{"id":30916,"date":"2024-01-29T14:07:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T12:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/?p=30916"},"modified":"2024-02-23T12:26:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T10:26:05","slug":"points-of-departure-the-fedkowicz-duo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.camac-harps.com\/blog\/en\/news\/points-of-departure-the-fedkowicz-duo\/","title":{"rendered":"Points of departure: the Fedkowicz Duo"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a student, I had an internship at a contemporary music festival in the UK. In that particular year, the theme was Polish music since 1945, and amid much fanfare and a herculean effort by the festival organisers, Krzysztof Penderecki was brought over to lecture and to conduct the Polish Radio Orchestra and chorus in his mighty St.Luke Passion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The concert packed Canterbury Cathedral, and was unforgettable in its majesty. Away from this spectacle, I remember seeing Penderecki in a moment of repose outside his hotel; dressed in linens, drowsing in the sun with a coffee before him, his hands folded neatly across his middle. As I looked I couldn\u2019t help wondering what huge musical structures he was contemplating under his sun hat.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Fedkowicz duo ( Wojtek Fedkowicz, drums; Agnieszka Grela- Fedkowicz, harp) photo: Magdalena Ha\u0142as<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>The intricate and unique ideas within have inspired the Fedkowicz Duo in their latest album. “Punkty wyj\u015bcia\u201d (or \u201cpoints of departure\u201d, in a title taken from a graphic by Bogus\u0142aw Schaeffer),\u00a0 is a free-ranging collection of creative and ambient pairings of harp and drums. The duo were inspired by the works of Krzysztof Penderecki and other outstanding composers associated with the Academy of Music in Cracow. Composers such as\u00a0 Krystyna Moszuma\u0144ska – Nazar, Marek Stachowski, Bogus\u0142aw Schaeffer and Zbigniew Bujarski.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea was to be inspired by those composers whilst also looking for our own voice and expression,\u201d<\/i> Says Agnieszka. Finding that voice meant an intense, 4-month period of exploration, with Wojtek making sketches and experimenting with percussion and electronic sounds, exploring musical ideas, recording techniques and sampling recordings from the composers themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n

Play and an uninhibited exchange of ideas was essential for the album, and support from the Creative Scholarship of the City of Cracow (with whom Agnieszka and Wojtek had already collaborated on their second album) was pivotal. It enabled the duo to make their painstaking research and refine their musical vision.<\/span><\/p>\n

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