Krzysztof Urbaniak

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Krzysztof Urbaniak (born May 5, 1984 in Turek ) is a Polish organist and harpsichordist , organ expert, editor of early music and university professor.

life and work

Hildebrandt organ from 1717–1719 in Pasłęk
Hummel / Nitrowski organ from 1611–1633 in Olkusz

Urbaniak graduated in 2007 from the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw (now Fryderyk Chopin University of Music ) in the organ class of Józef Serafin and the harpsichord class of Leszek Kędracki. He graduated with distinction in 2010 from the University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart in the organ class of Ludger Lohmann and the harpsichord class of Jörg Halubek (artistic training and concert exam). Between 2005 and 2016 he was the recipient of various grants. Urbaniak graduated from the Cracow Music Academy in 2012PhD. His habilitation followed in 2016 at the University of Music in Łódź. He is a prizewinner of international organ competitions and has made several CD recordings. An international concert activity has taken him to various European countries and Japan. He is a juror at various organ competitions, u. a. the International Schnitger Organ Competition in Alkmaar (2015, 2019) and the International Gottfried Silbermann Competition in Freiberg (2017).

As an organ expert , member of international organ commissions and as a board member of the Baltic Organ Center in Stralsund, Urbaniak has accompanied the restoration and reconstruction of historical organs, such as the Gröningen organ and the organ by Andreas Hildebrandt in Pasłęk . From 2013 to 2016 he was an organ expert at the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage . During the same period he was employed as artist in residence with the Filharmonia Łódzka . He is Professor of Organ at the State University of Music in Łódź and heads the Institute for Harpsichord, Organ, Church Music and Historical Instruments. He is a lecturer in improvisation and historical organ building at the Kraków Music Academy.

Together with Martin Rost , he published the long-lost chorale variations by the Danzig composer Daniel Magnus Gronau, including his registration rules , which represent the largest surviving collection of registrations from the 18th century.

Since 2018 he has been the curator of both organs of the Filharmonia Łódzka, he is the artistic director of the organ festival at the Hildebrandt organ in Pasłęk and the International Organ Days at the Hummel / Nitrowski organ in Olkusz.

Awards

  • 1st prize: Arp Schnitger Competition (Bremen, Cappel, Altenbruch, Lüdingworth, 2010)
  • 1st prize: Willem Hermans International Organ Competition (Pistoia / Larciano, 2009)
  • 2nd Prize: International Organ Competition Franz Schmidt (Kitzbühel / Hopfgarten, 2006)
  • 2nd Prize: Petra Eben International Organ Competition (Opava, 2004)
  • 1st Prize: 5th Polish Organ Music Competition (Legnica, 2002)

Selection of consulted organ projects

  • Łódź, Akademia Muzyczna, new organ in the style of Andreas Hildebrandt, Grönlund Orgelbyggeri / Gammelstad, 2017–2019
  • Olkusz, restoration of the Hans Hummel / Georg Nitrowski organ from 1611–1633, Flentrop Orgelbouw / Zandaam, 2015–2018
  • Łódź, Filharmonia im. Artura Rubinsteina, new symphonic organ, Rieger Orgelbau / Schwarzach, 2013–2015
  • Łódź, Filharmonia im. Artura Rubinsteina, new organ in the style of Gottfried Silbermann, Wegscheider / Dresden organ workshop, 2012–2014
  • Pasłęk, restoration of the Andreas Hildebrandt organ from 1717–1719, Wegscheider / Dresden organ workshop, 2010–2013
  • Topolno, restoration of the Sauer organ from 1900 in the case by Matthäus Brandtner (1695), Scheffler / Sieversdorf organ workshop, 2010–2011
  • Adakavas, cleaning of the organ attributed to Adam Gottlob Casparini from approx. 1760, Wegscheider / Dresden organ workshop, 2010

Fonts

  • Organ history of the Johanniskirche in Danzig from approx. 1671 to 1760. In: Daniel Magnus Gronau. A Danzig organist and his chorale variations (= ortus studien opm237. Volume 21). Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-937788-56-2 .
  • Działalność warsztatu organmistrza Andreasa Hildebrandta w Elblągu i jego okolicach w latach 1711–1725. In: Studia Elblągskie. XVIII / 2017, Elbląg 2017, ISSN  1507-9058 .
  • with Martin Rost (Ed.): Daniel Magnus Gronau. Choral variations for organ. Complete edition. 2 vols. Ortus-Musikverlag, Beeskow 2015, ISBN 979-0-502340-37-7 .
  • The Andreas Hildebrandt organ (1717–1719) in the parish church of St. Bartholomew in Pasłęk / Poland. In: ISO journal. The magazine of the International Society of Organbuilders. 50, Baelen 2015, ISSN  1017-7515 .
  • Organy z kościoła Marii Panny w Elblągu. In: Warmińsko-mazurski biuletyn konserwatorski. 6/2014, Olsztyn 2014, ISSN  1640-5560 .
  • Organ movement w Prusach Wschodnich i Zachodnich przed rokiem 1945. In: Notes Muzyczny. 1/2014, Łódź 2014, ISSN  2353-9593 .
  • Sztuka registracji w kręgu północnoniemieckim od XVI do XVIII wieku. Wydawnictwo Unum, Polskie Towarzystwo Teologiczne, Kraków 2013, ISBN 978-83-7643-109-3 .
  • with Martin Rost, Teresa Piech (eds.): Organy Andreasa Hildebrandta w kościele św. Bartłomieja w Pasłęku. Dzieje i konserwacja. Wydawnictwo Unum, Kraków 2013, ISBN 978-83-7643-102-4 .
  • with Martin Rost: The registration rules of Daniel Magnus Gronau's chorale vatations for organ. A source for the interpretation of the north German organ music of the 18th century. Kraków 2013, ISBN 978-83-7643-098-0 , ISBN 83-7643-098-X .
  • Daniel Magnus Gronau and his registration regulations. In: Organ - Kenkyo Annual Report of the Japan Organ Society. XLI, Tokyo 2013, ISSN  0287-5365 .
  • Przeprowadzanie cantus firmus w basie, tenorze i sopranie według zasad generałbasu I poł. XVII w. Podstawy sztuki diminucji. In: Sztuka improwizacji i realizacji basso continuo w XVII – XVIII wieku. Łódź 2011, ISBN 978-83-60929-14-8 .
  • Liturgiczna muzyka renesansowych tablature Polski południowej a instrumentarium organowe I poł. XVII w. O stylu południowo-polskim w budownictwie organowym wczesnego baroku. In: Musica Sacra 6. Prace specjalne 81, Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki w Gdańsku, Gdańsk 2011, ISSN  0239-7080 .
  • The early history of the Polish organ. In: Organ - Kenkyo Annual Report of the Japan Organ Society. XXXVIII, Tokyo 2010, ISSN  0287-5365 .

Discography

  • Fauré / Grzeszczak / Whitbourn Masses. Dux 1613 (with Dawid Ber, Boberska Marta, Chór Filharmonii Łódzkiej, Paweł Gusnar, Magdalena Szymańska, Krzysztof Urbaniak) (G. Fauré, K. Grzeszczak, J. Whitbourn).
  • Johann Ernst Hähnel Organ Krippehna. Querstand 2019, VKJK 1911 (JS Bach, C. Ph. E. Bach, TI Pachaly, FW Markull, F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, K. Urbaniak).
  • The Renaissance Organ of Olkusz. Ars Sonora 2019, ARSO-CD-132 (JP Sweelinck, P. Siefert, T. Merula, G. Frescobaldi, D. Cato, Warszawska Tabualtura Organowa, A. Neunhaber, K. Urbaniak).
  • Di Chiesa e di Camera: Violin Music at the Polish Vasa Court. RecArt 2019, CD nr 0031 (Teresa Piech - baroque violin , Joanna Radziszewska-Sojka - soprano, Krzysztof Urbaniak - organ) (T. Merula, A. Subissati, GF Anerio, M. Sacchi, H. Döbel, J. Różycki).
  • (four hands with Francien Janse-Balzer): Muzyka Wieków w Pasłęku. Pasłęka płyta CD, 2017 (A. Bonelli, JS Bach, GF Handel, A. Soler, WA Mozart, R. Wagner).
  • The organ of the court chapel of Gottorf Castle. 16th and 17th century music. Nomos 2015, CD 2015040343 (Sweelinck, Siefert, Hassler, Froberger, Weckmann, Steffens, Tunder).
  • Retrospection. Organ works of the 16th and 17th centuries. Paschen Records 2015, PR 150030 (Tabulatura Krakowska, Tabulatura Łowicka, Bull, Hassler, Correa de Arauxo, Fischer, Weckmann, Froberger).
  • (Harpsichord, with saxophone Baroque): Vivaldi's world. Bella Musica Ed., Bühl 2015 (works by Giuseppe Sammartini, Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli, Francesco Mancini, Giovanni Battista Bononcini).
  • Danzig Baroque II. Volckmar - Gronau - Mohrheim. Paschen Records 2014, PR 140020 (Volckmar, Mohrheim, Gronau).
  • (with Martin Rost): Casparini organ in the parish church of St. John the Baptist in Adakavas, Lithuania. Baltic Organ Center, 2010 (A. Neunhaber, H. Albert, D. Buxtehude, G. Boehm, JS Bach, CPE Bach, FC Mohrheim, J. Dygulska, ET Reinhard).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Krzysztof Urbaniak on orgelklang.de , accessed on March 2, 2020.
  2. ↑ dr hab. Krzysztof Urbaniak, prof. AT THE. Music Academy Łódź , accessed on March 2, 2020 (Polish).
  3. ↑ a b Krzysztof Urbaniak at Krakow Music Academy (Polish), accessed on March 2, 2020.
  4. ^ The registrations of Daniel Magnus Gronau for the organ from St. Johann in Danzig 1746. Walcker Foundation for Organ Scientific Research, accessed on March 2, 2020 (PDF; 93 kB).
  5. ↑ Marcin Andrusewicz: Muzyka w Wieków Pasłęku. Pasłęk City website, January 24, 2017, accessed March 2, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Urbaniak, Krzysztof
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish organist and harpsichordist, editor of early music and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH 5th May 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Turek