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Baritone - Radosław BlonkaPiano - Vitas Li
Radosław Blonka performs songs and arias by Moniuszko, Chopin, Karłowicz, Szymanowski, Kilar and Lutosławski accompanied by pianist Vitas Li.
In the Atrium on the new Shigeru Kawai SK2 on the occasion of POSK's 60th anniversary.
Radosław Blonka – alumnus of the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk. He graduated with distinction from the opera singing department in 2015. He completed masterclasses with Kaludi Kaludov, Jadwiga Rappe, Olha Pasichnyk, Helena Łazarska, Martin Kronthaler, Maria Gessler. He is a laureate of many vocal competitions including International Vocal Competition „Bella voce” in 2022 (2nd place), I International Vocal Competition „Ars et gloria” (special prize). In 2015 he made his debut in the role of Papageno in „Die Zauberflote” in Gdańsk. Apart from the classical music he also performs musical and other light forms. He has sang almost a thousand concerts in Poland, Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, England, Latvia, Lithuania. Every year he tours as a member of a vocal ensamble as well as a soloist performing in venues such as Berliner,Dresden, Munich, Hamburg Philharmonie, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Tonhalle in Dusseldorf, DR Konzerthuset in Copenhagen, Tonhalle in Zurich, Festspielhaus in Salzburg, Opera in Malmo.
Vitas Li is a Hong Kong pianist, organist, and composer. He is a second-year undergraduate organ student at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) under the tuition of David Titterington with a full scholarship. He is currently the organ scholar at St Cuthbert’s, Philbeach Gardens, London, for the 2023/24 academic year, and will undertake the organ scholarship at St Paul’s Knightsbridge, London, starting from September 2024. He performed in various Asian and European countries, including Hong Kong, China, Macau, Japan, Taiwan, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the UK.
Vitas was given the title, “Musician of the Year”, by Wah Yan College, Kowloon, in 2020. He was the Second Prize laureate of the “Peter le Huray Prize for Baroque Music’ in RAM for two consecutive years, 2023 & 24. He is the recipient of the Stephen Bicknell Award for Organ Studies for the 2023/24 academic year.
Vitas is also an avid accompanist and improviser. He was the piano and organ accompanist of various school choirs and choral societies in Hong Kong.
As a composer, he wrote music for solo, chamber, and choral settings. The Pro-Musica Society of Hong Kong commissioned him in 2018 to write a Chinese choral piece, “Qing Yu An – The Lantern Festival Night”, which was premiered in the Hong Kong City Hall. His other Chinese choral piece, “Still”, won Second Prize at the Hong Kong Schools and Music Festival in 2018. He made his compositional debut in London with his chamber piece, “Echoes of the Bosphorus” for cello and organ, in RAM in 2023.
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Polish Social & Cultural Association, 238-246 King Street,London, United Kingdom
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