS APPLY:
PROOF OF VACCINATION, MASKING &PHYSICAL DISTANCING
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Chopin and the Dancing Ribbons
JUNE 4th, 2022 | Saturday at 7:30 PM
MUTTART HALL
MacEwan Conservatory, 10050 MacDonald Drive, Edmonton
In honour of the 10-year anniversary since the inaugural concert of Mazurka Music and Art, renowned pianists Zuzana Simurdova and Mikolaj Warszynski, will perform a recital dedicated to the works of Frédéric Chopin in the Muttart Hall of the MacEwan Conservatory in Edmonton.
In addition to the music, an art installation by artists Liz Ingram (recently awarded the Order of Canada) and Bernd Hildebrandt, will also be presented on stage during the performance. The musical program for this recital will consist of the four Chopin Ballades, performed by Zuzana Simurdova, and Chopin Scherzos & Polonaises, performed by Mikolaj Warszynski. The art installation will consist of a series of digitally printed habotai silk banners, which relate in both imagery and movement to the music and will be set up on the stage around the pianos. A special guest appearance by dancer, Marynia Fekecz-Mangan, will serve to animate the art installation within the musical framework.
The idea to present a classical piano recital in collaboration with a visual artistic component, offers a new dimension to the traditional concert experience, engaging the listener with a visual counterpart to the music. The idea to present a full Chopin recital between two musicians is something which generates much excitement among the audience; Chopin remains an iconic composer who is synonymous with the piano, and the opportunity to present masterworks from Chopin’s corpus - the Ballades, Scherzos & Polonaises - in one concert presentation is a rare occurrence and will be of special interest for musical connoisseurs.
young artists concert& art exhibit
MAY 15th, 2022 , Sunday at 3PM
Holy Trinity Church
10037 84 Ave, Edmonton AB
Mazurka Music and Art Society presents:
Young Artists Concert & Art Exhibit.
The program features variety of music and instruments. Musical performances featuring rising stars in the community, and new artwork by promising young visual artists will be presented as well.
This concert will feature:
Alex Valle - flute
Chelsea Kwon - piano
Edwin Zhu - piano
Haley Spector - saxophone
Howard Yan - piano
Maya Budzinski - violin
Sointu Aalto - cello
Valentina Henker - piano
Visual artists:
Hanna Dotzenroth
Thea Lao-an
Christian Stahl
Alicja Warszynski
Admission by donation.
Optional registration at the venue or pre-registration by email: Mazurkamusicandart@gmail.com,
tel: 780 850 4321
Please join us for a great concert!