Marek & Vacek
Marek & Vacek (in the Polish spelling Marek i Wacek ) were a Polish piano duo that was particularly popular in the 1970s, consisting of the two musicians Marek Tomaszewski (born November 20, 1943) and Wacław Kisielewski (born February 12, 1943) 1943--12 July 1986).
Music genre
The trademark of the duo were arrangements of classical works with stylistic elements of pop music and jazz music from swing to ragtime . But they also played their own compositions.
history
After it was formed in the early 1960s, the duo made their television debut on a broadcast on March 8, 1963. Marek and Wacek played the leading roles in the Polish film musical Tandem from 1966. In 1981 they were expelled from the GDR for their support for the Polish union Solidarność by wearing badges during a tour .
The duo existed from 1963 until Wacław Kisielewski's early accidental death in 1986 and during this time they played concerts in other European countries, in the USA and Canada . Wacław Kisielewski had a fatal accident as a passenger in a traffic accident.
After the death of his partner, Marek Tomaszewski tried to follow up on the successes as Marek i Michel with Michel Prezman , but had to recognize the failure of this attempt after the recording of the album America and withdrew to Paris.
In 2010 Marek Tomaszewski began his comeback tour as a concert pianist as a soloist in East Germany.
Marek's first solo album is called Premiere , the second Rapsodia and the third Le Sacre du Printemps , an arrangement based on the work of Igor Stravinsky .
Discography (selection)
| year | Surname | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Ballad for two pianos | Barclay |
| 1967 | Play Favorite Melodies | Pronite |
| 1968 | The Last Waltz (7 ″ EP, mono) | Polskie Nagrania Muza |
| 1969 | Piano firework | Polydor |
| 1969 | Classical & Pop Pianos | Polydor |
| 1970 | Stargala (compilation) | Polydor |
| 1971 | In gold (compilation) | Polydor |
| 1972 | Concert hits | EMI Electrola |
| 1973 | Concerts Hits 2 | EMI Electrola |
| 1975 | Live (double LP) | EMI Electrola |
| 1976 | Spectrum | EMI Electrola |
| 1977 | Viennese waltz | EMI Electrola |
| 1978 | The program | Polydor |
| 1978 | In the hall of the mountain king (7 ″ single) | Polydor |
| 1979 | Reverie | Polydor |
| 1981 | live | Wifon |
| 1983 | Romantic wings | Polydor |
| 1984 | Again | Pronite |
| 1984 | Marek & Vacek '84 | Intercord |
| 1984 | Marek & Vacek world successes | Intercord |
| 1985 | The Marek & Vacek story | prism |
| 1986 | The Last Concert | Pronite |
Web links
- Marek & Vacek at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marek Tomaszewski in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- ^ "Marek i Wacek" , a broadcast by Polskie Radio (Polish)
- ^ Tandem , a film indo
- ↑ It has never been so good in Poland in: Der Spiegel 43/1981
- ↑ Lucjan Kydryński : Marek i Wacek: historia prawdziwa. 1990, ISBN 83-7003-635-X , Pomorze Publishers , p. 166 ff
- ↑ Marek & Vacek at discogs
- ^ Obituary for Vacek in: Der Spiegel 30/1986
- ↑ a b Marek Tomaszewski on solo tour: »There was no replacement for Vacek« ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: Superillu from August 11, 2010
- ^ Obituary for Vacek in: Der Spiegel 30/1986
- ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0001836079
- ↑ Marek Tomaszewski alone on tour on mdr.de from November 18, 2010
- ↑ http://www.marektomaszewski.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=3&lang=de
