6 November 2017 (Monday) 8pm

Małgorzata Hutek with Atom String Quartet and Aga Derlak

“The Psalms of David”

Our Lady of Victory Church, ul. Łąkowa 42

The Book of Psalms is a collection of 12 compositions by Małgorzata Hutek for the lyrics of the Psalms of David. The pieces were arranged for the voice and, piano and jazz string quartet by Nikola Kołodziejczyk — the pianist, composer, arranger, twice the winner of Fryderyk award.

The project of Psalms is a contemporary attempt to interpret pieces written many centuries ago. They are the carriers of man’s experiences, his stories and challenges, victories and failures, doubts and faith. They are rooted in the religious experiences of the Jews, although the Christians also dwell on that. It is the Christian foundation that Polish culture grew from and the text of the Psalms have many times inspired Polish artists throughout the centuries.

Małgorzata Hutek — vocal
Aga Derlak — piano

Atom String Quartet
Dawid Lubowicz — violin
Mateusz Smoczyński — violin
Michał Zaborski — viola
Krzysztof Lenczowski — cello

Małgorzata Hutek

Jazz vocalist, composer, lyrics writer

Born in Łodz. Started her music career from learning to play the violin and then went to the class of saxophone at music school. Witold Janiak, a piano player and educator, discovered her jazz talents.

In 2013 she completed the Music Academy in Katowice as a jazz vocalist, studying in classes of Anna Stępniewska and Grzegorz Karnas.

During her university years, she began her co-operation with Nikola Kołodziejczyk, Grezgorz Masłowski and Michał Kapczuk, with whom she recorded her debut album “Grounded in love”. There are also her own original compositions.

The CD was recommended by Grażyna Auguścik and Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski

“Małgorzata Hutek is wonderful, convincing. She does not hide behind anyone. Cool songs, well played. Her voice is different and she does not need to identify with anyone. Her English is certain, fresh and strong. Congratulations on a very good record."
Grażyna Auguścik

“It is with great satisfaction that I listened to the music project of Ms Małgorzata Hutek, entitled “Underground in Love”. It is artistically very interesting and ambitious, at the same time being attractive enough to gain many followers. Written and performed with much professionalism."
Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski”

In 2012 she received a scholarship of the Marshall of Łódź for “Młodzi Kreatywni” in the category of Młody Twórca.
In 2013 he received an award of the President of Łódź for the Best Łódź Jazzman Grand Prix Melomani.
In 2014 she recorded her concert for TVP Łódź entitled “Życie jest chwilą”.
Her music concerts could be heard for instance at the festiwal Miastograf 2009 on the historic premises of EC1 in Łodz, Geyer Music Factory 2011.
Her concert in 2011 took place in Łódź Philharmonics at the Inauguration of the New Academic Cultural Year of Łódź.
She performed at Jazz Jamboree 2013 in Warsaw, in the project of United States of Beta.
She participated in many music projects, e.g. Festival of Film Music in Łódź,where she co-operated with Krzysztof Herdzin and concert commemorating Bogusław Mec “Na pozór” realized by TVP.
In 2016 she performer at the Jubilee Concert at the Grand Opera in Łódź during the 85th Anniversary of the Łódź Radio and TVP Łódź.
In 2017 she was invited by the creators of Biblia Audio Superprodukcja to write and perform Psalm II.
In the academic year 2016/2017, she undertook her studies at the Department of Composiotion and Arrangement at the Music Academy in Katowice.

Aga Derlak

The pianist Aga Derlak is the leader of Aga Derlak Trio. She is a student at the Music Academy in Katowice at the Department of Jazz Music. For her debut album “First Thought” in 2016 she received an award Fryderyk in the category of “Jazz — The Phonographic Debut”. She learnt from Michał Tokaj, Zbigniew Namysłowski and Paweł Tomaszewski. Aga Derlak Trio was awarded at numerous jazz competitions in Poland and Europe.

fot. Ivon Wolak

Atom String Quartet

Atom String Quartet is one of the most intriguing string quartets in the world, belonging to the best performers of jazz in Poland. The band combines the possibilities of a string quartet (i.e. two violins, a viola and a cello) with improvisation. That most classical and traditional set of musicians of a chamber band became the starting point for searching for new sound solutions and formal ones. It is difficult to determine the music style of the band. Apart from jazz, there are also Polish folk music, music from other corners of the world and some contemporary music as well.

The Quartet was established in 2010 in Warsaw and include the violinists: Dawid Lubowicz and Mateusz Smoczyński, violin player — Michał Zaborski and a cellist — Krzysztof Lenczowski. All of them are graduates from the Music Academy of F. Chopin in Warsaw. Since they were awarded with the Grand Prix of the 13th Bielsko Jazz Blizzard in 2010, the band has always been present at the greatest music festivals worldwide, e.g. Berliner Jazztage, Jazz Baltica, Leipziger Jazztage, Cairo Jazz Festival, Katara European Jazz Festival, Festival Veranos de la Villa Madrid, Gaume Jazz Festival, Manchester Jazz Festival, Jazzycolors Festival Paris, Salzburger Festspiele, Jazz Jamboree or Solidarity of Arts. Atom String Quartet i salso the first and only Polish band who performer at the European jazz fairs jazzahead! in Brem (2015).

The band recorded 4 CDs: the one awarded with the prize of the Polish Phonographic Industry ”Fryderyk” in the category of Jazzowy Fonograficzny Debiut Roku — ”Fade In” (2011), ”Places” (2012) for which they received ”Fryderyk” in the category of Album Roku — Muzyka Jazzowa and ”AtomSPHERE” (2015), which was nominated for ”Fryderyk” in 2016 in the category of Album roku muzyka jazzowa. All records were released by Kayax. In 2017 the fourth album of the band was released, “Seifert”, where the compositions of a Polish jazz violin player Zbigniew Seifert were included — as interpreted by the musicians of the Quartet. It was released by the Foundation of Z. Seifert.

In the same year two other CDs were released: a concert with Zakopower and Atom String Quartet, and “Made in Poland”, recorded with Leopoldium orchestra, where there are compositions of K. Szymanowski, G. Bacewicz and M. Górecki as well as K. Lenczowski (“Iława” and “Namysłowiak”) and D. Lubowicz (“Ballada o śmierci Janosika”).

A prominent place in their collection is taken by concert albums with special projects, such as: Leszek Możdżer and Friends ”Live in Berlin Philharmonic III”, Grzech Piotrowski World Orchestra ”Live in Gdańsk”, String Big Band ”Live in Trójka”, and Dorota Miśkiewicz ”Piano.pl”. The musicians of Atom String Quartet are frequently invited to participate in recordings for other artists, they can be heard on CDs by Zakopower (“Drugie pół”), Kayah (“Transoriental Orchestra” and “Gdy pada śnieg”), Natalia Kukulska (“Ósmy plan”), Cezariusz Gadzina (“The Fifth Element”), Rafał Grząka (“Atom Accordion Quintet”), Grażyna Auguścik (“Inspired by Lutosławski”), Tomasz Wendt (“Behind The Strings”).

Atom String Quartet is a laureate of many awards, e.g. ”Grand Prix Stowarzyszenia Melomani” in the category of Nadzieja Melomanów (2010) and Zespół roku (2016), ”Złote Gęśle” at the 15th Folk Music Festival of the Polish Radio Nowa Tradycja (2012) and “Mateusza Trójki” (2015) in the category of Muzyka Jazzowa — Wydarzenie. Since the onset of their career, the musicians of Atom String Quartet take top positions on the list of Jazz Top magazine ”Jazz Forum”, including the first prize awarded to them on numerous occasions in the category of Zespół Akustyczny.

The Quartet co-operated with such artists as Branford Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin, Gil Goldstein, Vladislav “Adzik” Sendecki, Mino Cinelu, Paolo Fresu, Leszek Możdżer, Lars Danielsson, Zohar Fresco, Jerzy Maksymiuk, André Ochodlo, Urszula Dudziak, Anna Maria Jopek, Marek Moś, Natalia Kukulska, Kayah, Aga Zaryan, Janusz Olejniczak, Krzesimir Dębski, Adam Sztaba, Grzech Piotrowski, Krzysztof Herdzin, Andrzej Smolik, and bands: AUKSO Orkiestra Kameralna Miasta Tychy, Orkiestra Leopoldinum, Elbląska Orkiestra Kameralna, World Orchestra Grzecha Piotrowskiego, Sinfonia Viva, Kapela Góralska Sebastiana Karpiela-Bułecki.