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Born 1965 in Holland, studied first in the Sweelinck
Conservatory in Amsterdam, then with Pierre Thibaud, Reinhold Friedrich
and Markus Stockhausen.
His aim and wish is to further develop the trumpet, its technique and its
repertoire. He complements his engagements playing in internationally
renowned ensembles with solo projects of composed and improvised
contemporary music, cooperating closely with both well known and young
composers of our time. Many works are written especially for Marco Blaauw
or instigated by him, amongst them compositions by Peter Eötvös,
Karlheinz Stockhausen, Richard Ayres and Isabel Mundry. Marco Blaauw loves
to relate music with other types of art.
He has an international career as a soloist; he also has played with such
ensembles as musikFabrik, Klangforum Wien, Apartmenthouse, Schoenberg
Ensemble and the Dutch Radio Symphony Orchestra. He will perform as a
soloist in the premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausen1s opera Mittwoch aus
Licht.
His work is documented in various radio and cd productions.
sinfonia varsovia
The beginnings of Sinfonia Varsovia go back to the activities of the
Polish Chamber Orchestra of Jerzy Maksymiuk. In April 1984, it invited Sir
Yehudi Menuhin to appear in Poland both as soloist and conductor. To
accommodate the planned repertoire the orchestra was expanded to forty
musicians. The concerts under Sir Yehudi1s baton were such an overwhelming
popular and critical success that the spontaneous idea of
a permanent ensemble of twenty-four strings and a double wind section
became a reality. So great was Sir Yehudi1s interest in the new ensemble
that he immediately signed a contract as the Principal Guest Conductor of
what was to become Sinfonia Varsovia. Soon afterwards the orchestra was
invited for a concert tour in the United States and Canada, followed by
tours of Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Britain, Argentina, Hong
Kong, Japan, and Korea.
Sinfonia Varsovia has performed in such prestigious venues as New York1s
Carnegie Hall, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, London1s Barbican
Centre, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, as well as at major festivals (Schleswig-Holstein,
Aix-en-Provence, Salzburg, OWarsaw Autumn1).
The long list of the world1s most renowned conductors and soloists who
have performed with Sinfonia Varsovia includes Claudio Abbado, Charles
Dutoit, Witold Lutos1awski, Jerzy Semkow, Martha Argerich, Teresa Berganza,
Fou Ts1ong, Alicia de Larrocha, Shlomo Mintz, Maria Joao Pires, Radu Lupu
and Tabea Zimmermann. The orchestra has made numerous recordings for
Virgin Classics, Decca, Polskie Nagrania, Columbia Records, cd Accord and
other labels, winning many prestigious awards such as the Grand Prix du
Disque of the monthly Le Monde de la Musique, the Diapason d1Or and the
OFryderyk1 Award of the Polish recording industry (1995, 1996).
In 1997, Krzysztof Penderecki, who had been associated with Sinfonia
Varsovia for many years, became its Music Director. They have since made
many tours together, often performing his compositions, such as
Sinfonietta per archi, Flute Concerto, Viola Concerto (also in
a version for cello and clarinet), Credo, Seven Gates of Jerusalem. In
2001 the world famous Argentinian tenor José Cura was appointed the
orchestra1s Principal Guest Conductor. Its Managing and Artistic Director
is Franciszek WybraYczyk.
Sinfonia Varsovia acts under the aegis of the Stanis1aw I. Witkiewicz Arts
Centre studio in Warsaw. Since 2000, its activities have been assisted by
the Sinfonia Varsovia Foundation.
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