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SECOND CONCERT: ADAM BAŁDYCH & LESZEK MOŻDŻER – PASSACAGLIA

Adam Bałdych and Leszek Możdżer first played together at Wrocław Opera, improvising music for the silent film “Skarb rodu Arne”. They waited more than a decade for another meeting.
These are arguably Polish Jazz's two hottest export names, so it is hardly surprising that audiences and festival organisers alike eagerly anticipated this collaboration.

SECOND CONCERT: ADAM BAŁDYCH & LESZEK MOŻDŻER – PASSACAGLIA
SECOND CONCERT: ADAM BAŁDYCH & LESZEK MOŻDŻER – PASSACAGLIA

tuned to 442 Hz and 432 Hz

10 October 2023

The artists work where improvised and classical music meet, patiently filling the moat dividing those worlds. Both thoroughly educated and technically excellent, they understand jazz’s idiom and consciously distil their own language from it, making it accessible. Rather than confining themselves to jazz’s underground ghettos, they enter open spaces fearlessly and open-mindedly, letting their instruments sound loudly and resonate widely.

“Passacaglia” is an electrifying album whose unrestrained musical dialogue captivates from the first notes. Exploring a contemporary sonic language filled with deeply personal expression, the artists skilfully create a refined sonic marriage. Highly communicative yet surprising, it uses a unique instrumental combination: an extremely rare Renaissance violin, two grand pianos tuned to 442 Hz and 432 Hz, and prepared upright piano. This intimate chamber format becomes a symphony of colours, passionate yet precise, full of captivating details and inventive solutions.

The album contains 14 pieces, from wholly improvised impressions and jointly written compositions to unique, personal interpretations of themes by Eric Satie and Josquin des Prez. Bałdych and Możdżer create their own distinctive world: a world of balanced beauty expressed through refined chamber music, but also building in turbulent improvised dialogues saturated with intense emotion.

Their exchange of musical ideas exudes a mysterious, charismatic charm, filled with an elusive yet tangible confidence. Combined with delicacy and their already considerable experience, this allows a musical force of nature to unfold before our eyes, one that cannot be entirely fathomed or deciphered.

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Event details

Adam Bałdych & Leszek Możdżer

Passacaglia · second concert

Date

10 October 2023

19:00

Venue

WHITE STORK SYNAGOGUEul. Włodkowica 4Wrocław