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Andrzej Bauer is the winner of First Prize at the
International ard Competition in Munich. His honours also include a prize at
the International ‘Prague Spring’ Competition, as well as the
awards of the European Parliament and the Council of Europe. He was born in
£ód¼, where he studied the cello with Kazimierz Michalik at the
city’s Music Academy. He perfected his musical skills at master
courses held by André Navarra, Milo¹ Sadlo and Daniel Szafran. Thanks to a
Witold Lutos³awski grant, he studied for two years in London under the
guidance of Professor William Pleeth. In recent years he develo-ped a fine
career, with recitals in Amsterdam, Paris, Hamburg and Munich, as well as
concert appearances with the Munich Philharmonic, the rai Orchestra of
Naples, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Strasbourg and the radio orchestras in
Stuttgart and Berlin. He performs regularly with Poland’s leading
symphony and chamber orchestras. He has appeared as a soloist on several
European tours with the Warsaw Philharmonic and Sinfonia Varsovia.
Foreign tours have taken him to most European countries, the United States
and Japan. He has made numerous recordings for radio and tv. His cd
featuring works by Schubert, Brahms and Schumann (Koch-Schwann) won
a honourable mention from German critics. His discography also includes
works by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Panufnik, as well as
Lutos³awski’s Cello Con-certo. A two-cd set with all of Bach’s
Cello Suites released on the cd Ac-cord label won Andrzej Bauer the
prestigious ‘Fryderyk’ Award of the Polish recording industry
(2000).
Andrzej Bauer has a broad and diverse repertoire, comprising contemporary
music and works by living composers, including those written specially for
him. During the ‘Warsaw Autumn’ Festival in 2002 he gave a
recital of first performances of works for cello and electronic media works
which he had himself inspired. He devotes more and more time to composition.
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