Mariusz Derewecki
Graduate of
primary and secondary comprehensive schools of music (student of Prof.
O. Ruppel) in his native Lublin, he continued education at the Academy
of Music in Poznań with Professors I. Chaczbabian and J. Kaliszewska,
and completed it with distinction in 1985. Has given concerts at home
and abroad, and made recordings for radio and television. As a soloist,
Mariusz Derewecki has worked with such conductors, as M. Tracz, E.
Michnik, R. Czajkowski, W. Michniewski, A. Borejko, B. Jarmołowicz, and
G. Nowak. Between 1987 and 1991, as a chamber musician, concertmaster
and soloist, he collaborated with the Poznań-based ‘Amadeus’ Chamber
Orchestra conducted by Agnieszka Duczmal.
Associated with Tutti
e Solo chamber ensemble since June 1993, in September 1994 he made a
recording for the American company Dorian. Since 1990 has been
performing in a duo with Anna Organiszczak, professor of the Academy of
Music in Poznań, with whom he gives concerts at home and abroad, as well
as makes recordings for different record labels, and for the Polish
radio.
In 2000, he was concertmaster of the festival orchestra at the Boys’ Choir Festival in Poznań.
Since 1995, has been permanently collaborating with the illustrious
violinist Jan Stanienda and his Wratislavia chamber orchestra (in the
capacity of concertmaster, chamber musician and soloist). One of few
violinists in the world to have included all twenty-four capriccios by
N. Paganini in his concert repertoire. He also performs these in jazz
arrangement with Wojciech Olszewski (keyboards, arrangements), Krzysztof
Przybyłowicz (percussion), and Zbigniew Wrombel (double bass).
In 1999, at TPSA Music & Film Festival in Poznań, he was
concertmaster of the festival orchestra performing under the illustrious
French film music composer, Vladimir Cosma.
It was this
ensemble that gave rise to Poznań Chamber Orchestra. Mariusz Derewecki,
violinist, teacher, professor of the Academy of Music in Poznań, and
Piotr Wiza, arranger, composer, and vocal group leader (and together
executive co-producers of the TPSA Music & Film festival orchestra)
founded the ensemble under the name of Sun Flower Orchestra. Bringing
together prize-winners of domestic and international soloist and chamber
musician competitions, the group comprises teachers, graduates and
students of I.J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań. The ensemble has
collaborated with various artists, incl. the Polish-Maltese vocalist
Marzena ”Margie” Kurpisz (CD record and concerts for Polish television).
At the same time, as Tutti e Solo Chamber Orchestra, the ensemble gave
concerts of classical music in several Polish towns (incl. the Łazienki
and Wilanów festivals). In February 2008, a new project by the ensemble
under the name of Nova Poznań Chamber Orchestra (led by Mariusz
Derewecki) marked yet another stage in its development, this time
exclusively associated with classical music. The orchestra successfully
present masterpieces of the Baroque, Classicist, or Romantic periods, as
well as those of contemporary music. Performed to great success and
listeners’ acclaim, the latest projects by the orchestra – the final
stage of the Clarinet Competition in Włoszakowice, the Opening Ceremony
of the Academic Year at the Academy of Music in Poznań (20th-century
music), the annual tour of France (vocal-instrumental and instrumental
music) bear testimony to the ensemble’s versatility and high artistic
standards.
Mariusz Derewecki is professor of I.J. Paderewski
Academy of Music in Poznań. Head of Inter-Faculty Chamber Music School
until 2012, in 2013 he was appointed head of the Stringed Instrument,
Harp and Guitar Chair. Since 2010 he has also been professor at the
Academy of Art in Szczecin.
