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Marcin Hałat

violin

He graduated from the Academy of Music in Cracow in the violin class of Professor Robert Kabara and from Academy of Music in Katowice at the Department of Jazz and Contemporary Music in Katowice. He is a laureate of the International Violin Competition in Katowice. He has received the Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and Art and the Schoolarship Silesian Voivodeship. Marcin Hałat is a musician with a broad spectrum of interests. It comes in a variety of formations such as jazz trio, classical chamber ensembles and symphony orchestra. In 2003 he began his collaboration with the orchestra of the capital city of Cracow, Sinfonietta Cracovia, with whom he had the opportunity to play under the baton of such conductors as, Lorin Maazel, and John Axelrod, played at major international festivals such as Colmar in France, Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, White Nights in Russia, Carrinthischer Sommer in Austria, Europamusicale in Germany, Murten Classics in Switzerland, Le Dieci Giornati in Brescia, Italy, in Guide Polignac Festival in France and many others. Over the many years of cooperation with the Sinfonietta he has participated in many recordings for the prestigious european labels and took part in concerts of insignificant artistic value. Parallel operated in the field of jazz and improvised music, collaborating with jazz pianist Adam Makowicz or leading their own teams. In 2011 he was invited to work with the “Atom String Quartet,” the first jazz string quartet in Poland, which won two awards of the Polish phonographic industry Fryderyk in the category “Jazz Phonographic Debut of the Year” and “Album of the Year-Jazz music.” At the same time he operated chamber, contributing to duets, trios and quartets, whose idea was to present the nineteenth and twentieth-century chamber works. In Poland Marcin Hałat performed as a soloist, chamber musician and member of the symphony orchestra at such festivals as the Warsaw Autumn Music Festival in Łańcut, Karol Szymanowski Festival in Zakopane, Easter Festival of Ludwig van Beethoven, Sacred Profane, Circles Arts Festival in Cieszyn, Jewish Culture Festival in Cracow. In 2006 he started working at the Institute of Music of the University of Silesia in Cieszyn, as academic and educational . The whole area of his previous experience in the field of violin has been summed up and crowned in receiving in 2013 a doctoral degree in musical arts, the discipline of art – instrumental.

02/24/2019
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Copernicus Center “Painting Chopin” with kids from Patricia Art Studio Michal Korzistka – piano Marcin Halat – violin DJ PA.NINIRead more
03/03/2019
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Pro Musica Patrick Noland Trio Patrick Noland – Piano, Guitar Pete Vancura – Double Bass Charles Rumback – DrumsRead more
03/02/2019
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Green Mill Jazz Club Atom String Quartet Grazyna Auguscik – vocalRead more
03/01/2019
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Green Mill Jazz Club Atom String Quartet Grazyna Auguscik – vocalRead more
02/28/2019
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Constellation Matt Ulery Nonet Matt Ulery – bass and compositions Paul Bedal – piano Russ Johnson – trumpet Geof Bradfield – bassRead more
02/27/2019
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Filament Theatre “Muzy Chopina (Chopin’s Muse)” direction by Andrzej Krukowski – poetry / director & producer Agnieszka Lubowicka – actress Sara KrukowskaRead more
02/27/2019
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WPNA Interview and music – live stream from WPNA with Atom String QuartetRead more
02/26/2019
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Polish Museum of America Marianna Humetska – solo pianoRead more
02/25/2019
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Elastic Arts Piotr Orzechowski – solo piano Nick Mazzarella Group “Chopin goes Avant-garde” Nick Mazzarella – alto and soprano saxophones, compositions andRead more
02/24/2019
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The Society For Arts Screening of Teatr TVP “Fryderyk” Discussion with director Agnieszka Lipiec-WroblewskaRead more
02/24/2019
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art Marianna Humetska – solo piano Chopin by Candlelight – solo pianoRead more
02/23/2019
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Center on Halsted Piotr Orzechowski – solo piano Jarek Bester – accordion Grazyna Auguscik – vocal Krzysztof Wasko – painting exhibition „InspiredRead more

Marcin Hałat

Marcin Hałat

violin

Chopin IN the City 2019 Festival Schedule